Spectrometer

Trade Agreement: NAFTA/AIT/Canada FTAs with Peru/Colombia/Panama
Tendering Procedures: All interested suppliers may submit a bid
Competitive Procurement Strategy: 
Comprehensive Land Claim Agreement: No
Nature of Requirements: 

To provide and deliver a new BioSense spectrometer to Defence Research and Development Canada - Valcartier Research Centre.
Background

BioSense is a platform capable of mapping/classifying the aerosols of the atmosphere. One of the technologies exploited by this platform is the spectral analysis of laser-induced fluorescence. A key module part of this technology is an imaging spectrometer. Since the delivery of the Bi
oSense platform, imaging spectrometer technology has evolved in an important manner. Throughputs up to 5 times better with spectral resolutions up to 3 times narrower in comparison with the present BioSense spectrometer are commercially advertised. Such advances may have key impacts in the development of future systems of the CAF exploiting the capabilities demonstrated by the BioSense platform. The present statement of requirements aims at acquiring such new spectrometer and having it integrated in the BioSense platform for evaluation. To achieve this evaluation, only the spectrometer must be replaced. Therefore, the newly acquired spectrometer must be capable to accept the existing BioSense light input module (an optical fibre) at the spectrometer input port and the existing BioSense detector (an ICCD camera) at the spectrometeroutput port. Furthermore, an optical mask is also required to block out a part of the ICCD detector (the ICCD rows above and below the ‘ICCD custom chip’) to eliminate parasitic light rays. The specifications of the desired spectrometer as well asthe optical fibres and ICCD camera to which the spectrometer must be integrated are described below in the requirement section.

Delivery Date

All the deliverables must be received on or before May 13, 2016.

Maximum Funding

The maximum funding available for the contract resulting from the bid solicitation is $50,000.00 CAD
(Applicable Taxes extra, as appropriate). Bids valued in excess of this amount will be considered non-responsive. This disclosure does not commit Canada to pay the maximum funding available.

The requirement is subject to the provisions of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) and of the Agreement on Internal Trade (AIT).

Delivery Date: Above-mentioned

The Crown retains the right to negotiate with suppliers on any procurement.

Documents may be submitted in either official language of Canada.