WATER TESTING SUPPLIES

Trade Agreement: WTO-AGP/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: Idexx Laboratories Canada Corporation PO Box 70535 Station A Toronto Ontario Canada M5W2X5 Nature of Requirements: This is a Requisition on Contract (ROC) for the Department of Health Canada for test kits and associated equipment as reagents and other appropriate supplies and equipment needed for regular sampling and testing and Quality Assurance/Quality Control (QA/QC) for on-site testing drinking water for E-coli and total coliforms. Delivery will be made on and as when requested basis to various Health Canada regional offices across Canada. The ROC will be from the date of contract for a period of five (5) years.

Health Canada's Primary Health Care & Public Health (PHCPH) Directorate has a requirement for on-site test kits for sampling and testing the quality of drinking water for Total Coliforms and E. coli in approximately 600 First Nations communities under PHCPHD purview. Community members are trained to perform the water testing procedures. The water testing kits must have the capacity to produce results for presence/absence for Total Coliforms and E. coli. For the purpose of minimizing contamination and ease of use, test kits must not use Multiple Tube Fermentation (MTF) as a Quantification method.

The only known manufacturer/supplier of a Total Coliform, E. coli test kit for the MPN method using quanti-trays and not MTF as a Quantification method is IDEXX Corporation. For this reason, it is proposed to negotiate directly with IDEXX for this requirement. Delivery Date: Above-mentioned

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