Autostainer Link 48 IHC

Trade Agreement: NAFTA/AIT/Canada FTAs with Peru/Colombia/Panama Tendering Procedures: Generally only one firm has been invited to bid Non-Competitive Procurement Strategy: Exclusive Rights Comprehensive Land Claim Agreement: No Vendor Name and Address: DAKO CANADA INC. 12 Falconer Drive Unit 4 Mississauga Ontario Canada L5N3L9 Nature of Requirements:

AUTOSTAINER LINK 48 IHC STAIN. SYS.

H4074-163132/A Quinn, Laurie Telephone No. - (873) 469-3184 Fax No. - (819) 956-3814

1.Advance Contract Award Notice (ACAN)

An ACAN is a public notice indicating to the supplier community that a department or agency intends to award a contract for goods, services or construction to a pre-identified supplier, thereby allowing other suppliers to signal their interest in bidding, by submitting a statement of capabilities. If no supplier submits a statementof capabilities that meets the requirements set out in the ACAN, on or before the closing date stated in the ACAN, the contracting officer may then proceed with the award to the pre-identified supplier.

2.Definition of the requirement

The Department of Health Canada (HC) has a requirement for the supply of one Autostainer Link 48 IHC Staining System, a robotic system designed to accurately and precisely stain the slides by immunohistochemistry and other special stains.

3.Criteria for assessment of the Statement of Capabilities (Minimum Essential Requirements)

Any interested supplier must demonstrate by way of a statement of capabilities that its Autostainer meets the following requirements:

•Must be a completely "open" system with the flexibility of using in-house custom protocols, antibodies, reagents and slides from multiple vendors. •Must be capable of running multiple protocols (5-10), with varying reagent volumes (100 - 500ul.) and incubation times simultaneously within a single staining rack. •The unit must have the capacity for at least 26 reagent stations with dishwasher safe staining pots of up to 350 ml reagent volume capacity, and 5 independently heated onboard oven stations. •The unit must be fitted with a carbonfilter and have the option to connect exhaust extraction to protect from venting fumes into the laboratory. •The built-in, stand-alone software must have: othe capability to store at least 50 programs in memory; othe capability to allocate protocols toslide load positions; oAuto-Return, Urgent Start and Auto-allocate features; oThe capability of providing standard and customized printable staining run reports. •Unit must have battery back-up to continue staining for up to 40 minutes in the eventof a power failure and an integrated USB port to allow the user to save protocols, instrument setup, and QC files for printing and/or back-up.

4.Applicability of the trade agreement(s) to the procurement

This procurement is subject to the following trade agreement(s) oAgreement on Internal Trade (AIT) oNorth American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)

5.Justification for the Pre-Identified Supplier The Autostainer Link 48 IHC Staining System has the following unique technical features not available through other vendors which are required for HC’s Regulatory Toxicology Research Division in the Bureau of Chemical Safety, Food Directorate. -Must be a completely "open" system with the flexibility of using in-house custom protocols, antibodies,reagents and slides from multiple vendors.

The instrument will be used to stain tissues from multiple organs and species for veterinary, research and clinical applications. Thus, there will be a requirement for the use of commercial as well as in-house custom slides and protocols, antibodies, kits and reagents such as anti-wash buffer, target retrievals, kits, serum blocks, blocking agents, and chromogens. The interested supplier must fully disclose any additional requirements for running another companies protocols, reagents or kits.

- Must be capable of running multiple protocols (5-10), with varying reagent volumes (100 - 500ul.) and incubation times simultaneously within a single staining rack. On any given day, the instrument will be used to develop and optimize staining methods for tissues from multiple organs and species for veterinary, research and clinical applications. Thus, there will be a requirement for running either single or multiple protocols simultaneously using multiple antibody types and dilutions and reagent volumes, as well as incubation periods.

-The unit must have the capacity for at least 26 reagent stations with dishwasher safe staining pots of up to 350 ml reagent volume capacity, and 5 independently heated onboard oven stations. This capacity is required and desirable to allow the efficient use of our resources, time and the instrument to routinely stain 30 or more tissue sections and up to 5 different antibody staining protocols with variable incubation temperatures per each run. Staining pots must be capable of being cleaned in a dishwasher to minimize manual cleaning.

-The unit must be fitted with a carbon filter and have the option to connect exhaust extraction to protect from venting fumes into the laboratory. The staining procedures will utilize toxic solvents and reagents. Therefore, as part of our occupational health and safety code, this requirement is essential to protect the user and other laboratory personnel from toxic solvent and reagent fumes venting into the laboratory during the run.

-The built-in, stand-alone software must have: the capability to store at least 50 programs in memory; the capability to allocate protocols to slide load positions; Auto-Return, Urgent Start and Auto-allocate features; the capability of providing standard and customized printable staining run reports.

The instrument will be used to stain tissues from multiple organs and species for veterinary, research and clinical applications. Therefore,thesoftware requirements a) to d) are necessary to meet the following requirements listed in the same order: a)to store and run multiple commercial and in-house custom protocols; b)to avoid slide and protocol loading errors; c)to enable user to interrupt cycle and start over, to prioritize slide racks, to provide the most efficient protocol-based and cross contamination-proof layout of reagents, and to change the speed of the run. d)to allow complete traceability of slides, reagents and software events, including information such as type(s) of staining pretreatment, the reagents used (for example, antibodies, kits, chromogens and solvents), including their respective lot numbers and suppliers.

-The unit must have battery back-up to continue staining for up to 40 minutes in the event of a power failure, and an integrated USB port to allow the user to save protocols, instrument setup, and QC files for printing and/or back-up

The instrument will be used to stain tissues from multiple studiesthathave already utilized significant amounts of financial and human resources as well project time which can span over a couple of years. Therefore, this type of capacity for the instrument is essential to allow for contingency planning in the event of a power or computer failure so that tissue samples and/or protocols are not lost, but can be retrieved for the projects to continue.

6.Government Contracts Regulations Exception(s)

The following exception(s) to the Government Contracts Regulations is (are) invoked for this procurement under subsection 6(d) - "only one person is capable of performing the work".

7.Exclusions and/or Limited Tendering Reasons

The following exclusion(s) and/or limited tendering reasons are invoked under the section of the trade agreement(s) specified:

Agreement on Internal Trade (AIT) - Article(s) 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 alternativeor substitute exists;

North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) - Article(s) 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 thereis 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.

8.Ownership of Intellectual Property

Ownership of any Foreground Intellectual Property arising out of the proposed contract will vest in the Contractor.

9.Period of the proposed contract or delivery date

The equipment is requested to be delivered by December 30, 2016.

10.Cost estimate of the proposed contract

The estimated value of the contract, including options is $65,000.00 (GST/HST extra).

11.Name and address of the pre-identified supplier Name: Dako Canada ULC Address: 6705 Millcreek Dr. Unit 5, Mississauga, Ontario, L5N 54

12.Suppliers' rightto submit a statement of capabilities

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.

13.Closing date for a submission of a statement of capabilities.

The closing date and time for accepting statements of capabilities is October 24, 2016

14.Inquiries and submission of statements of capabilities

Inquiries and statements of capabilities are to be directed to

Laurie Quinn, Supply Specialist Scientific, Medical and Photographic Division Commercial and Consumer Products Directorate 6A2 (36) Place du Portage, Phase III 11 rue Laurier, Gatineau Quebec K1A 0S5 Telephone: 873-469-3184 Facsimile: 819-956-3824 E-mail: laurie.quinn@tpsgc-pwgsc.gc.a

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.

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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.

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