CanadaBuys #AB-2026-07263

University of Calgary seeks Bruker timsTOF Pro 2 mass spectrometry platform

The University of Calgary is seeking a Bruker mass spectrometry platform for high-throughput lipidomics research. - Government buyer: University of Calgary; no specific sub-agency or office is identified. - OEM: Bruker is the named manufacturer of the requested platform. - Product requested: Bruker timsTOF Pro 2 mass spectrometry platform; quantity and part number are not specified. - Research use: CFI-funded work in lipidomics, microbial adaptation, and antimicrobial resistance, involving analysis of more than 30,000 microbial samples. - Key requirements: Integrated Trapped Ion Mobility Spectrometry (TIMS) and Parallel Accumulation Serial Fragmentation (PASEF), with the sensitivity, throughput, ion-mobility separation, and reproducible collision cross section (CCS) measurements required by the research program. - The University states that it knows of no alternative platform meeting all mandatory technical requirements.

Description

The University of Calgary intends to procure a high-performance mass spectrometry platform for a Canadian Foundation for Innovation-funded research program in advanced lipidomics and microbial adaptation and antimicrobial resistance. The equipment will support high-throughput analyses of more than 30,000 microbial samples. The required methodology uses Trapped Ion Mobility Spectrometry (TIMS) integrated with Parallel Accumulation Serial Fragmentation (PASEF); the notice states that the Bruker timsTOF Pro 2 is the only known platform meeting all mandatory technical requirements. Full bidding details are available through the third-party procurement posting.

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