UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO - NOTICE OF INTENT TO AWARD A SINGLE SOURCE CONTRACT: 18-074
Spectrofluorometer (new), with, upgrade to existing fluorormeter (used)
The University of Waterloo (UW) intends to award a single source contract to Horiba Canada, Inc. of London, Ontario, Canada, for the combined purchase of a new QuantaMaster Spectrofluorometer and an upgrade to an existing QuantaMaster Fluorometer.
This is an Advanced Notice indicating to the supplier community that UW intends to award a contract for these goods 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.
SPECIFICATIONS
The new QuantaMaster 8075-21 Spectrofluorometer is outfitted with an additional upgraded Liquid nitrogen cooled InGaAs NIR detection system (950-1900nm) , 3.2 inch Integrating Sphere, manual Glan-Thompson polarizers with mounting hardware, Optistat DS Cryostat mounting kit, and Peltier rapid temperature controlled single sample holder.
The upgrade to the existing University of Waterloo’s QuantaMaster Fluorometer includes new 300mm monochromators, new electronics, new optics, computer workstation with Felix GX software, new multimode detector, 75 watt xenon light source, and installation.
Both the new instrument, and the upgraded older instrument, must have manually controllable slits (i.e. not motorized), and, the instrument water Raman signal to noise ratio should be 30,000:1 or higher for both instruments.
The budget for this purchase is approximately $150,000 CAD, plus HST.
SOLE SOURCE JUSTIFICATION
The existing equipment in use in the Chemistry lab is interchangeable with software and accessories, and embedded in the student curriculum; previous data collected with the older QuantaMaster instruments is fully compatible, and can be read and opened in the new software, facilitating the comparison of previous results with newer measurements.
The purchase of a new Spectrofluorometer to augment the existing suite of instruments, while making an investment to upgrade the existing fluorometer, is a cost effective way to upgrade the instruments while standardizing the teaching and research results at the same time.
Process
Suppliers who consider their equipment fully compliant, compatible and available within budget may submit a statement of specifications, in writing, to the contact person identified below on or before the closing date of this Notice. The statement of specifications must unequivocally demonstrate how the supplier meets these advertised requirements within budget.
Date of issue: Wednesday, July 4, 2018
Closing Date: Thursday, July 19, 2018 at 4.00 pm EST
Contact:
Christine Wagner, CPPB, CSCP – Research Coordinator and Senior Buyer
Procurement and Contract Services
University of Waterloo
Ph: 519-888-4567 ext. 32074
Email – cpwagner@uwaterloo.ca, or, procure@uwaterloo.ca
