Notice of Proposed Procurement (NPP)
Description
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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)
- esc-2627-080-npp.pdf PDF · Text searchable
- esc-2627-080-annex-a.pdf PDF · Could not extract text (may be scanned)
Links go to the official files. Search the text of all indexed tender documents: document search
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
March highlighted (Canadian fiscal year-end). Spike not the peak month in this dataset.
Buyer contact (contracting authority)
Nicole LeBlanc · Nicole.LeBlanc@agr.gc.ca
Kentville, NB · Competitive - Selective tendering
As published on the CanadaBuys tender notice. Use for questions about this solicitation only.
Official Documents & Links
To submit a bid, you must respond through the official government procurement system.
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