Canadian Space Agency (CSA) - *Quebec (except NCR), St-Hubert, Quebec
The Canadian Space Agency (CSA) appears to be seeking a specialized laboratory testing contractor to monitor organic and inorganic contamination in cleanrooms used to curate Canada’s portion of the OSIRIS-REx asteroid sample. The work potentially includes: - Testing 200 mm silicon wafers for trace metals using vapour phase decomposition inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (VPD-ICP-MS). - Testing silicon wafers for organic compounds using thermal desorption gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (TD-GC-MS), including the SEMI MF 1982-1103 Method-B procedure. - Testing air samples collected with absorbent tubes for organic compounds using TD-GC-MS. - Supplying wafers, absorbent tubes, transport blanks or controls, and sampling accessories such as stands, tweezers, and pumps. - Providing shipping and packaging methods that minimize contamination during transport. - Supporting sampling suitable for ISO 7 cleanrooms or cleaner. The required trace-metal analysis appears to cover a broad list of elements, including aluminium, arsenic, boron, barium, cadmium, chromium, cobalt, copper, iron, lead, nickel, tin, titanium, zinc, zirconium, and others listed in the tender description. The CSA would leave the supplied wafers and tubes in its environment for approximately 24 hours and then ship them back to the contractor for analysis. The services would be performed for the CSA’s location in St-Hubert, Quebec, or elsewhere in Quebec outside the National Capital Region, according to the notice. The tender is listed as open and is scheduled to close on November 3, 2026, at 3:00 p.m. The opportunity may be relevant to businesses with specialized cleanroom-contamination monitoring, VPD-ICP-MS, TD-GC-MS, trace-metal, organic-compound, sampling-kit, and contamination-controlled shipping capabilities. The description uses both “TD-GD-MS” and “TD-GC-MS” in different places; bidders should confirm the correct technical requirement in the official tender documents. Review the complete notice, submission instructions, security or certification requirements, contract terms, and any amendments before deciding whether to bid. This summary does not confirm that a particular business qualifies.
