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Create free accountTrade 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: RainDance Technologies Inc 749 Middlesex Turnpike Billerica Massachusetts United States 01821 Nature of Requirements: Droplet Digital PCR System
Public Works and Government Services Canada (PWGSC), on behalf of National Research Council (NRC), intends to negotiate with. for the provision of a Droplet Digital PCR System.
DEFINITION OF REQUIREMENT
The National Research Council (NRC) requires the supply, installation and training for a droplet digital PCR (ddPCR) system for analysis of genomic DNA, fresh frozen or FFPE DNA, cDNA and various biomolecules found in clinical samples. This system is required for discovery and/or validation of genetic cancer markers in biological /clinical samples. This capability is a component of the NRC program in Biologics and Subsequent Entry Biologics.
PERFORMANCE CRITERIA/OBJECTIVES/SPECIFICATIONS
Any interested supplier must demonstrate by way of a statement of capabilities that its product meets the following requirements:
a ddPCR instrument that can produce at least 10 million droplets from a single reaction volume of 50 microliter so that the uncertainty associated with the assay is reduced to 0.53 - 0.17%. Table 1 provides the uncertainties associated with various numbers of droplets in a ddPCR assay.
Table 1. Uncertainty associated with assays using increasing numbers of reactions (droplets), from the National Institute of Standards and Technology, USA # reactions /droplets 100 1,000 104 105 106 107 108 %Uncertainty 53.75 16.67 5.26 1.66 0.53 0.17 0.05
A ddPCR instrument that provides a dynamic range of at least 6 logs that can detect signals between 10 and 100,000 events, such as those arising from various biomolecules that are found in clinical samples, in a single reaction tube.
A ddPCR system that requires only one pipetting step while loading a sample onto the instrument, reducing hands-on technician time to reduce possible contamination, sample loss, human error, and technician cost. Droplet generation (10 million) from a single reaction (50 ul) and PCR amplification in the same reaction tube is required to eliminate technical variables associated with multi-tube reaction.
A ddPCR system with a lower limit of detection of 1 in more than 1,000,000.
JUSTIFICATION FOR THE PRE-IDENTIFIED SUPPLIER
RainDance Technologies Inc. is the only known supplier that can provide a ddPCR that meets all of the mandatory performance specifications.
TRADE AGREEMENTS
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".
The following exclusion(s) and/or limited tendering reasons are invoked under the section of the trade agreement(s) specified:
Government on Internal Trade (AIT), Article 506-12(b) where there is an absence of competition for technical reasons and the goods or services can be supplied only by a particular supplier and no alternative or substitute exists;
North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), 1016.2(b) where, for works of art, or for reasons connected with the protection of patents, copyrights or other exclusive rights, or proprietary information or where there is an absence of competition for technical reasons, the goods or services can be supplied only by a particular supplier and no reasonable alternative or substitute exists;
DELIVERY DATE
The product/system/equipment (as appropriate) must be delivered on March 31, 2014. FOB destination, to the National Research Council, Halifax, Nova Scotia Canada.
PRE-IDENTIFIED SUPPLIER
RainDance Technologies Inc. 749 Middlesex Turnpike Billerica, MA 01821
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 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.
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.
CONTRACTING OFFICER Tanya Allen tanya.allen@tpsgc-pwgsc.gc.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.
Not stated in the notice: procurement type, procurement method, selection criteria, region of delivery, region of opportunity, expected contract period, end user
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