MICROFLUIDIC ELECTROPHORESIS SYSTEM
Solicitation number 31241-126573/A
Publication date
Closing date and time 2013/01/25 14:00 EST
Description
Trade Agreement: NAFTA/AIT/Canada-Peru FTA/Canada-Colombia FTA Tendering Procedures: Generally only one firm has been invited to bid Attachment: None Non-Competitive Procurement Strategy: Exclusive Rights Comprehensive Land Claim Agreement: No Vendor Name and Address: Perkinelmer Health Sciences Canada, Inc. 501 Rowntree Dairy Road Unit #6 Woodbridge Ontario Canada L4L8H1 Nature of Requirements: MICROFLUIDIC ELECTROPHORESIS SYSTEM 31241-126573/A Gosselin, Monique Telephone No. - (819) 956-3803 ( ) Fax No. - (819) 956-3814 The National Research Council Canada - Building Montreal-Royalmount has a requirement for the supply and installation of one (1) Microfluidic Electrophoresis System (MES) with user training for up to 2 people in accordance with the mandatory specifications detailed in the Request for Proposal for delivery to Montreal, Quebec. The delivery is required by 31st March 2013. The required equipment is the only commercially available instrument which is capable of sampling directly from 96-well and 384-well plates and allows automated, uninterrupted analysis of all samples from those plates with no user intervention required. The new system must permit analysis of up to 400 samples per chip to allows NRC to process greater number of client samples. The new system must provides analysis times as low as 40 seconds per sample. The new system must provide protein sensitivity as low as 10 ug/L to allow greater productivity and through put. The new system must operate unattended and automatically. The only known supplier of an MES meeting all required technical specifications is the LABCHIP II from PerkinElmer. For this reason, it is proposed to negotiate this requirement with the manufacturer PerkinElmer Health Sciences Canada Inc, Woodbridge, Ontario. Delivery Date: 03/01/2013 You are hereby notified that the government intends to negotiate with one firm only as identified above. Should you have any questions concerning this requirement, contact the contracting officer identified above. An Advance Contract Award Notice (ACAN) allows departments and agencies to post a notice, for no less than fifteen (15) calendar days, indicating to the supplier community that it intends to award a good, service or construction contract to a pre-identified contractor. If no other supplier submits, on or before the closing date, a Statement of Capabilities that meets the requirements set out in the ACAN, the contracting authority may then proceed with the award. However, should a Statement of Capabilities be found to meet the requirements set out in the ACAN, then the contracting authority will proceed to a full tendering process. Suppliers who consider themselves fully qualified and available to provide the services/goods described herein, may submit a statement of capabilities in writing to the contact person identified in this Notice on or before the closing date of this Notice. The statement of capabilities must clearly demonstrate how the supplier meets the advertised requirements. The PWGSC file number, the contracting officer's name and the closing date of the ACAN must appear on the outside of the envelope in block letters or, in the case of a facsimile transmission, on the covering page. The Crown retains the right to negotiate with suppliers on any procurement. Documents may be submitted in either official language of Canada.
Contract duration
Refer to the description above for full details.
Trade agreements
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Agreement on Internal Trade (AIT)
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Canada-Colombia Free Trade Agreement
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Canada-Peru Free Trade Agreement (CPFTA)
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North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)
Contact information
Contracting organization
- Organization
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Public Works and Government Services Canada
- Address
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11 Laurier St, Phase III, Place du PortageGatineau, Quebec, K1A 0S5Canada
- Contracting authority
- Gosselin, Monique
- Phone
- (819) 956-3803 ( )
- Fax
- (819) 956-3814
- Address
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11 Laurier St./ 11 rue, Laurier
6B1, Place du PortageGatineau, Québec, K1A 0S5
Buying organization(s)
- Organization
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National Research Council Canada
- Address
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100 Sussex DrOttawa, Ontario, K1A0R6Canada