Basic Information

Reference Number

00004512455

Issuing Organization

Ontario Shared Services

Solicitation Type

ACAN - Advance Contract Award Notice (Formal)

Solicitation Number

tender_20704

Title

Leased Semi-Automated Differential HIV Antibody Confirmatory Assay System

Source ID

SCRIBE

Details

Location

Ontario

Purchase Type

Not Stated

Dates

Publication

2025/04/15 11:00:00 AM EDT

Closing Date

2025/04/28 11:00:00 AM EDT

Contact Information

Julie Capotorto

julie.capotorto@oahpp.ca

Description

Public Health Ontario (PHO) believes that the following procurement qualifies as a sole source or single source procurement. The purpose of this Advanced Contract Award Notice (ACAN) is to determine if there are other suppliers capable of meeting the requirements of the procurement for the following services for PHO.

Vendor – Bio-Rad Laboratories (Canada) Ltd.
Services – Outlined in the ACAN
Purpose – Geenius™ HIV-1/-2 Confirmatory Assay Systems, Including All Compatible Reagents and Consumables

PHO is the reference laboratory for HIV testing in the Province of Ontario. The differential HIV antibody confirmatory testing is used as one of the confirmatory tests following a reactive or indeterminate HIV screening test to confirm laboratory evidence of HIV infection. HIV confirmatory testing is crucial in the diagnosis, management, and prevention of new HIV infection.

PHO believes that there is only one Health Canada approved supplier capable of providing all the required services in the Canadian Market currently available for the proprietary equipment.

PHO intends to award a three (3) firm years and one (1) option year contract to Bio-Rad Laboratories (Canada) Ltd. for the products described in the ACAN attachment.

This request does not constitute a call for tenders.

Disclaimer All amendments to the associated notice, including amended documents, plans and specifications (where applicable), are issued by the originator of the notice. MERX asks you to contact the buying agency directly for these amendments. MERX stipulates that potential bidders may also be required to register with the buying authority as a bidder/plan taker. The contact information can be found within the main tender document and/or on this notice abstract.

Toutes les modifications associées à cet avis d’appel d’offres ainsi que les documents, les plans et les spécifications sont générés par l’entité responsable des achats (l’acheteur). S’il vous plait, contactez-le directement pour les addenda. Veuillez notez qu’il se peut que les fournisseurs soient obligés de s’inscrire directement avec l’acheteur. Vous pouvez trouver leur coordonnées dans le document principal ou dans l’abstrait de l’avis d’appel d’offre.

Source: https://ontariotenders.app.jaggaer.com/