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University of Calgary - Advanced Contract Award Notice / Notice of Proposed Procurement - Glow Discharge Optical Emission Spectroscopy system

University of Calgary

Published: Nov 2, 2026

Updated: Nov 3, 2026

Source: Alberta Purchasing Connection

About This Opportunity

This is a supplies contract in the education and training, Research, architecture and engineering, energy and power and health and medical services sectors, with a focus on Laboratory, Higher Education and Laboratories. 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 the supply of goods in the education and training sector. Supply contracts typically require bidders to demonstrate product compliance with technical specifications, delivery capacity, and relevant certifications. 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 University of Calgary requires the acquisition, installation, commissioning, training, and support of a research-grade Glow Discharge Optical Emission Spectroscopy (GDOES) system to support advanced materials characterization, materials development, and interdisciplinary research activities within the Department of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering. The proposed system will serve as a core analytical platform supporting a broad range of research programs involving battery materials, corrosion science, protective coatings, semiconductors, hydrogen technologies, advanced manufacturing, energy materials, surface engineering, nanomaterials, and other emerging material systems. Researchers require the ability to accurately determine elemental composition as a function of depth, characterize multilayer structures, identify contaminants and impurities, investigate material degradation mechanisms, and evaluate the effectiveness of coatings and surface treatments. The University requires an analytical solution capable of supporting both routine quantitative characterization and exploratory research applications. In addition to measuring known elemental distributions, the system must provide the capability to detect and identify previously unknown, unexpected, or trace elemental species within a specimen during the same analytical process. This functionality is critical for research involving novel materials and failure analysis investigations where contaminants, reaction products, diffusion products, or unanticipated elemental constituents may significantly influence material performance. The equipment will support multiple research groups and research initiatives and is expected to provide a long-term analytical capability that enables comprehensive elemental depth profiling across a wide range of conductive and non-conductive materials. The system must therefore provide high analytical sensitivity, broad elemental detection capabilities, and the flexibility required to support both current and future research objectives. Commodity Categories: Laboratory and Measuring and Observing and Testing Equipment, Measuring and observing and testing instruments Delivery Region: Alberta, Calgary

Data provenance

This notice is sourced from Alberta Purchasing Connection and was originally published on November 2, 2026. Last refreshed today. BidsFactory mirrors official procurement notices and links back to the source for full legal text.

About University of Calgary

University of Calgary has issued 133 procurement notices on BidsFactory, including 12 currently open and 7 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: October 30, 2026.

Frequently asked questions about this tender

Who is the contracting authority?

This notice was issued by University of Calgary in Canada. The authority is responsible for evaluating bids, awarding the contract, and managing performance.

What type of contract is this?

This is a Supplies 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.

How can I submit a bid?

Visit Alberta Purchasing Connection to access the full notice, required documents, and submission instructions provided by the contracting authority.