UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO PROFILE
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Background
The equipment required is a multi-mode plate reader with imaging that has both automated digital microscopy and multi-mode detection in one system. The requested system will be able to simultaneously obtain quantitative and qualitative data from various types of materials including muscle homogenate, live cells and fixed tissue/cells. The requested system must be able to perform fluorescence, absorbance and luminescence detection and spectral scans. The requested system will also be able to simultaneously perform at least 4 immunofluorescent applications at 1.25 – 60x magnification.
To accommodate experiments using numerous types of materials, the requested system needs to include adapters to allow for reading of petri/cell culture dishes and microscope slides on top of the ability to use 6- to 1536-well microplates.
The selected system should be available for delivery to the University of Waterloo approximately 3-4 weeks of placing the order.
The budget is capped at $145,000 CAD, plus HST.
Questions regarding this Request for Proposal may be submitted via email to the RFP Contact Person as follows:
Christine Wagner, CPPB, CSCP, Senior Buyer - Procurement and Contract Services
200 University Avenue West
University of Waterloo, East Campus 2
Waterloo ON N2L 5Z5
Email: cpwagner@uwaterloo.ca or, procure@uwaterloo.ca
