DYNAMIC MECHANICAL THERMAL ANALYSER

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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