Notice of Intended Procurement
NAME OF PROCURING ENTITY
The Governing Council of the University of Toronto (the “University”)
CONTACT PERSON AND CONTRACT PERSON COORDINATES
Renee Cheng
215 Huron Street, 3rd Floor
Toronto, ON M5S 1A2
reneeke.cheng@utoronto.ca
PROCUREMENT DOCUMENTS
The procurement documents are available at www.merx.com.
Note that obtaining access to the procurement documents will require prospective suppliers to register and pay a registration fee. Pricing and Payment Terms are available on the MERX website.
DESCRIPTION OF PROCUREMENT
The University is conducting an RFP for Liquid Chromatography-Mass Spectrometer.
The Aspuru-Guzik group is seeking to purchase a new instrument, which is analytical and preparative liquid chromatography (LC) coupled with mass spectrometry (MS). The system will be used for non-polar and polar small organic molecules purification, identity determination and quantification. The system will be coupled with a synthetic robot (Chemspeed ISYNTH with MBraun) that would directly inject samples into analytical and preparative LC-MS. In addition, the system will be integrated with in-house data processing/control software (Python-based), therefore full programmatic/API access to the system functions is required.
The procurement is anticipated to involve negotiation. An electronic auction is not anticipated.
ADDRESS AND FINAL DATE FOR SUBMISSIONS
Submissions must be submitted electronically at https://utoronto.bonfirehub.ca/ on or before Tuesday, October 7, 2022 (2:00 PM local time). The submissions will not be opened publicly.
CONDITIONS FOR PARTICIPATION
The procurement is subject to the following conditions for participation: N/A
APPLICABLE TRADE AGREEMENTS
This procurement is subject to the following trade agreement(s):
- The Canadian Free Trade Agreement, Chapter Five
- The Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement, Chapter 19
- The Ontario-Quebec Trade and Cooperation Agreement, Chapter 9
CONTRACT DETAILS
The term of Agreement is intended to be for a period of three (3) years (including the first year of warranty period and following two years of extended warranty period) with option to extend for an additional three (3) periods of up to one (1) year each.
EVALUATION CRITERIA
The University will base its selection of qualified suppliers on the following criteria:
EVALUATION CRITERIA WEIGHT
- Experience and Qualifications 5
- Minimum Technical Requirements
- Analytical Liquid Chromatography (LC) System 11
- Preparative Liquid Chromatography (LC) System 11
- Mass spectrometer (MS) 11
- Workstation and software 10
- Footprint Requirements 4
- Delivery, Installation and Testing 6
- Training Services 9
- Warranty and Service Agreement 10
- Optional Value-Adds 3
- Financial Submission 20
Total 100
- Optional Demonstration 15
Total with Optional Demonstrations 115
NOTES
Suppliers should note that information contained within this notice is subject to change. Suppliers are encouraged to obtain the procurement documents which contain the most current information. If there is a conflict between the procurement documents and this notice, the procurement documents will take precedence.
