Nature of Requirements:
Laboratory Scientific Equipment, SA E60PV-19EQUI
For:
The Purchase of one (1) Robotic Pipetting Platform & one (1) Liquid Handling System following the requirements indicated on the tender.
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Eastern Service Center
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Requirement:
Harrow Research Center, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, has a requirement to purchase of one (1) Robotic Pipetting Platform & one (1) Liquid Handling System
The mandatory technical criteria are:
Table 1. Micro-volume liquid handling robot for soil DNA extraction lab
Mandatory Technical Criteria
a.
The system must be fully enclosed on all sides and measure less than or equal to 65cm L x 62cm W x 70cm H when closed.
b.
The system must have a safety door with pausing of operation if the door is opened
c.
The system must include a worktable with a minimum of 6 positions.
d.
The system must have a UV/HEPA cap, providing the option of UV light for decontamination and HEPA filtration to provide clean air inside of the system
e.
The system must provide contact free detection of liquid levels, of dispensing tools and of system accessories, labwares, as well as tip size and quantity. The system must not require electrically conductive tips.
f.
The system must be able to provide contact-free dispensing of samples from the pipette tip into labware, as well as being able to allow exact positioning of the pipet tip relative to liquid meniscus or labware bottom during aspiration and dispensing.
g.
The system must be able to operate with liquid handling tools (pipettes) that offer a pipetting range of 0.2µl to 1000µl. The system must have options to pipet this range with both single-channel tool and 8-channel tools. At any given time, up to 2 dispensing tools must be available for use during a program (without user intervention), or up to 8 (with user intervention).
h.
The system must be free of a backfilled system liquid, and utilize air-displacement pipetting tools.
i.
The system must include at least one single-channel dispensing tool with volume capacity of 0.2-10 µL and at least one 8-channel dispensing tool with volume capacity of 1-50 µL
j.
The system must be an open platform system and be compatible with any commercially available labware (plates, tubes, etc). To this end, the software must possess a database of predefined labware and consumables for all components used on the system, including for Eppendorf twintec plates used in the Harrow RDC lab for downstream applications. Predefined labware includes: Tubes, equipment racks, thermoblocks, thermoadapters, thermoracks, 96 and 384 well microplates and Deep Well plates, reservoirs, height adapters and tubs among other consumables and labware.
k.
The control and operating software must include the following functions: touch panel with at least one front USB ports; a set of pre-installed PCR wizards/assistants that will guide the user through the programming of the automation process by answering simple questions, including transferring and mixing late stage DNA extraction reagents and normalization of samples; allow CSV or XLM file exchange via USB key or LAN; must give users the ability to rinse tips before ejecting the tips into the waste; must be able to re-load/re-use tips during a program; must allow dipping of the tip into the target vessel in order to remove any hanging drops after dispensing; must allow tip piercing of adhesive foil on 96 and 384 well plates; must have copy/ paste commands to copy commands and labware from one application to the other.
l.
The system must include the following accessories: a thermorack for 384-well PCR plates, reagent and reservoir racks
m.
The system must include start-up consumables, including PCR-clean filter tips, reservoirs, and waste bags.
n.
Accessories including all tools and consumables must be cross-compatible with a next generation sequencing system DNA liquid handling system being procured in the same tender
o.
Delivery must be complete before September 3, 2021 . The equipment must either be stand-alone (e.g. no modifications required) and able to be installed by the project manager, or the supplier must commit to installation within the desired time-frame before October 01, 2021 .
p.
Onsite and/or remote training must be included and provided prior to a contract completion date of December 01, 2021
Table 2. Robotics for NGS and related RNA-protocol applications
Mandatory Technical Criteria
a.
The system must be fully enclosed on all sides, measure less than or equal to 110cm L x 62cm W x 70cm H when closed
b.
The system must have a safety door with pausing of operation if the door is opened
c.
The system must include a worktable with a minimum of 15 positions.
d.
At least one deck position must include a thermo-mixing module that is controlled via the system’s software. The module must combine orbital shaking with heating and cooling technology and must be able to operate while simultaneously pipetting onto other worktable positions. Minimum specifications must be as follows: Mixing range up to 2,000 rpm, temperature range from 4°C to 95°C
e.
The system must contain at least one magnetic bead purification plate position
f.
The system must contain a microplate gripper or comparable arm to move labware to and from any position on the worktable.
g.
The system must have the option of including a UV/HEPA cap, providing the option of UV light for decontamination and HEPA filtration.
h.
The system must be able to provide contact free dispensing of samples from the pipette tip into labware, as well as allow exact positioning of the pipet tip relative to liquid meniscus or labware bottom during aspiration and dispensing.
i.
The system must operate with pipettes that offer a pipetting range of 0.2µl to 1000µl. The system must have options to pipet this range with either a single-channel tool or an 8-channel tool. Up to 4 dispensing tools must be available for use during a program, without requiring user intervention.
j.
The system must use air-displacement pipetting tools with the following minimum precision: Random measurement error (%) for small volumes (1µl) < 3% and larger volumes (1000µl) < 0.15% relative to pipette size.
k.
The system must be an open platform system and be compatible with commercially available labware (plates, tubes, etc). To this end, the software must possess a database of predefined labware and consumables for all components used on the system, including for Eppendorf twintec plates used in Harrow RDC lab downstream applications. Predefined labware includes: Tubes, equipment racks, thermoblocks, thermoadapters, thermoracks, 96 and 384 well microplates and Deep Well plates, reservoirs, height adapters and tubs among other consumables and labware.
l.
The system must be compatible with any commercially available NGS library preparation kit. Furthermore, any existing or future optimized protocol must be available free of charge and must be readily available to download without restriction for as long as the instrument will be in use.
m.
The control and operating software must include the following functions: touch panel at least one front USB port; a set of pre-installed PCR wizards/assistants that will guide the user through the programming of the automation process by answering simple questions - wizards/assistants must include standard Illumina library preparation protocols (i.e. TruSeq DNA PCR-Free); allow CSV or XLM file exchange via USB key or LAN; must allow dipping of the tip into the target vessel in order to remove any hanging drops after dispensing; must have integrated plastic-ware selection tools to reduce time associated with programming parameters; must have copy/ paste commands to copy commands and labware from one application to the other.
n.
The system must include single and 8-channel dispensing pipettes with maximum volumes of 50 ul and 300 ul.
o.
The system must include the following NGS specific accessories: 96 well thermoblock, 96 well thermoadapter, tube rack, reservoir racks, magnetic adaptors, and 400 ml waste bag holders.
p.
The system must include start-up consumables, including PCR-clean filter tips appropriate for the included pipettes (item n), reservoirs, and waste bags.
q.
Accessories including all tools and consumables must be cross-compatible with a DNA liquid handling system being procured in the same tender
r.
Delivery must be complete before September 3, 2021 . The equipment must either be stand-alone (e.g. no modifications required) and able to be installed by the project manager, or the supplier must commit to installation within the desired time-frame before October 01, 2021 .
s.
Onsite and/or remote training must be included and provided prior to a contract completion date of December 01, 2021
