University of Alberta - Advanced Contract Award Notice / Notice of Proposed Procurement - Automated Box Microscope for Live cell Imaging
About This Opportunity
This is a services contract in the education and training sector. Located in Canada, North America, this opportunity is open to firms and consortiums.
Published through Alberta Purchasing Connection, a national government procurement portal. Public procurement tenders follow the country's national bidding regulations and may have specific eligibility and documentation requirements for services in the education and training sector. Service contracts are typically evaluated on both technical quality and price, and may require bidders to demonstrate relevant experience and qualified personnel. This is an advance notice — the formal tender is expected to be published shortly. Interested parties can use this time to prepare documentation and identify potential partners.
Description
The Department is requesting to purchase Automated Box Microscope for Live cell Imaging from Carl Zeiss Canada Ltd due to exclusive patented technologies required for High-Throughput Screening (HTS) and live-cell imaging workflows involving 384-well drug-target screening and infectious agent research. The required system must provide automated spherical aberration correction, high-resolution wide-field imaging, automated immersion fluid management, and integrated contamination control capabilities that are protected by multiple ZEISS patents.
These patented technologies are essential to maintain image quality, throughput, and sample viability during unattended multi-day screening runs. The system’s large field of view combined with high-resolution NA 1.2 imaging enables acquisition of the required cellular data in a minimal number of images per well, reducing exposure time and minimizing phototoxicity to maintain live-cell viability within the required biological screening timeframe.
As these patented features are legally exclusive to the ZEISS Celldiscoverer 7 and are essential to the success, safety, and operational feasibility of the research program, the instrument is required to support the project’s high-throughput live-cell imaging and infectious agent screening workflows. For these reasons, Carl Zeiss Canada Ltd. meets the requirements for a Competitive Bid Exemption under the patent rights condition, as the required technologies and automated functionalities are protected by exclusive patents essential to the research application.
Commodity Categories: Fluorescent microscopes
Delivery Region: Alberta
Data provenance
This notice is sourced from Alberta Purchasing Connection and was originally published on May 25, 2026. Last refreshed 20 days ago. BidsFactory mirrors official procurement notices and links back to the source for full legal text.
About University of Alberta
University of Alberta has issued 75 procurement notices on BidsFactory, including 8 currently open and 16 awarded contracts. Activity concentrates in Education & Training, Health & Medical, and Information & Communication Technology. All notices are published for Canada. Notices are distributed via Alberta Purchasing Connection and CanadaBuys - Government of Canada. Most recent publication: June 12, 2026.
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This is a Services contract in the Education & Training sector. The classification helps bidders match the opportunity to their qualifications and registered scope of supply.
Where will the contract be performed?
The contract is for delivery in Canada. Foreign bidders should review local registration, taxation, and any in-country presence requirements before submitting.
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