BAROCYCLER

Trade 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: Pressure BioSciences, inc. (PBI) 14 Norfolk Avenue South Easton, MA 02375 South Easton Massachusetts United States 02375 Nature of Requirements: BAROCYCLER

39903-140455/A Lafontaine, Marie-José Telephone No. - (819) 956-3472 ( ) Fax No. - (819) 956-3814

Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) has a requirement for the supply and the installation of one "Pressure BioSciences" model NEP2320 Barocycler , one Connector and one Microtube Tackle Box with user training for one people for delivery to St-Hyacinthe, Quebec. The delivery is requested for March, 31th 2014.

The work planned by the CFIA with this new equipment will be the extraction of human pathogen proteins, the extraction of specific risk material from animal tissues and/or the extraction of viral proteins from food matrices. This new equipment must allow protein extraction from very small samples with volumes varying from 50 to 150 µl. This new equipment must allow the extraction of larger volumes from 500 to 1500 µl as well. This new equipment must use disposable tubes that transfer the pressure to the sample, should fit in a biosafety cabinet and must resist to high pressure to avoid any risk of explosion and laboratory contamination. This new equipment must work with a range of pressure from 5000 to 45000 psi. This new equipment should allow the use of up to 99 cycles.

The only known supplier of a Barocycler meeting all required technical specifications Pressure BioSciences,inc. For this reason, it is proposed to negociate this requirement with the manufacture Pressure BioSciences,inc., Massachusetts, United States.

Delivery Date: Above-mentioned

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