UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO - NOTICE OF INTENT TO AWARD A SINGLE SOURCE CONTRACT: 18-009
The University of Waterloo (UW) intends to award a single source contract to MTS Systems Corporation, of Eden Prairie, MN, USA, for the purchase of a 300 kN Criterion Electromechanical Universal Test System, including a 150 kN load cell + wedge grip for flat samples + wedge grip for round samples + grip wedge.
This is an advanced Notice indicating to the supplier community that UW intends to award a contract for this good to a pre-identified supplier. If no other supplier submits, on or before the closing date of this Notice, a statement of specifications that, at a minimum, equals or exceeds the stated requirements set out in this Notice, the competitive requirements of the University are considered to have been met. Following notification to any suppliers not successful in demonstrating that their statement of specifications meets the requirements set out in this Notice, the contract may then be awarded to the pre-identified supplier.
If other potential suppliers submit statements of specifications during the fifteen calendar day posting period, and meet the requirements set out in this Notice, UW will proceed to a Request for Proposal process, in order to award the contract.
