Trade Agreement: CETA / WTO-AGP / CPTPP / CFTA / FTAs with Peru / Colombia / Panama / Korea
Tendering Procedures: All interested suppliers may submit a bid
Non-Competitive Procurement Strategy: Exclusive Rights
Comprehensive Land Claim Agreement: No
Vendor Name and Address:
Life Technologies Inc.
5250 Main Way
Burlington Ontario
Canada
L7L5Z1
Nature of Requirements:
bench top rapid DNA system
M7594-212608/A
Courteau, Robert
Telephone No. - (343) 550-1614
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 Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) has a requirement for the supply of a bench top Rapid DNA system for the fully automated process of developing a DNA profile (CODISshort tandem repeat loci) from a biological sample without human intervention within a single instrument. This includes installation, set up, training and necessary system consumable (cartridges) for the validation of the system.
The bench top Rapid DNA system must have a small footprint (60 cm or less) and have the capability to analyze one biological sample at a time with no additional costs or requirement for specialized swabs or collection equipment using Applied BiosystemsTM STR chemistry.
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:
3.1. The System must be able to perform Rapid DNA (i.e. fully automated process of developing a DNA profile from a biological sample without human intervention).
3.2. The System shall consist of one instrument and accompanying computer and software necessary to perform Rapid DNA technology.
3.3. The System must have a footprint of 60 cm or less (height x depth x width), excluding associated computer and weigh 30 kg or less.
3.4. The System Sample Cartridges must be a self-contained sample cartridge containing Applied Biosystems? STR chemistry.
3.5. The System with associated cartridge must be able to interrogate the following 20 CODIS STR loci: CSF1PO, D3S1358, D5S818, D7S820, D8S1179, D13S317, D16S539, D18S51, D21S11, FGA, TH01, TPOX, vWA, D1S1656, D2S441, D2S1338, D10S1248, D12S391, D19S433, and D22S1045, plus at least two STR loci on the Y chromosome and the Amelogenin locus.
3.6. The System must generate results in 2 hours or less.
3.7. The System and cartridges must be compatible and demonstrated to yield similar success rate with Reference samples and various substrates typically encountered in casework (e.g. blood or saliva on FTA cards, various types of buccal swabs, etc.) with no specialized swabs or collection equipment requirement.
3.8. The disposable Sample cartridge must be stable when stored between 5 °C to 25 °C for at least 6 months from delivery date.
3.9. System Cartridges other than the Sample Cartridge must be stable for up to six months on-instrument.
3.10. The disposable Sample Cartridge must be able to accommodate only one sample at a time, without additional reagent expense, to provide the ability to run samples as they are received (no batching).
3.11. The cartridge (Sample or other) must include all necessary controls for the analysis, i.e., allelic ladder and internal standard.
3.12. The System must perform automatic calibrations of consumables.
3.13. The System must have internal diagnostic features that enable the user to identify instrument errors and malfunctions.
3.14. The System must have expert system capabilities, i.e. automatically analyzes and interprets the data and provides rapid feedback on the usability of the STR profiles without user intervention.
3.15. The System must provide the option to export output files in PDF and CVS format.
3.16. The System must include necessary software to enable remote real-time review of DNA profiles and to data export.
3.17. The System must allow for samples to be successfully recovered from the processed sample cartridge to be re-analyzed with the System or with another workflow (e.g., standard laboratory DNA typing procedure).
4. Applicability of the trade agreement(s) to the procurement
This procurement is subject to the following trade agreement:
- Canada Free Trade Agreement (CFTA)
- Canada-European Union: Comprehensive Economic Trade Agreement (CETA)
- World Trade Organization (WTO)
5. Justification for the Pre-Identified Supplier
The RapidHIT ID instrument is the only known product that meets all of the above minimum essential requirements. Life Technologies is the only manufacturer of this system and is the only supplier capable of performing the proposed contract.
6. Government Contracts Regulations Exception(s)
The following exception to the Government Contracts Regulations is invoked for this procurement under subsection 6(d) - "only one person is capable of performing the work".
7. Quantity of the proposed contract
The proposed contract is for one Rapid HIT ID system, sample and instrument cartridges for the analysis of 200 biological samples (100 Casework-type and 100 Reference-type samples), including installation, set up, training and support.
All the deliverables must be received on or before March 31, 2021.
Upon validation of the system, follow-on contracts may be required for additional units, cartridges and/or annual support services.
8. Name and address of the pre-identified supplier
Life Technologies Inc.
5250 Mainway
Burlington, ON L7L 5Z1
9. Suppliers' right to submit a statement of capabilities
Suppliers who consider themselves fully qualified and available to provide the goods, services or construction services described in the ACAN may submit a statement of capabilities in writing to the contact person identified in this notice on or before the closing date of this notice. The statement of capabilities must clearly demonstrate how the supplier meets the advertised requirements.
10. Closing date for a submission of a statement of capabilities
The closing date and time for accepting statements of capabilities is November 17, 2020 at 14:00 EST.
11. Inquiries and submission of statements of capabilities
Direct all correspondence to:
Robert Courteau
Supply Team Lead
Public Works and Government Services Canada
Commercial Consumer Products Directorate
Suite 7153, 140 O’Connor Street, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Telephone: 343-550-1614
E-mail address: R••••••••@••••••••.••.ca
Delivery Date: Above-mentioned
You are hereby notified that the government intends to negotiate with one firm only as identified above. Should you have any questions concerning this requirement, contact the contracting officer identified above.
An Advance Contract Award Notice (ACAN) allows departments and agencies to post a notice, for no less than fifteen (15) calendar days, indicating to the supplier community that it intends to award a good, service or construction contract to a pre-identified contractor. If no other supplier submits, on or before the closing date, a Statement of Capabilities that meets the requirements set out in the ACAN, the contracting authority may then proceed with the award. However, should a Statement of Capabilities be found to meet the requirements set out in the ACAN, then the contracting authority will proceed to a full tendering process.
Suppliers who consider themselves fully qualified and available to provide the services/goods described herein, may submit a statement of capabilities in writing to the contact person identified in this Notice on or before the closing date of this Notice. The statement of capabilities must clearly demonstrate how the supplier meets the advertised requirements.
The PWGSC file number, the contracting officer's name and the closing date of the ACAN must appear on the outside of the envelope in block letters or, in the case of a facsimile transmission, on the covering page.
The Crown retains the right to negotiate with suppliers on any procurement.
Documents may be submitted in either official language of Canada.
