Table-Top Nano-Indentation Tester

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: Exclusive Rights Comprehensive Land Claim Agreement: No Vendor Name and Address: ANTON PAAR CANADA INC 4920 Place Olivia St. Laurent Quebec Canada H4R2Z8 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

The Department of Natural Resources Canada has a requirement for the supply and delivery of a Table-Top Nano-Indentation Tester to their laboratory in Hamilton, Ontario. This requirement includes installation and training. The Nano-Indentation Tester must function in a lab subject to noise and vibration.

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 Table-Top Nano-Indentation Teste meets the following requirements:

A. The equipment must not be prototypes, demonstration models, used or refurbished.

B. The equipment’s footprint must be no larger than 150cm (width) x 150 cm (depth) x150 cm (height).

C. The procurement must include the equipment delivery and calibration.

D. The equipment must be able to operate indoors, within a research facility, where the ambient humidity may vary from 10% to 80% (non-condensing) and where the ambient temperature may vary from 15 °C to 35 °C.

E. The equipment must be suitable for use with any one or more of the following power supplies:

i. 60 Hz, 120VAC, 1 phase (Electrical supply voltage tolerance: ± 10%.)

F. The equipment must be a table top nanoindentation tester with

i. Control Unit with cables; ii. PCIe acquisition board with cables; and iii. Motorized approach/retraction feature.

G. Must have Diamond indenter with calibration certificate and must switch between different indenter tips quickly (