Alberta Purchasing #2024RSS0148

Purchase Order for Compact Benchtop Sequencing System

The University of Calgary awarded a contract to Oxford Nanopore Technologies Canada Ltd. for the purchase of a GridION sequencing instrument platform. This one-time procurement meets research needs for DNA sequencing projects, including metabarcoding and genome assembly, and is a sole source award. The contract was finalized with a purchase order issued on January 9, 2025, with the award amount of 1.0 (unit unspecified). The procurement was conducted through the Alberta Purchasing feed, with the award facilitated by the university's procurement office.

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PO issued on January 9, 2025 for a one-time purchase of a GridION sequencing instrument platform from Oxford Nanopore Technologies Canada Ltd. This compact benchtop instrument can run and analyze five flow cells simultaneously or separately and meets all research requirements for sequencing projects ranging from metabarcoding of small DNA fragments to sequencing ultra-long reads for genome assembly.

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