Trade Agreement: WTO-AGP/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:
The Drug Analysis Service Programme (DAS) of Health Canada is planning to acquire over three years up to three Liquid Chromatography - Triple Quad Mass Spectrometer (LC-MS/MS) system instruments (one for each of its DAS regional labs - Toronto, Vancouver & Montreal) to carry on enforcement activities in support of the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act on illicit drugs and abused pharmaceutical compounds.
The LC-MS/MS will be used among others for the routine analysis of the following projects:
1. Psilocybin & Psilocin analysis in a plant or food matrix with little clean up.
2. Fentanyl and related analogues quantitation in counterfeit pharmaceutical products or street heroin samples with no clean up.
3. Thermolabile substituted phenethylamines / amphetamines and related designer drugs with no clean up.
System delivery of 1st unit must be carried out and installed before or on March 31st 2016, the subsequent units before or on March 31st of the fiscal year in which they are ordered.
The equipment must be installed and operating to the satisfaction of the user, in terms of functionality, performance and punctuality. The first system will have to be delivered to the following laboratory:
Drug Analysis Service, Toronto:
ON, Canada
M1P 4R7
Performance Assessment of the UPLC/mass spectrometer and of the software:
- Tenders will have to run evaluation samples provided by the buyer to demonstrate the performances of their instrument.
- To demonstrate the ease of use of the software, the bidder will have to provide the interface to the buyer via: video showing the functionalities listed by the buyers, enabling the evaluation of the software in action.
-A separate document describing in detail the tests to run and the functionalities of the software to be illustrated ( accessible format for consultation) will be sent with the assessment samples to the bidder, upon request to the Contracting Officer identified on page 1 of this document. Results of the analytical testsperformed on samples, reports produced (PDF, word or excel format) as well as the software video must be included as part of the supplier's bid.
All the specifications are detailled in the request for proposal document.
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.
