Background Information
Since 1848 the University of Ottawa has been Canada’s university and the largest bilingual university in Canada. At the University of Ottawa, we understand our past and our desired future. The University of Ottawa is a major player in the cultural and economic development of the National Capital Region.
The University of Ottawa is one of Canada's leading research-intensive University. The University of Ottawa fosters excellence and success in research, whether the research is basic or applied, of intrinsic value or of commercial importance. The University of Ottawa considers itself to be Canada's university of the 21st Century by launching new initiatives in emerging areas, promoting collaboration within and across faculties, and providing the milieu in which creativity can flourish.
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We hereby invite your company (proponent) to partner with the University of Ottawa in this great project funded by the Canada Foundation for Innovation and the Ontario Research Fund by submitting an offer to this Request for Proposals and by including an in-kind contribution.
Please find attached the Request for Proposals documentation with specifications and the CFI guidelines pricing format to be completed and returned with your proposal.
Statement of Requirements
The Unversity of Ottawa is pleased to invite qualified proponents to submit a proposal for a two-photon imaging system to decipher structuro-functional properties of neuronal networks in the live animals and brain sections
General Description:
The two-photon imaging system must include:
- Upright microscope with LED epi-fluorescence module
- Hybrid Scan Unit that includes independent galvo-galvo and galvo-resonant scanners
- Ultrafast pulsed IR laser with dual output – one fully tunable line (680-1300 nm) and one fixed line at
- 1045 nm, both lasers with built-on and fully automated dispersion compensation.
- Fully motorized IR beam expansion, 4-axis auto-alignment of both laser beams (tunable 680-1300 nm and 1045), and AOM-based intensity control of both beams
- Two cooled Gallium Arsenide Phosphide (GaAsP) high sensitivity detectors
- Triggering/synchronization and digital/analog input/output hub
- Anti-vibration table and workstation
The two-photon imaging system will be used for:
Imaging functional properties of neurons and stem cells using calcium indicators.
Imaging structural changes in the mature neurons following different memory and learning paradigms
Specifications listed in Appendix A – Technical Specifications Compliance Form of this RFP are the mandatory minimum requirements for the 2 photon Imaging system.
Should any equipment included in a proposal be superseded by a newer model during the period between the award of contract and the delivery date, the successful Proponent will be required to inform the University of Ottawa of the new specifications, the newer model pricing will remain the same as what was offered in the RFP. At its sole discretion, the University of Ottawa may opt to make changes from the list of equipment by altering, adding, or deducting some equipment.
