Spectrometer - Preventative Maintenance – Morden, MB

Spectrometer - Preventative Maintenance – Morden, MB DEFINITION OF REQUIREMENTS: The Morden Research Centre in Morden, MB requires a 3 year preventative maintenance contract for servicing a Q-Exactive™ Hybrid Quadrupole-Orbitrap Mass Spectrometer LC-MS/MS system and one EASY-nLC™ 1000 Integrated Ultra High Performance Liquid Chromatograph. The main tasks include:

Unlimited number of demand on-site service visits with a maximum 72h response, including Engineer labour and travel costs. Once completed to the satisfaction of the supervising scientists, a document detailing the service call is signed by both parties. Priority status for phoned-in technical support inquiries, response within 2h. One annual scheduled preventative maintenance visit. This is generally completed at the end of the contract, and once completed to the satisfaction of the supervising scientists, a document detailing the maintenance visit is signed by both parties. Thermo Scientific supplied personal computers are covered, Software and notification updates Factory-certified replacement parts for Q-Exactive™ Hybrid Quadrupole-Orbitrap and integrated EASY-nLC™ 1000 LC-MS/MS system are included. Subscription to e-support Online Technical resources.CRITERIA FOR ASSESSMENT OF THE STATEMENT OF CAPABILITIES: Any interested supplier must demonstrate by way of a statement of capabilities that it meets the requirements and must fully demonstrate the following: 1. Knowledge and experience in the operation, disassembling/assembling, cleaning, inspection, repair and replacement, alignment and tuning of the internal sectors in the Hybrid Quadrupole-Orbitrap Mass Spectrometer LC-MS/MS system and EASY- nLC 1000 liquid chromatographer, including but not limited to flatpole, quadrupole mass filters and Orbitrap analyzer; and, 2. Experience in the testing and evaluation of the instrument performance, tuning and calibration of Hybrid Quadrupole-Orbitrap Mass Spectrometer LC-MS/MS system and EASY-nLC 1000 liquid chromatographer. 3. Knowledge and experience in Hybrid Quadrupole-Orbitrap Mass Spectrometer LC- MS/MS system instrument method design and optimization for an automated operation in high throughput LC-MS/MS proteomics sample analysis. CONTRACT PERIOD: The contract will be for a 3 years, start date of September 2019 to August 2022  ESTIMATED VALUE: $ 189,473.70 (plus GST)  PROPOSED CONTRACTOR: ThermoFisher Scientific 4-2845 Argentia Road Mississauga, ON L5N 8G6 SOLE SOURCE JUSTIFICATION: Thermo Fisher Scientific owns the design of this equipment. There is no other company that can provide parts, training, service or repairs because the architecture and technology belong to Thermo Fisher Scientific. Since Thermo Fisher is the original manufacturer of this equipment, they are the only company that have trained service engineers that are qualified to do the trouble shooting and repairs on their technology should something break down. Thermo Fisher Scientific provides software upgrades and newly developed software tools that allow both operation of the instrument system and LC-MS/MS data analysis in accordance with the original manufacturer controlled technology development and optimization for both Q-Exactive™ mass spectrometer and EASY-nLC™ 1000 LC-MS/MS system. Computers purchased from Thermo Fisher Scientific and required for the operation of the analytical system ACAN NOTICE: 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 Authority. 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 with a technical and financial evaluation methodology of the bids proposed by the potential bidders. Inquiries on Submission of Statement of Capabilities Suppliers who consider themselves fully qualified and available to provide the services/goods described herein, may submit a statement of capabilities in writing, either via letter, facsimile or Email 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 Solicitation Number, Name of Contracting Authority and closing date of the ACAN must appear within your Statement of Capabilities. CONTRACTING AUTHORITY: Desta Kissack, Materiel Management Advisor Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada Western Service Centre 4-303 Main Street Winnipeg MB R3G 3G7 Phone: (204) 259-4096

Email: Desta.Kissack@canada.ca