This contract has been awarded. Details are drawn from the federal award notice for this solicitation.
Winning supplier
Element Biosciences
Contract value
CAD $141.3K
Award date
2026-06-02
Supplier location
San Diego, California
Advance Contract Award Notice
Full description
The National Research Council of Canada (NRC) requires the supply, installation, and commissioning of the AVITI24 upgrade system for its existing AVITI sequencing platform.
The AVITI24 upgrade provides:
a 50% increase in sequencing output without altering existing workflows or consumables;
integrated in situ multiomics capabilities, enabling spatially resolved detection of transcripts, proteins, and morphological markers within intact cellular architecture;
a unified platform supporting both Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) and high content spatial multiomics.
This upgrade is essential to maintain compatibility with NRC’s existing AVITI infrastructure while expanding analytical capabilities.
Intended sole-source award
The buyer plans to award this contract to a named supplier without competition. If your business can do this work, send a statement of capabilities to the contracting authority before May 29, 2026. If it qualifies, the buyer must open a full competition.
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