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This Solicitation opportunity from Government of Canada was posted on November 19, 2025. The submission period has ended. Browse the details below for market research, or find similar active opportunities.

Laboratory Disease Testing and Virus Cleaning Services

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ESC-2025-2026-042International

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The Department of Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada is seeking laboratory disease testing and virus cleaning services to support research trials and regulatory compliance for the Canadian potato industry. The scope of work includes BRR testing, ELISA testing, PSTVd analysis, and the quantification of soil-borne Verticillium species using qPCR analysis with species-specific primers. Additionally, the contractor will provide services to clean up contaminated advanced lines intended for industry seed multiplication. These services are essential for multiple science teams at the FRDC to conduct trials with potato seed from the Benton Ridge Substation in accordance with Canadian Food Inspection Agency regulations and to advance research on disease pathology and management practices. This requirement is being processed as a presolicitation with an estimated value of 371,640.00 CAD. The intended contract is a standing offer with a five-year term running from December 1, 2025, to November 30, 2030. While the agency has identified Agricultural Certification Services as a potential supplier, it is inviting other qualified suppliers to submit a Statement of Capabilities to demonstrate their ability to meet the necessary technical, certification, and geographical requirements.

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Agriculture Canada seeks potato disease testing and virus cleaning services through 2030.

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ESC-2025-2026-042: Laboratory Disease Testing Services for FRDC

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AgencyGovernment of Canada → Department of Agriculture and Agri-Food
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REQUIREMENTS: AAFC requires a laboratory testing services for BRR testing, ELISA testing and PSTVd analysis, and quantification of soil borne pathogen Verticillium species using qPCR analysis with species specific primers as well as the services to clean up contaminated advanced lines that will be sent to industry for the purposes of seed multiplication. Most of these analysis are required by multiple science teams at FRDC in order to conduct research trials on commercial fields with potato seed from the AAFC Benton Ridge Substation according to regulations enforced by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA). The other tests are crucial to better understand disease pathology and further the resistance and best management practices research on diseases that are problematic to the Canadian potato industry.

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