Trade Agreement: NAFTA / CFTA / FTAs with Peru / Colombia / Panama / Korea
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:
FOSS North America, Inc
8091 Wallace Road
Eden Prairie Minnesota
United States
55344
Nature of Requirements:
Grain Analyzer
01581-180595/A
Blake, Luke J.
Telephone No. - (403) 613-0725
Fax No. - (403) 292-5786
An Advanced Contract Award Notice (ACAN) must be prepared in both official languages. Below is a model that must be used by contracting officers for the preparation of an ACAN. The blocks include guidance for its use as well as examples for some of the items listed.
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 contracting officer may then proceed with the award to the pre-identified supplier.
2. Definition of the requirement
The Department of Agriculture and Agri-Foods Canada (AAFC) Cereal Breeding Program at the Swift Current Research & Development Center has a requirement for the supply, delivery, installation, and training of one (1) laboratory bench top DS2500 NIR Instrument.
The NIT Grain Analyzer required is recognized and utilized for measurement of wheat protein and related parameters. The data must be standardized with the Canadian Grain Commission (CGC) data for the success of the cereal breeding program. The NIT Grain Analyzer must maintain continuity of calibration and data with the current analyzer and CGC analyzers.
3. Criteria for assessment of the Statement of Capabilities (Minimum Essential Requirements)
Any interested supplier must demonstrate by way of a statement of capabilities that its equipment meets the following requirements:
1.0 General Performance Specifications:
1.1 Wavelength Range must be, at a minimum, between 400 and 2500 nm (nanometers) and operate in reflectance measurement mode.
1.2 Must be Silicon (400-1100 nm) and Lead Sulfide (1100-2500) detectors. The signal to noise* ratio must be less than 50 micro absorbance units (au) in the 400-700 region and less than 20 au in the 700-2500 region. (*Noise=root mean square for 10 co-added, 10 second scans.)
1.3 The instrument must be 100% compatible - backwards compatible to FOSS NIRSystems II solution.
1.4 Data Interval/spectral resolution must be a minimum of 0.5nm.
1.5 Analysis time must be less than one (1) minute per sample.
1.6 Spectral files must be compatible with WinISI software (calibration development software).
1.7 Wavelength precision must be
