Trade Agreement: NAFTA/AIT/Canada-Peru FTA/Canada-Colombia FTA
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:
TA Instrument Waters LLC
159 Lukens Drive
New Castle Delaware
United States
19720
Nature of Requirements:
DYNAMIC MECHANICAL THERMAL ANALYZER
31184-129261/A
Gosselin, Monique
Telephone No. - 819-956-3803 ( )
Fax No. - 819-956-3814
Supply and install a dynamic mechanical thermal analyzer at the
National Research Council's Industrial Materials Institute to be
delivered to Boucherville, Quebec, by March 28, 2013, at the
latest.
The equipment needed (Q800 DMA) is the only instrument on the
market that can be connected to a relative humidity control unit
with a temperature range of 5°C-120°C accurate within ±0.5°C.
The relative humidity control unit must be capable of being
operated in isothermal mode, in temperature-ramp mode and in
isohume mode or humidity-ramp mode. The relative humidity
control unit must be equipped with a heating/cooling rate
control accurate within ±1°C over the entire temperature range.
The relative humidity control unit must be equipped with a
humidity maintenance control accurate within ±3% RH between 5
and 90% RH and between 5% >90% RH. The DMA Q800 must use
Universal Analysis Software to share data between the different
measurement techniques.
The only known supplier of a dynamic mechanical thermal analyzer
that meets all of the technical specifications required is TA
Instruments/model Q800 DMA. For this reason, it is proposed to
negotiate with the manufacturer, TA Instruments - Waters LLC,
New Castle, DE, USA.
Delivery Date: 12/12/2012
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