Trade Agreement: WTO-AGP/NAFTA/AIT/Canada FTAs with Peru/Colombia/Panama
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:
THERMO FISHER SCIENTIFIC (MISSISSAUGA) INC.
2845 Argentia Rd
Unit 4
Mississauga Ontario
Canada
L5N8G6
Nature of Requirements:
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 has a requirement for the supply and installation of one (1) Mass Spectrometer system with user training for up to 4 persons for delivery to Ottawa, Ontario. The equipment must be delivered and installed before 1st March 2016.
3. Criteria for assessment of the Statement of Capabilities
Any interested supplier must demonstrate by way of a statement of capabilities that its system meets the following requirements:
The Canadian Pari-Mutuel Agency (CPMA) requires the purchase of a unique mass spectrometer in the Quadrupole-Orbitrap configuration. This system must be able to perform MSn scanning. This system will deliver high resolution and accurate masses at all modes of operation. The required equipment is the only commercially available ion trap instrument which has a mass resolution of 140,000 with optional enhanced resolution to 280,000 (FWHM) at m/z 200. The new mass spectrometer must have a mass accuracy at
