Trade Agreement: NAFTA/AIT/Canada FTAs with Peru/Colombia/Panama
Tendering Procedures: Generally only one firm has been invited to bid
Non-Competitive Procurement Strategy: Exclusive Rights
Comprehensive Land Claim Agreement: No
Vendor Name and Address:
Beckman Coulter Canada LP
7075 Financial Drive
Mississauga Ontario
Canada
L5N6V8
Nature of Requirements:
1. Advance Contract Award Notice (ACAN)
An ACAN is a public notice indicating to the supplier community 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 contractingofficer may then proceed with the award to the pre-identified supplier.
2. Definition of the requirement
Agricultrue and Agrifood Canada has a requirement for the supply and installation of 1Beckman Coulter CytoFlex S flow cytometry system with user training for up 4-5persons for delivery to St-Hyacinthe, QC.
3. Criteria for assessment of the Statement of Capabilities
Any interested supplier must demonstrate by way of a statement of capabilities that its system meets the following requirements:
The system must have 4 lasers, 3 light scatter detectors and 12 fluorescence detectors. It must allow, at low flow rate (10 µl per minute), volume measurement (variable) of the sample analyzed (without adding beads). The low flow rate is necessary to align the bacteria in the center of the reading cell. This is critical for the separation of certain bacterial gender and determination of their concentrations. The system must allow the analysis of very small volumes (10-30 µl), accelerating theprocess of analyzing several samples due to the low flow rate used. The automatic injector must have a cooling block preventing the growth of bacteria during the time of analyzing a sample plate (96 samples). The system must have very high sensitivity fluorescence detectors (FITC:
