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ESC-2627-095International

Response Deadline10/21/2026, 07:00:00 PM UTC

Contract Overview

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

General Info

Agency

Government of Canada → Department of Agriculture and Agri-FoodView Agency

NAICS

N/A

Place of Performance

CAN

Set-Aside

NONE

Documents

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ESC-2627-095 Annex A - ICP-OES Statement of Requirement

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ESC-2627-095 Purchase of ICP-OES Spectrometer

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Timeline

PhaseSolicitation

PostedSep 21

Solicitation

Response DeadlineOct 21

Submission deadline

Response Deadline

10/21/2026, 07:00:00 PM UTCin 30 days

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Organization & Contact Information

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AgencyGovernment of Canada → Department of Agriculture and Agri-Food

Contacts1 person available

OfficeN/A

Organization / Agency

Government of Canada → Department of Agriculture and Agri-Food

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Contacts

Nicole LeBlancContracting Authority

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Intention is to purchase an inductively coupled plasma optical emissions spectrometer for AAFC’s Atlantic Analytical Chemistry Lab at Charlottetown Research and Development Centre that is capable of quantitative elemental analysis of agricultural samples. The unit must be able to analyze, soil, water and plant nitric acid digests and be able to detect K, P, Ca, Al, Mg, Na, Mn, Fe, Cu, B and Zn. The analyzer must have an autosampler.

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