REQUEST FOR TENDERS-01B46-15-0118Digestion and fermentation of starch and starchbased food productsSealed tenders for the project indicated above, addressed to the attention of the Contract Officer, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, will be accepted at the following address, up to the tender closing date and time indicated below:Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC)Assets Management, Eastern Service CentreTENDER RECEIVING UNIT2001 Robert-Bourassa Street, suite 671-TENMontreal, QC, H3A 3N2Scope of Work:Use an in vitro gastrointestinal tract model to analyze the digestion andfermentation of starch and starch-based food products.Site Visit:No site visitTender Period Closing Date and Time: November 5, 2015 at 02:00 pm (Eastern Standard Time).AAFC will not necessarily accept the lowest or any tender.Information requests and inquiries related to this tender process are to be directed, in writing, ONLY to the AAFC Contract Officer identified below. Bidders who contact anyone other than the AAFC Contract Officer to obtain such information during the solicitation period may, for that reason alone, be disqualified.It is MANDATORY for the Firms intending to submit tenders on this project to obtain the related specifications, plans and drawings, and all other tender documents through the buyandsell.gc.ca website. Addenda, when issued, will be available on the buyandsell.gc.ca website.AAFC Contract Officer:Jean-François LemayAgriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC)Assets Management, Eastern Service Centre2001, Robert-Bourassa Street, suite 671-TENMontreal, QC, H3A 3N2Email: j••••••••@•••.••.ca