Analyseur d'image de particules à écoulement

Trade Agreement: NAFTA/AIT/Canada FTAs with Peru/Colombia/Panama
Tendering Procedures: All interested suppliers may submit a bid
Attachment: None
Non-Competitive Procurement Strategy: Exclusive Rights
Comprehensive Land Claim Agreement: No
Vendor Name and Address:
PANALYTIQUE INC./ PANALYTICAL
4995 Levy
St-Laurent Quebec
Canada
H4R2N9
Nature of Requirements:
Flow Particle Image Analyzer

23295-140080/A
Wiebe, Amanda
Telephone No. - (204) 983-7032
Fax No. - (204) 983-7796

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that a department or agency intends to award a contract for
goods, services or construction to a pre-identified supplier,
thereby allowing other suppliers to signal their interest in
bidding, by submitting a statement of capabilities. If no
supplier submits a statement of capabilities that meets the
requirements set out in the ACAN, on or before the closing date
stated in the ACAN, the contracting officer may then proceed
with the award to the pre-identified supplier.

DEFINITION OF THE REQUIREMENT
The department of Natural Resources Canada (NRCAN) have a
requirement for a Flow Particle Image Analyzer for the research
of bitumen recovery. The proposed research project cannot be
completed without an automated, reliable and sensitive shape and
size analyzer. The equipment should be able to identify the
maximum surface area, size and shape of the aggregates.
Traditional size analyzers measure only one random surface area
based on random orientation of the particles which is not the
largest surface area of the particle and is unable to give any
information about size and equivalent diameter of the aggregates.

Background:
Oil sand consists of a complex hydrocarbon mixture, coarse sand
grains, fine minerals, clay particles, formation water and
electrolytes. Bitumen recovery (extraction of bitumen from oil
sand) is usually carried out using aerated water and froth
treatment. Froth treatment is the process of eliminating the
aqueous and solid contaminants from the froth to produce a clean
bitumen product. In Paraffinic Solvent Froth Treatment (PSFT),
the froth is diluted with an aliphatic solvent to reduce the
viscosity and density of the oil phase, thereby accelerating the
settling of the dispersed phase impurities by gravity or
centrifugation. Mixing aliphatic solvent at required
solvent-to-bitumen ratio (S/B) results in the formation of
aggregates composed of emulsified water droplets (WD), dispersed
mineral solid particles (DS) and precipitated asphaltenes (PA).
The WD/DS/PA aggregates in solvent-diluted bitumen exhibit zone
settling and the settling rate is strongly influenced by
aggregated structure, size and shape 1, 2. The size, shape,
equivalent diameter, porosity, density and volume fraction of
the aggregates plays a vital role in settling velocity of the
aggregates, which is essential in the efficiency of PSFT 1, 2.
References

1. J. Zawala, T. Dabros, H.A. Hamza, "Settling Properties of
Aggregates in Paraffinic Froth Treatment", Energy & Fuels,
26(2012) 5775-5781.
2. J. Zawala and T. Dabros, "Settling Properties of
Aggregates in Paraffinic Bitumen Froth Treatment", Surfactants
in Solutions 2012 conference, Edmonton, Canada, June 24 - 28,
2012

MINIMUM ESSENTIAL REQUIREMENTS

Any interested supplier must demonstrate by way of a statement
of capabilities that its product meets the following
requirements:
Item Description
Scanning, image analysis and processing time must be less than
four (4) minutes.
Particle Orientation particles must orient in a way that places
the largest area of the particle towards the Charge-Couple
Device (CCD) camera.
Particle Identification Must be able to identify the particles
in the range from 0.8 µm to 300 µm
Characterization of Morphological Paramaters Ability to fully
characterize particles using a number of morphological
parameters. The morphological parameters include two equivalent
diameters based on the area (the diameter of a circle with the
same surface area) and perimeter (the diameter of a circle with
the same perimeter), length, width, perimeter, area, maximum and
minimum distance from the centre of mass, ferret horizontal and
ferret vertical diameters (the horizontal and vertical caliper
dimensions of the particle based on the particle's orientation),
convexity, circularity, solidity and aspect ratio. For each of
these parameters a statistical distribution should be calculated
and combined in a scattergram.
Allocation of Values Must be able to allocate a value, based on
the surface area covered by each pixel, to each pixel depending
on the relationship with its immediate neighbours (chain code).
Sample Flow Duct Size Must be no larger than 1 millimetre, (all
particles should be in focal plane of the camera).
Image Magnification Images must be easily magnified and sorted
on any size or shape parameter allowing the operator to quickly
and easily identify anomalies or the presence of unexpected
foreign particles.
Particle Volume Unit must be able to statistically analyze
significant number of particles (up to 300,000) in a short
period of time - less than four (4) minutes.
Compatibility Must be able to work with water, common alcohols
and more aggressive solvents such as toluene, pentane and
heptane.
Image Analysis The software must be able to clean the raw data
and remove erroneous noise.
Background Correction Cababilities The software must be able to
use background correction to eliminate any non-uniformity of the
illumination conditions.
Analysis The software must have the ability to further
manipulate (ability to overlay results from different
measurements on a single plot for immediate comparison) the data
and compare multiple records to identify slight differences and
trends of key parameters.
Optional - Mini Tower PC Mini Tower PC with Country specific
Keyboard and Operating System(Windows 7 Ultimate 32 bit), Intel
Core i7-3770 Processor (Quad Core, 3.40GHz, 8MB, HD4000
Graphics), 4GB (1x4GB) RAM, 1TB Hard Drive, 16x DVD+/-RW Optical
Drive, IEEE 1394 adapter card, Serial port Adapter card, Mouse
and 1 x 23" wide-screen LED monitor for software and 1 x 23"
wide-screen LED monitor for live video feed.

APPLICABILITY OF THE TRADE AGREEMENTS TO THIS PROCUREMENT
This procurement is subject to the following trade agreements:

Agreement on Internal Trade (AIT)
North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)
Canada - Chile Free Trade Agreement (CCFTA)
Canada - Peru Free Trade Agreement (CPFTA)

JUSTIFICATION FOR THE PRE-IDENTIFIED SUPPLIER

Malvern Instruments Canada is the only known supplier of the
Sysmex FPIA-3000S flow particle image analyzer for investigating
the size and shape of aggregates. Using a patented sheath flow,
particles are separated and oriented in a way that the largest
area of the particles is placed toward the CCD camera while
traditional size analyzers measure only one random dimension
based on random orientation of the particles.

GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS REGULATIONS EXCEPTIONS
The following exception(s) to the Government Contracts
Regulations is (are) invoked for this procurement under
subsection: Government Contract Regulations, Part 1, Section
6(d) only one supplier (person or firm) is capable of performing
the contract.

EXCLUSIONS AND/OR LIMITED TENDERING REASONS
The following exclusions and/or limited tendering reasons are
invoked under the:

Agreement on Internal Trade (AIT) - Article 506 - 12 (b) where
there is an absence of competition for technical reasons and the
goods or services can be supplied only by a particular supplier
and no alternative or substitute exist.

North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) - Article 1016 - 2
(b) where, for works of art, or for reasons connected with the
protection of patents, copyrights or other exclusive rights, or
proprietary information or where there is an absence of
competition for technical reasons, the goods or services can be
supplied only by a particular supplier and no reasonable
alternative or substitute exists.

World Trade Organization (WTO) - Article XV - 1 (b) when, for
works of art or for reasons connected with protection of
exclusive rights, such as patents or copyrights, or in the
absence of competition for technical reasons, the products or
services can be supplied only by a particular supplier and no
reasonable alternative or substitute exists.
Canada - Chile Free Trade Agreement (CCFTA) - Article Kbis-09 -
1(b) where, for works of art, or for reasons connected with
protection of patents, copyrights or other exclusive rights, or
proprietary information, or where there is an absence of
competition for technical reasons, the goods or services can be
supplied only by a particular supplier and no reasonable
alternative or substitute exists.

Canada - Peru Free Trade Agreement (CPFTA) - Article 1409 1(b)
iii - due to the absence of competition for technical reasons.

DELIVERY DATE

The equipment must be delivered on or before March 31, 2014
.

COST ESTIMATE OF THE PROPOSED CONTRACT

The estimated value of the contract is: $109,000.00 (Applicable
Taxes Extra)

NAME AND ADDRESS OF THE PRE-IDENTIFIED SUPPLIER

Malvern Instruments Canada
A Division of PANalytical Canada
4995 Levy Street
Montreal, QC
Canada H4R 2N9

SUPPLIERS' RIGHT TO SUBMIT A STATEMENT OF CAPABILITES

Suppliers who consider themselves fully qualified and available
to provide the goods, services or construction services
described in the ACAN 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.

CLOSING DATE FOR A SUBMISSION OF A STATEMENT OF CAPABILITIES

The closing date and time for accepting statements of
capabilities is: September 19, 2013.

INQUIRIES AND SUBMISSION OF STATEMENTS OF CAPABILITIES
Inquiries and statement of capabilities are to be directed to:

Amanda Wiebe
Supply Officer | Agente d'approvisionnement
Public Works and Government Services Canada
Travaux publics et Services gouvernement aux Canada
Acquisitions Branch | Direction générale des approvisioinnements
100 - 167 Lombard Avenue, Winnipeg, MB, R3C 2Z1 |167, av.
Lombard, pièce 100, Winnipeg, (MB), R3C 2Z1

Tel | Tél: (204) 983-7032
Fax | Téléc: (204) 983-7796
Email | Courriel: a••••••••@••••••••.••.ca
Delivery Date: Above-mentioned

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