Notice of Proposed Procurement (NPP)
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AAFC appears to be planning to purchase an inductively coupled plasma optical emissions spectrometer (ICP-OES) for its Atlantic Analytical Chemistry Lab at the Charlottetown Research and Development Centre in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island. The equipment is expected to support quantitative elemental analysis of agricultural samples, including soil, water, and plant samples prepared as nitric acid digests. It must be able to detect potassium (K), phosphorus (P), calcium (Ca), aluminium (Al), magnesium (Mg), sodium (Na), manganese (Mn), iron (Fe), copper (Cu), boron (B), and zinc (Zn), and must include an autosampler. The notice is currently marked open and is scheduled to close on October 21, 2026 at 2:00 p.m. The opportunity may be relevant to suppliers of ICP-OES laboratory systems and related equipment, but businesses should review the full technical specifications, submission instructions, mandatory requirements, and any contracting terms before deciding whether to respond.Reference: ESC-2627-095. The available documents are the Notice of Proposed Procurement and Annex A: - https://canadabuys.canada.ca/sites/default/files/webform/tender_notice/107372/esc-2627-095-npp.pdf - https://canadabuys.canada.ca/sites/default/files/webform/tender_notice/107372/esc-2627-095-annex-a.pdf Bid Maple is not affiliated with the Government of Canada. Verify the official tender notice and any updates on Canada Buys before submitting information or a bid.
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- Supply an inductively coupled plasma optical emissions spectrometer (ICP-OES) for the Department of Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC), Atlantic Analytical Chemistry Lab at the Charlottetown Research and Development Centre.
- The instrument must support quantitative elemental analysis of agricultural samples.
- The instrument must be capable of analyzing soil, water, and plant nitric acid digests.
- The instrument must be able to detect potassium (K), phosphorus (P), calcium (Ca), aluminum (Al), magnesium (Mg), sodium (Na), manganese (Mn), iron (Fe), copper (Cu), boron (B), and zinc (Zn).
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Intention is to purchase an inductively coupled plasma optical emissions spectrometer for AAFC’s Atlantic Analytical Chemistry Lab at Charlottetown Research and Development Centre that is capable of quantitative elemental analysis of agricultural samples. The unit must be able to analyze, soil, water and plant nitric acid digests and be able to detect K, P, Ca, Al, Mg, Na, Mn, Fe, Cu, B and Zn. The analyzer must have an autosampler.
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