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Multichannel Quartz Crystal Microbalance System

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25-58128International

Response Deadline08/31/2026, 07:00:00 PM UTC

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Solicitation details, issuing organization, response deadlines, documents, and interested companies for this government contract opportunity.

General Info

Agency

Government of Canada → National Research Council of CanadaView Agency

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Place of Performance

Mississauga, CAN

Set-Aside

NONE

Documents

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RFP 25-58128 Electrochemical Quartz Crystal Microbalance System

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Solicitation 25-58128 - Electrochemical Quartz Crystal Microbalance System

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RFP 25-58128 Multichannel Quartz Crystal Microbalance System

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RFP 25-58128 Electrochemical Quartz Crystal Microbalance System

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PhaseSolicitation

PostedNov 24

Solicitation

Amendment 1Aug 4

Contract was updated

Response DeadlineAug 31

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08/31/2026, 07:00:00 PM UTCin 27 days

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Organization & Contact Information

AgencyGovernment of Canada → National Research Council of Canada

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Government of Canada → National Research Council of Canada

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Hongli WangContracting Authority

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Full Description

The National Research Council Canada (NRC) is seeking offers from Offerors to provide one benchtop quartz crystal microbalance system (QCM) to the National Research Council Canada.

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