5000093004 Acquisition of a High-Performance Liquid Chromatography with Electrochemical Detection (HPLC-ECD) Suite

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Tendering Procedures: Selective tendering – Request for proposal against a supply arrangement to pre-qualified suppliers.

Competitive Procurement Strategy: The bid must comply with the requirements of the bid solicitation and meet all mandatory technical evaluation criteria to be declared responsive. The responsive bid achieving the highest Total Financial Score will be recommended for award of a contract. The financial evaluation will be conducted using a weighted financial point-rated methodology.

Comprehensive Land Claim Agreement: No.

Nature of Requirements

Name of the requirement: Acquisition of a High-Performance Liquid Chromatography with Electrochemical Detection (HPLC-ECD) Suite

Reference number: 5000093004

Email: solicitation-demandedesoumission@cnsc-ccsn.gc.ca

THIS REQUEST IS RESERVED FOR HOLDERS OF SUPPLY ARRANGEMENT # E60PV-19EQUI ONLY, FOR THE PURCHASE OF LABORATORY AND SCIENTIFIC EQUIPMENT, PARTS AND ACCESSORIES, SERVICES AND SUPPLIES.

Only Suppliers currently pre-qualified on Supply Arrangement E60PV-19EQUI have been invited to bid.

As a requirement of the Supply Arrangement, this notice is published on Government Electronic Tendering Service (GETS) for a period of 40 calendar days. The closing date published on this notice identifies how long the notice will be published. For the closing date of any solicitation under the supply arrangement, invited suppliers should refer to the solicitation documents.

Suppliers that do not have a Supply Arrangement for the supply of Laboratory and Scientific Equipment, Parts and Accessories, Services and Supplies with Public Works and Government Services Canada, cannot submit a bid. Any bids received from suppliers not pre-qualified on the Supply Arrangement will not be evaluated.

Suppliers may qualify under Supply Arrangement E60PV-19EQUI for Laboratory and Scientific Equipment, Parts and Accessories, Services and Supplies, at any time. Interested suppliers should download solicitation document E60PV-19EQUI/D from CanadaBuys (SAP Ariba) and submit a response as per the requirements of the Request for Supply Arrangement.

The Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC) Laboratory has a requirement to acquire a liquid chromatography system coupled with an electrochemical detector for the analysis of trace amounts of hydrazine and morpholine in fresh water samples. These components, collectively title the HPLC-ECD suite will employ high-performance liquid chromatography techniques to separate the hydrazine and morpholine from its sample matrix, and analyze their concentrations via amperometry using an electrochemical detector.

The mandatory technical criteria are included in Annex A.

The responsive bidder already holding a Supply arrangement for Laboratory and Scientific Equipment, Parts and Accessories, Services and Supplies from Public Works and Government Services Canada who meets the mandatory technical criteria with the highest Total Financial Score will be recommended for contract award.