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This Solicitation opportunity from Government of Canada was posted on January 27, 2026. The submission period has ended. Browse the details below for market research, or find similar active opportunities.

Acquisition d'UN (1) analyseur mécanique dynamique (DMA)

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The contract involves the acquisition of one dynamic mechanical analyzer (DMA) for the new Pavillon Pellerin-Marmen at the Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières. This state-of-the-art research facility is designed to address challenges related to food, sustainable development, and energy efficiency, fostering innovation through collaboration among researchers, students, and external partners. The DMA will serve a key role within the university's research chair on advanced materials for health and workplace safety, facilitating detailed viscoelastic characterization of various materials including amorphous and semi-crystalline polymers, elastomers, composites, and biomaterials. It will enable precise measurements of storage and loss moduli, glass transitions, relaxation phenomena, crystallization, melting, and creep behavior under varying temperatures, frequencies, and strains. The solicitation was posted on January 27, 2026, with a response deadline on February 23, 2026, and is managed federally by the Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières, located in the Mauricie region. The contract authority is Francis Vézina, reachable by email and phone. The procurement supports the university’s commitment to creating an environmentally exemplary, efficient research environment that aligns with best environmental practices, ensuring cutting-edge instrumentation is available to drive interdisciplinary scientific advancements and technology transfer.

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Purchase of one dynamic mechanical analyzer for advanced materials research at Université du Québec.

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Government of Canada → Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières

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334516 - Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing View NAICS

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Mauricie, CAN

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AgencyGovernment of Canada → Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières
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Government of Canada → Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières
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Vézina FrancisContracting Authority

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Mise en contexte Le présent appel d’offres concerne l’acquisition d’équipements destinés au tout nouveau Pavillon Pellerin-Marmen, un établissement conçu pour relever les défis liés à l’alimentation, au développement durable et à l’efficacité énergétique. Ce pavillon de recherche a pour vocation de rassembler chercheurs, étudiants et partenaires externes afin de stimuler l’innovation, la collaboration interdisciplinaire et le transfert technologique. Son objectif : offrir un environnement performant, durable et exemplaire, en parfaite adéquation avec les meilleures pratiques environnementales. Dans le cadre des activités de recherche à venir du Pavillon Pellerin-Marmen, actuellement en construction, l’Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières souhaite procéder à l’acquisition d’un analyseur mécanique dynamique (DMA). Cet appareil sera notamment utilisé dans le cadre de la chaire de recherche UQTRsur les matériaux avancés pour la santé et sécurité au travail. Ce DMA est requis pour la caractérisation viscoélastique avancée des matériaux, notamment des polymères amorphes et semi-cristallins, des élastomères, des composites et des biomatériaux. Cet appareil permet de mesurer le module de stockage, le module de perte, le facteur de perte (tan δ), la transition vitreuse, les transitions secondaires, les phénomènes de relaxation, la cristallisation/fusion, ainsi que le comportement en fluage et en relaxation sous différentes conditions de température, de fréquence et de déformation.