K8F10-210132/A - Liquid Chromatography Tandem Quadrupole Time of Flight Mass Spectrometer System (K8F10-210132/A)

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TITLE : Liquid Chromatography Tandem Quadrupole Time of Flight

Mass Spectrometer System (LC/QToF)

K8F10-210132/A Lee, Hilda Telephone No. - (604) 764-6053

E-mail Address:

Hilda.Lee@pwgsc-tpsgc.gc.ca

Environment and Climate Change Canada (PYLET in North Vancouver, BC) has a requirement to supply, delivery, installation and training of a Liquid Chromatography Tandem Quadrupole Time of Flight Mass Spectrometer (LC/QToF) System at 2645 Dollarton Highway, North Vancouver, for the quantitative and qualitative analysis of a wide variety of trace level environmental organic compounds.

This instrument will be used as a forensic analysis tool for the enforcement of Canadian environmental regulations under the Canadian Environmental Protection Act (CEPA), Fisheries Act (FA), other related acts/regulations, as well as for new method development and environmental research projects. Data produced using the instrument may be entered into a court of law for the purposes of prosecution..

The instrument system must meet all applicable ISO, and CSA standards.

The supplied LC/QToF shall include all parts/equipment/software/data storage capacity necessary for analysis. It is incumbent upon the Vendor to recommend specific hardware configurations for COMPLETE SYSTEMS that are GUARANTEED suitable for the purposes specified. Vendors must submit documentation with their bidding package that CLEARLY AND PRECISELY DEMONSTRATE how their systems comply with the required specifications.

The Vendor MUST respond in detail to each item in the specifications below.

Failure to do so, or failure to reply in sufficient detail, may severely impact on points allocated to the Vendor’s system. The provision of company literature only is NOT ACCEPTABLE and may result in the Vendor being deemed non-responsive.

All prices must include DELIVERY to and system INSTALLATION at PYLET, Environment and Climate Change Canada, North Vancouver, BC. The cost(s) of any item(s) omitted from the quote(s) that are required to meet system installation, performance requirements and specifications as described herein, are to be the sole responsibility of the Vendor.

Demo or refurbished units will not be considered.

There are no security requirements associated with this requirement.

The Crown retains the right to negotiate with suppliers on any procurement.

Documents may be submitted in either official language of Canada.

Delivery Date: Above-mentioned

The Crown retains the right to negotiate with suppliers on any procurement.

Documents may be submitted in either official language of Canada.