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Agriculture and Agri-Food CanadaLaboratory and scientific equipment
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Description

The overall objective of this procurement is to acquire a laboratory analytical system capable of providing analytical accurate, precision, sensitivity, and reproducibility appropriate for environmental and agricultural research applications. The system must support current and future research requirements, maintain analytical continuity across multiple research programs, and provide the operational reliability necessary to meet departmental commitments and scientific objectives.

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Tender brief & compliance checklist

AI-generated on 2026-10-17 from the notice and 1 document(s). It can miss or misread details — always check the official documents before bidding.

  • Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada is buying a Total Organic Carbon (TOC) / Total bound Nitrogen (TNb) analyzer with accessories (parts).
  • The procurement is a Request for Proposal against Supply Arrangement E60PV-19EQUI, open only to pre-qualified suppliers.
  • Award goes to the responsive bid meeting all mandatory technical criteria with the lowest evaluated price.
  • The notice is published on GETS for 40 calendar days; the notice closing date is 2026-10-21 at 14:00 Eastern time.
  • The solicitation documents, including Annex A mandatory technical criteria, are not provided in the text.

Key dates

  • Notice closing date: 2026-10-21T14:00:00 Eastern time
    ✓ Quote found in notice
    “The closing date published on this notice identifies how long the notice will be published.”
  • GETS publication period: 40 calendar days
    ✓ Quote found in esc-2627-080-npp.pdf
    “this notice is published on Government Electronic Tendering Service (GETS) for a period of 40 calendar days”
  • Questions deadline: Not stated

Evaluation

Lowest-price compliant among responsive bids meeting all mandatory technical criteria

  • Compliance with the requirements of the bid solicitation
  • Meeting all mandatory technical evaluation criteria (Annex A)
  • Lowest evaluated price among responsive bids

Security: Not stated

Submission: Not stated

Compliance checklist (mandatory requirements)

Risks and unusual terms

  • Only suppliers pre-qualified on Supply Arrangement E60PV-19EQUI may bid; other bids will not be evaluated.
  • The mandatory technical criteria are in Annex A, which is not included in the provided text.
  • The notice closing date identifies how long the notice is published; the solicitation closing date is in the solicitation documents, which are not provided.
  • The region is listed as Unknown.

Not stated in the available text: Solicitation documents and Annex A mandatory technical criteria; Solicitation closing date (separate from the notice closing date); Submission method and address; Questions/inquiries deadline; Security clearance requirement; Bid bond, insurance, or other security requirements; Site visit requirement; Experience minimums; Contract term and delivery location; Evaluation criteria beyond lowest price and mandatory technical compliance

Solicitation documents (2)

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Price benchmark

Range $1 – $16.0M · median $132K · n=767 · inferred from published winners in the same codes/department

Incumbency

Inferred rotating winners. Top published winner Agilent Technologies Canada Inc has 4% of 832 similar awards.

Department buying calendar

JFMAMJJASOND

March highlighted (Canadian fiscal year-end). Spike not the peak month in this dataset.

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Buyer contact (contracting authority)

Nicole LeBlanc · Nicole.LeBlanc@agr.gc.ca

Kentville, NB · Competitive - Selective tendering

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Official Documents & Links

To submit a bid, you must respond through the official government procurement system.

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