Tender · Closed · Advance Contract Award Notice
Cold Field Emission Scanning Electron Microscope
National Research Council of Canada (NRC)
- Closed
- June 6, 2026
- June 6, 2026 at 14:00
- Published
- May 22, 2026
- amended June 6, 2026
- Type
- Goods
- Advance contract award notice
- Delivery
- National Capital Region
CanadaBuys tender notices published since Aug 2022; open as of October 12, 2026. Source: Public Services and Procurement Canada, CanadaBuys open data.
What it is
- Reference
- cb-205-92137057 · solicitation 25-58311
- Commodity (UNSPSC)
- 41100000 Laboratory and scientific equipment
- Topic
- Laboratory and scientific equipment
- Delivery regions
- National Capital Region
- Trade agreements
- Canada-Honduras Free Trade Agreement; Canada-Peru Free Trade Agreement (CPFTA); Canada-Colombia Free Trade Agreement; Canada-Korea Free Trade Agreement (CKFTA); Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP); Canada-European Union Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA); Canada-Ukraine Free Trade Agreement (CUFTA); Canada-Panama Free Trade Agreement; World Trade Organization Agreement on Government Procurement (WTO GPA); Canada-Chile Free Trade Agreement (CCFTA); Canadian Free Trade Agreement (CFTA); Canada-UK Trade Continuity Agreement (Canada-UK TCA)
The Construction Research Center of National Research Council of Canada has a requirement for the supply and installation of one ultra-high resolution Cold
Field Emission Scanning Electron Microscope, which must have a Cold Field Emission (CFE) gun consisting of single tungsten crystal with the anode heating
system allowing ultra-high resolution ultra-bright imaging.
The Contractor must install the CFE-Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM) and ensure that the installed CFE-SEM with required features is correctly adjusted,
calibrated, and serviced such that the equipment is ready for operational use.
Excerpt of the buyer’s description, with contact details left out. The notice on CanadaBuys is the official version.
Who won it
The award notice CanadaBuys published for this solicitation.
| Awarded | Supplier | What | Buyer | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 2026 | Hitachi High-Tech Canada Inc. | Cold Field Emission Scanning Electron Microscope | National Research Council of Canada (NRC) | $986,691 |
Who won the last ones like it
Recent CanadaBuys award notices with the same commodity code.
| Awarded | Supplier | What | Buyer | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2026 | Agilent Technologies Canada Inc | Optical Emission Spectrometer | Department of Natural Resources (NRCan) | $145,305 |
| Sep 2026 | Sartorius Canada Inc | Advanced Research Grade Live-Cell Imaging and Analysis System | National Research Council of Canada (NRC) | $237,381 |
| Sep 2026 | Tecan SP INC | Automated solid phase extraction (SPE) system | Department of Health (HC) | $109,088 |
| Sep 2026 | West Technology Forensics Inc. | M2989-272447 - Vacuum Metal Deposition Chamber | Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) | $814,552 |
| Sep 2026 | Not named here | Canadian Space Agency (CSA) | $44,090 | |
| Sep 2026 | Doreenex Solutions Inc. | Raman Spectrometer | National Research Council of Canada (NRC) | $42,379 |
| Sep 2026 | Nüvü Caméras | Electron Multiplying Charged-Coupled Device (EMCCD) camera for Adaptive Optics (AO) | National Research Council of Canada (NRC) | $87,082 |
| Sep 2026 | VWR International Co. | Fluorescence Spectrometer with Advanced Excitation Emission Matrix Spectroscopy (EEMS) Analysis Capabilities | National Research Council of Canada (NRC) | $181,081 |
| Sep 2026 | Bruker AXS LLC | Benchtop X-ray Diffractometer | National Research Council of Canada (NRC) | $254,250 |
| Sep 2026 | Andritz Bitrode Corp. | Zero Clearance Dies | National Research Council of Canada (NRC) | $143,497USD |
| Sep 2026 | Ottawa Compressor Services Inc. | Nitrogen Gas Generator System | Department of Health (HC) | $202,202 |
| Sep 2026 | Promega Corporation | 39903-260424 Automated Nucleic Acid Extraction Instrument | Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) | $51,732 |
| Sep 2026 | testworX Inc. | 26-58113 Universal Testing Machine with non-contact Extensometer for polymer research | National Research Council of Canada (NRC) | $107,315 |
| Sep 2026 | Radiation Solutions Inc | Radiometric survey system | Department of Natural Resources (NRCan) | $151,900 |
| Sep 2026 | Thermo Fisher Scientific (Mississauga) Inc. | Maintenance and support of an HF X mass spectrometer | Department of Health (HC) | $105,748 |
Values as awarded, from $42,379 to $814,552.
Who wins most in this commodity class
Suppliers with the most award notices in the same six-digit UNSPSC class since 2022. Notices that give no value count in Awards, not in Total.
| Supplier | Awards | Total |
|---|---|---|
| Agilent Technologies Canada Inc | 27 | $8.1M1 not stated |
| Life Technologies Inc./Technologies Life Inc. | 21 | $5.9M2 not stated |
| Thermo Fisher Scientific (Mississauga) Inc. | 19 | $6.3M |
| Smiths Detection Montreal Inc | 15 | $5M3 not stated |
| Fisher Scientific | 13 | $1.5M1 not stated |
| Bruker Ltd. | 10 | $3M |
| Waters Limited/Waters Limitee | 8 | $3.6M |
| Bio-Rad Laboratories (Canada) Limted | 8 | $651K |
| Hoskin Scientific Ltd. | 7 | $1.9M |
| Mirion Technologies (Canberra CA) Ltd. | 7 | $1.6M |
CanadaBuys award notices since Aug 2022. They overlap the Treasury Board contract figures and are never added to them. Source: CanadaBuys open data, October 12, 2026.