Gas Chromatograph with Mass Spectrometric Detector

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: Agilent Technologies Canada Inc. 6705 Millcreek Unit 5 Mississauga Ontario Canada L5N5M4 Nature of Requirements: Gas Chromatograph with Mass Spectrometric Detector

1. 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 statement of 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 requirement

The Department of Environment Canada, Emergencies Science and Technology Section (ESTS) has a requirement for the supply of one (1) new gas chromatograph with mass-spectrometric detector (GC-MSD), including installation and familiarization, for use in the analysis of petroleum and fuels and for the analysis of petroleum-contaminated environmental samples. The required unit is intended for operational support for environmental and chemical emergencies, as well as analysis of legal samples.

To meet the operational needs of ESTS the supplied GC-MSD must satisfy the following compatibility requirements:

-Measurement compatibility: This unit must be compatible in terms of data outputs with an existing Agilent GC-MSD 7890/5975c instrument. Compatible analytical capability is essential: a) in emergencies in case of equipment failure so that high-priority samples can be rapidly moved from one instrument to another, and b) to ensure replication and verifiability of results for potential legal use. The results generated are used to a) inform spill clean-up and public health decisions (eg evacuations, amenity use closures), and b) will be used for regulatory and enforcement activities under the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, the Fisheries Act and other applicable legislation, as well as meeting the needs of international clients such as the United States Environmental Protection Agency, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement. Analytical results must be able to meet reproducibility criteria (minimum essential requirement 3.2) to a) mitigate critical equipment failure, in terms of turn-around-time for analysis, during time-critical analysis for spills and emergency response, and b) to provide high confidence in results for use in legal settings, such as Environment Canada Enforcement actions. Often, both of these functions must be met simultaneously.

-Software compatibility: The required unit must be able to read instrument settings files (methods) from existing Agilent GC-MSD 7890/5975c instrumentation. In addition, system software must be capable of reading and performing analysis on existing HP/Agilent MSD ChemStation datafiles dating from 1992 to the present.

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 product meets the following requirements:

1) The supplied unit must be able to read instrument settings files (methods) from existing Agilent GC-MSD 7890/5975c instrumentation. In addition, the supplied analysis software must be capable of reading and performing re-analysis on existing HP/Agilent MSD ChemStation datafiles dating from 1992 to the present.

2) System software must be capable of manual single peak and peak group integrations, that is, be able to group regions of the resultant mass spectra and/or chromatograms using a manual integration method.

3) Instrument Performance: For the criteria of instrument performance, use the following instrumental parameters: a. Injection: 1µL volume, splitless injection, inlet held at 280°C. b. Column: 30 m × 0.25 mm ID HP-5MS or equivalent fused silica column (0.25 µm film thickness)

c. Carrier Gas: Helium, 1.0 mL/min, constant flow.

d. Temperature programs: i. For alkanes and biomarkers: 50°C for 1 min, then 5°C/min to 300°C, then hold at 300°C for 10 minutes. ii. For PAHs: 60°C for 1 min, then 15°C/min to 160°C, followed by 8°C/min to 300°C, then hold at 300°C for 6.83 minutes.

e. Detector: Direct transfer at 280°C to mass spectrometric detector The list of analytes for which all instrument performance criteria must be met can be found in table 3.1, following. A minimum of 12 replicates must be made for these determinations. 3.1) Instrument detection limits (IDL) are defined as being at least three times more signal to background for the purposes of this criterion. For individual analytes in solution, each IDL must equal or be lower than the following for all analytes in table 3.1. Alkanes: a 1µL injection of 10 ng/mL solution. Hopanes/Steranes: a 1µL injection of 10 ng/mL solution. PAHs and alkyl PAHS: a 1µL injection of 1 ng/mL solution.

3.2) Repeatability: The relative response factor (RRF) for 1 µL injections of standard solutions of each analyte (see Table 3.1) are calculated relative to response factors for the internal standards. These standards are 5-alpha-androstane, d14-terphenyl and 17beta(H),21beta(H) hopane for alkane, aromatic (PAH, aPAH), and biomarker (hopane, sterane) determinations respectively. The RRF for any compound must not have an expanded uncertainty of more than 10% for solutions 10 to 20 times the IDL concentrations specified at criterion 3.1. 3.3) Variability in sensitivity with analyte mass: The individual mean RRFs must be in the ranges of 0.5 to 2 for every analyte.

3.4) Linearity: The instrument must demonstrate linearity of all analytes from the instrument detection limit to 1000 times the IDL (3 decades).

3.5) Instrument robustness: the instrument must demonstrate that it can meet or exceed all criteria for IDL, repeatability, variability in sensitivity, and linearity, for 72 hours of continuous operation.

Table 3.1 Mandatory Target Analytes. Compounds [Target Ions] Alkanes

n-Alkanes (n-C9 to n-C30) [85, 71] Pristane [85, 113] Phytane [85, 183]

Hopanes

17alpha(H),21beta(H)-30-norhopane [191] 17beta(H),21alpha(H)-hopane [191]

Steranes

C27 20R-5alpha(H),14alpha (H),17alpha(H)-cholestane [217, 218]

Alkylated PAHs

C0-Naphthalene [128] C1-Naphthalenes (analyte group) [142] C2-Naphthalenes (analyte group) [156] C3-Naphthalenes (analyte group) [170] C4-Naphthalenes (analyte group) [184] C0-Phenanthrene [178] C1-Phenanthrenes (analyte group) [192] C2-Phenanthrenes (analyte group) [206] C3-Phenanthrenes (analyte group) [220] C0-Dibenzothiophene [184] C1-Dibenzothiophenes (analyte group) [198] C2-Dibenzothiophenes (analyte group) [212] C0-Chrysene [228] C1-Chrysenes (analyte group) [242] 4. Trade Agreement(s) This procurement is subject to the following trade agreements:

Agreement on Internal Trade (AIT) North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)

5. Justification for the Pre-Identified Supplier To the knowledge of Environment Canada, Agilent Technologies Canada is the only manufacturer of a Gas Chromatograph with Mass Spectrometric Detector unit that meets the mandatory requirements, and the required measurement and software compatibilities with existing equipment and datafiles. Agilent Technologies Canada Inc is the only supplier of new Agilent instrumentation in Canada.

6. Government Contracts Regulations Exception(s) The following exception to the Government Contracts Regulations is 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 506, paragraph 12(a) North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) - Article 1016, paragraph 2(b)

8. Delivery The equipment must be delivered as soon as possible.

9. Inquiries and submission of statements of capabilities Inquiries and statements of capabilities are to be directed to:

Jenny Yee Supply Specialist / Spécialiste d'approvisionnement 800 De la Gauchetière Street West, local 7300, Montreal, Qc H5A 1L6 Telephone /Téléphone (514) 496-3870 Facsimile/Télécopieur (514) 496-3822 jenny.yee@tpsgc-pwgsc.gc.ca Delivery Date: Above-mentioned

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