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: Interchangeable Parts
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:
Spectrometer System
01686-180487/A
Abela, Aaron
Telephone No. - (905) 615-2061 ( )
E-mail: a••••••••@••••••••.••.ca
Spectrometer
01686-180487/A
Abela, Aaron
Telephone No. - (905) 615-2061
E-mail: a••••••••@••••••••.••.ca
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
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC), Harrow Research and Development Centre (HRDC) in Harrow, Ontario requires the supply, delivery, installation, and supply of associated training for one (1) FOSS NIRS DS2500 Near Infrared Spectrometer System to enable the soybean research programs to maintain and enhance the capacity to quantify soybean seed constituents and functional performance. This unit is required to replace the current owned and operated FOSS NIRSystems 6500 unit that has reached its life cycle end and will no longer be supported for maintenance and repair by March 31, 2018.
The Spectrometer system replacement must be compatible, system integrated and fully back-compatible in hardware and software with the old instrument so that the spectra libraries and model equations are not lost and can be transferred for continued use and enhancement.
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.The system offered must be in current use in the marketplace for a minimum of one (1) year.
2. The NIRS must be 100% compatible and back compatible with the FOSS NIRSystems II solution.
3. The NIRS must enable the calibrations/prediction models developed at Harrow-RDC on the FOSS NIRSystem II, to be transferred to the new system and made fully functional for analytical use.
4. The NIRS must have Silicon (400-1100nm) and Lead Sulfide (1100-2500nm) detectors
5. The signal to *noise ratio must be less than 50 micro absorbance units (au) in the 700-2500 region. (*noise = root mean square for 10 co-added, 10 second scans)
6. The NIRS wavelength range must be, at a minimum, between 400 and 2500nm (nanometers) and operate in reflectance measurement mode.
7. Data interval/spectral resolution must be a minimum of 0.5nm.
8. Wavelength precision must be
