UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO PROFILE
In just half a century, the University of Waterloo, located at the heart of Canada’s technology hub, has become a leading comprehensive university with more than 36,000 full- and part-time students in undergraduate and graduate programs.
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Background
A Canadian Foundation for Innovation (CFI) grant has funded the construction and fitting out of Wetland Ecosystem Terrain System Simulator (WETSyS) laboratory, located within the Faculty of Geography and Environmental Management, University of Waterloo. WETSyS provides a space for large, living, dynamically active mesocosms of wetland plants and soils.
As such a set of greenhouse gas (GHG; CO2, CH4, N2O) isotope analysis units are at the center of the WETSyS analytical infrastructure is being sought.
Additional technical requirements are detailed in the RFP document.
The budget for this acquisition is capped at $397,000 CAD, plus HST.
Questions regarding this Request for Proposal may be submitted in writing (via email) to the RFP Contact Person as follows:
Suhair Gilbert, Buyer - Procurement and Contract Services
200 University Avenue West
University of Waterloo, East Campus 2
Waterloo ON N2L 5Z5
Email: sammouri@uwaterloo.ca or, procure@uwaterloo.ca
