Trade Agreement: NAFTA / CFTA / FTAs with Peru / Colombia / Panama / Korea
Tendering Procedures: All interested suppliers may submit a bid
Competitive Procurement Strategy: Lowest/Lower Bid
Comprehensive Land Claim Agreement: No
Nature of Requirements:
Due to the ongoing and evolving COVID-19 outbreak, The Bid Receiving Unit for the Quebec Region remains open, but with limited hours : Thursdays from 10 am to 2 pm (eastern time). The health and safety of staff and suppliers remains our top priority. As such, measures are being taken on site to encourage social distancing.
The closing date of the Request For Proposal is changed from April 28 to April 30, 2020, 2 p.m.
The closing date of the Request For Proposal is changed from March 25 to April 28, 2020, 2 p.m.
Requirement:
The National Research Council of Canada (NRC), Montreal, Quebec, wants to upgrade the capability of our Transmission Electron Microscope (TEM), Hitachi H7500 TEM, by upgrading the system with a new higher resolution camera. Current applications range from soluble proteins and antigen-antibody complexes to imaging of viruses and virus-like particles. Currently, we are working with Adeno-associated virus and Lentivirus. The virus diameters are in the range of 20-100 nm. We observe exosomes and extra-vesicles produced in mammalian cell culture and to distinguish these from the viruses is a challenge with the image quality obtainable with our existing low-resolution camera. This will be one of the key tools in characterizing the Viruses and Virus-like particles during the development of virus manufacturing processes.
Therefore, the NRC wishes to purchase a camera that comes with a software and a computer which is compatible with 120kV Hitachi H7500 Transmission Electron Microscope.
The work consists of supply, delivery, installation of the system at the NRC address and training on equipment use.
Trade Agreements:
The requirement is subject to the provisions of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), the Canadian Free Trade Agreement (CFTA) and the Chile, Colombia, Honduras, Korea, Panama Trade Agreements with Canada.
epost Connect service:
This bid solicitation allows bidders to use the epost Connect service provided by Canada Post Corporation to transmit their bid electronically. Bidders must refer to Part 2 entitled Bidder Instructions, and Part 3 entitled Bid Preparation Instructions, of the bid solicitation, for further information.
This PWGSC office provides acquisition services to the public in both official languages.
Bidders may request a debriefing on the results of the bid solicitation process. Bidders should make the request to the Contracting Authority within 15 working days from receipt of the results of the bid solicitation process.
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.
