Trade Agreement: NAFTA/AIT/Canada FTAs with Peru/Colombia/Panama
Tendering Procedures: Generally only one firm has been invited
to bid
Attachment: None
Non-Competitive Procurement Strategy: Exclusive Rights
Comprehensive Land Claim Agreement: No
Vendor Name and Address:
GeneFluidics
845 Meridian Street
Irwindale California
United States
91010
Nature of Requirements:
Electrochemical Reader System, Suffield, Alberta
1. Purpose of an Advance Contract 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 requirements and sole source justification
The Defence R&D Canada, Suffield Research Centre under the
Department of National Defence requires two (2) GeneFluidics
Helios electrochemical reader systems for developing a portable
identification platform using either gene probe or
antibody-antigen recognition. The system will be used to test
and evaluate the feasibility of a handheld immunological
identification platform for technical use required by the
Department.
3. Criteria for assessment of the Statement of Capabilities
Minimum Essential Requirements
The following specifications of the GeneFluidics Helios
electrochemical reader system are critical functionalities
required by DRDC, Suffield Research Centre. Any interested
supplier must demonstrate by way of a statement of capabilities
that its product/equipment/system meets the following
requirements:
- A research-grade, commercially available 16-channel
potentiostat allowing for testing multiple analytes
simultaneously with duplication and positive and negative
controls.
- Maximum dimensions: 10" x 7" x 2" for handheld application and
ease of use with one hand.
- System must contain 16-sensor chips compatible with
electrochemical sensing and the flexibility for users to
choose different types of pre-functionalized sensor chip for
easy immobilization of antibodies and/or DNA probes.
