Title
Professional Services of Quality Control QC) Consultants (3) for NRC- Clinical Trial Material Facility (CTMF)
Reference number
cb-189-12731109
Solicitation number
25-58308
Publication date
2026-08-01
Tender closing date
2026-09-02T14:00:00
Unspsc description
*Quality control
Notice type
Request for Proposal
Procurement method
Competitive - Open bidding
Selection criteria
Highest Combined Rating of Technical Merit and Price
Trade agreements
*World Trade Organization Agreement on Government Procurement (WTO GPA)
*North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)
*Canada-European Union Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA)
*Canada-Chile Free Trade Agreement (CCFTA)
*Canadian Free Trade Agreement (CFTA)
*Canada-Korea Free Trade Agreement (CKFTA)
*Canada-Ukraine Free Trade Agreement (CUFTA)
*Canada-Panama Free Trade Agreement
*Canada-Honduras Free Trade Agreement
*Canada-Colombia Free Trade Agreement
*Canada-UK Trade Continuity Agreement (Canada-UK TCA)
*Canada-Peru Free Trade Agreement (CPFTA)
*Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP)
Regions of opportunity
*Canada
Regions of delivery
*Canada
Contracting entity name
National Research Council of Canada (NRC)
Contracting entity address line
6100, avenue Royalmount,
Contracting entity address city
Montreal
Contracting entity address province
quebec
Contracting entity address postal code
H4P 2R2
Contracting entity address country
canada
Contact info name
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Contact info email
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Contact info phone
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Attachment
https://canadabuys.canada.ca/sites/default/files/webform/tender_notice/102342/rfp_25-58308_qa_consultants_3_ctmf_final_revised_01_aug.pdf,https://canadabuys.canada.ca/sites/default/files/webform/tender_notice/102342/25-58308_qa_amend_02.pdf,https://canadabuys.canada.ca/sites/default/files/webform/tender_notice/102342/25-58308_qa_amend_01.pdf,https://canadabuys.canada.ca/sites/default/files/webform/tender_notice/102342/npp_25-58308_qc_ctmf_en_fr_final.pdf
Tender description
To engage qualified consultants to provide Quality Control (QC) support during the
operationalization of the Clinical Trial Material Facility (CTMF), in compliance with Health
Canada, Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and European Medicines Agency (EMA)
regulations, policies, and procedures.
The NRC has built a new permanent, Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP)-compliant
Clinical Trial Material Facility (CTMF) at its Royalmount Avenue site in Montréal, where
the facility and equipment completed the validation mid-2024. This facility will
manufacture as a Contract (Development and) Manufacturing Organization (C(D)MO)
vaccines and other biologic materials for clinical trials and manufacture its first GMP
biologics batch early 2027.
This request for proposals includes 3 lots as follows:
1. Lot 1 - Senior QC: one resource working on establishing the right QC process
adapted to Phase 1 and 2 manufacturing in a biomanufacturing facility.
2. Lot 2 - Junior QC: one resources working on all QC processes: documentation
review, data entry, incoming documentation, raw material sampling, analytical
method transfer.
3. Lot 3 - QC Sampler: one resource to perform EM sampling in the clean rooms
(grade C and D).
