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TITLE: Biomarkers of Injury and Infection
REQUIREMENT:
Defence Research and Development Canada (DRDC) - Suffield,
Medicine Hat, Alberta has a requirement
for a contractor to identify, using high throughput sequencing,
DNA-based circulating nucleic acid biomarkers of presymptomatic
sepsis. Characterize using RNA-sequencing on high-throughput
platforms, blast intensity and time varying gene expression
changes in experimental samples after exposure to blast pressure
wave, all in accordance with the Statement of Work, Annex "A".
For services requirements, Bidders in receipt of a pension or a
lump sum payment must provide the required information as
detailed in article 3 of Part 2 of the bid solicitation.
To qualify a bid will have to consist of no less than 80% of
goods and/or services of Canadian origin.
MANDATORY REQUIREMENTS:
Failure to meet any of the following mandatory requirements at
solicitation closing will render your submission non-compliant
and given no further consideration.
The Contractor must meet the following mandatory criteria at
solicitation closing:
1. Education:
Senior scientist must have PhD in either Biology, Biochemistry,
Molecular Biology, or a related field, with postdoctoral
experience.
2. Experience:
Senior scientist must have experience with high throughput
sequencing, gene expression analysis and bioinformatics.
3. Experience:
Proposed Technical staff must have BSC or MSc in relevant area,
with experience in relevant analysis systems
4. Proposed team must have access to instrumentation (i.e. DNA
sequencers and informatics capabilities) suitable to execute
high-throughput sequencing work.
5. Curriculum vitae must be included to demonstrate adherence to
the mandatory requirements at solicitation closing.
CONTRACTOR SELECTION:
The contractor will be selected on the basis of the Assessed
Best Value to the Crown taking into account merit and cost
factors.
OWNERSHIP OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY:
The Department of National Defence, Defence Research and
Development Canada - Suffield (DRDC S) has determined that any
intellectual property rights arising from the performance of the
Work under the resulting contract will belong to Canada.
PERIOD OF CONTRACT:
It is anticipated that any contract will be effective from date
of Contract to March 31, 2015 inclusive.
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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.
