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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: Measured Solutions, Inc. 103 Pilgrim Road Greenville South Carolina United States 29607 Nature of Requirements: Fibrotest Fibre Testing Instrument Annette Bourque (506) 851-2325 annette.bourque@tpsgc-pwgsc.gc.ca
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REQUIREMENT: Public Works and Government Services Canada intends to enter into a sole-source contract with Measured Solutions, Inc., Greenville South Carolina (US) to purchase a Fibrotest Fibre Testing Instrument. The equipment will be delivered to Natural Research Council Canada (NRC), Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island. The reason for single tendering is: Government Contract Regulations, Section 6 (d) is being invoked in this procurement is the only one person capable of performing the contract.
The NRC «Aquatic and Crop resource Development» Portfolio wants to buy an analytical apparatus capable of measuring and determining several key parameters (fibre properties / attributes) of flax or hemp fiber bundles fiber (i.e. a lump of fibers). Those properties to be analyzed are: length of fiber, tensile, elongation and absolute tenacity. Fibrotest, from the Textechno company (distributed by Measured Solutions Inc., in North America) is a measuring system that determines several parameters in an automatic mode. A feature that is critical to NRC since performing lab tests for all those tests are very labor intensive.
Fibrotest is the only equipment adapted to meet the client's needs, and the only equipment that can meet the following mandatory criteria:
Testechno is the only manufacturer who has adapted their system (tester equipment) to flax and hemp fibers; other manufacturers are targeting only cotton fibers. Fibrotest is the only system that can analyze strong and very long fibers (up to 150 mm). Fibrotest is the only system that can do the analyses needed from/on the same sample in an automatic mode. Fibrotest is the only system that uses a laser and an in-line camera, which is known to provide the best repeatability. Fibrotest is the only tester that can measure tenacity in absolute terms with an internal balance to measure the mass of the fibers. Fibrotest is the only tester that can measure all the parameters (listed above) at once by the same apparatus.
This requirement is subject to the NAFTA/AIT/Canada FTAs with Columbia/Peru/Panama. Limited Tendering Provisions is in accordance with the Trade Agreements, Articles 506.12 (b) of AIT, Articles 1016.2 (b) of NAFTA, and Canada FTAs with Columbia/Peru/Panama contain similar limited tendering provisions to those in the NAFTA.
This PWGSC office provides procurement services to the public in both official languages of Canada. Delivery Date: 31/03/2014
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