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2024-2025 Annual Report

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Limited tendering award notices

May 2025

Goods or services procured	Awarded supplier	Value of award	Award date	Limited tendering justification
Software and licencing fees	CANImmunize	$143,868.00	May 8, 2025	The goods or services can be supplied only by a particular supplier and no reasonable alternative or substitute goods or services exist for any of the following reason: to ensure compatibility with existing goods or to maintain specialized goods that must be maintained by the manufacturer of those goods or its representative.
Automated call-out system	ValsoftCorporation Inc.	$135,000.00	May 14, 2025	The goods or services can be supplied only by a particular supplier and no reasonable alternative or substitute goods or services exist for any of the following reason: to ensure compatibility with existing goods or to maintain specialized goods that must be maintained by the manufacturer of those goods or its representative.
FDB Medknowledge Enhanced Software licences.	First DataBank	$124,169.00 USD	May 14, 2025	The goods or services can be supplied only by a particular supplier and no reasonable alternative or substitute goods or services exist for any of the following reason: to ensure compatibility with existing goods or to maintain specialized goods that must be maintained by the manufacturer of those goods or its representative.
Specialized isotopes for laboratory developed testing in Newborn Screening Ontario	Cambridge Isotope Laboratories	$262,944.00 USD	May 12, 2025	The goods or services can be supplied only by a particular supplier and no reasonable alternative or substitute goods or services exist for any of the following reasons: due to an absence of competition for technical reasons

April 2025

Limited award tendering notice: April 2025
Goods or services procured	Awarded supplier	Value of award	Award date	Limited tendering justification
Design, tendering and construction services	Eequinox Strategies	$295,000.00	April 4, 2025	A good or service procured pursuant to a standing offer, vendor of record arrangement or a multi-use list.
Development, testing and implementation of changes to the BORN Information System (BIS) to support Fetal Blood Group Genotyping (BGG) data collection	Calian Digital Services	$170,000.00	April 11, 2025	For additional deliveries by the original supplier of goods or services that were not included in the initial procurement, if a change of supplier for such additional goods or services: cannot be made for economic or technical reasons such as requirements of interchangeability or interoperability with existing equipment, software, services, or installations procured under the initial procurement; and would cause significant inconvenience or substantial duplication of costs for the procuring entity
NextSeq1000/2000 Service Contract Renewal & Basespace Licensing	Illumina	$166,441.31	April 17, 2025	The goods or services can be supplied only by a particular supplier and no reasonable alternative or substitute goods or services exist for any of the following reason: to ensure compatibility with existing goods or to maintain specialized goods that must be maintained by the manufacturer of those goods or its representative.
OMNI-Lab Annual Support for Newborn Screening Ontario	Integrated Software Solutions LLC	$136,485.91	April 17, 2025	The goods or services can be supplied only by a particular supplier and no reasonable alternative or substitute goods or services exist for any of the following reasons: the protection of patents, copyrights, or other exclusive rights.

March 2025

Limited award tendering notice: March 2025
Goods or services procured	Awarded supplier	Value of award (Excluding taxes)	Award date	Limited tendering justification
Spectrochips, iPLEX reagents and resin	Agena	$3,564,886.78	March 10, 2025	Limited Tendering Exception Codes: B (iv), P B: If the goods or services can be supplied only by a particular supplier and no reasonable alternative or substitute goods or services exist for any of the following reasons: (iv) the supply of goods or services is controlled by a supplier that is a statutory monopoly. P: A good or service that is not available from an Ontario business.
ECHO 650 Acoustic Liquid Handler	Beckman Coulter Life Sciences	$798,839.18	March 25, 2025	Limited Tendering Exception Codes: B (iii) B: If the goods or services can be supplied only by a particular supplier and no reasonable alternative or substitute goods or services exist for any of the following reasons: (iii) due to an absence of competition for technical reasons.
MiSeq i100	Illumnia	$263,175.66	March 31, 2025	Limited Tendering Exception Codes: B (v), P B: If the goods or services can be supplied only by a particular supplier and no reasonable alternative or substitute goods or services exist for any of the following reasons: (v) to ensure compatibility with existing goods or to maintain specialized goods that must be maintained by the manufacturer of those goods or its representative. P: A good or service that is not available from an Ontario business.
Development, testing and implementation of changes to the BORN Information System (BIS) to support Fetal Blood Group Genotyping (BGG) data collection	Calian Digital Services	$254,000	March 31, 2025	Limited Tendering Exception Codes: C (i, ii) C: For additional deliveries by the original supplier of goods or services that were not included in the initial procurement, if a change of supplier for such additional goods or services: (i) cannot be made for economic or technical reasons such as requirements of interchangeability or interoperability with existing equipment, software, services, or installations procured under the initial procurement; and (ii) would cause significant inconvenience or substantial duplication of costs for the procuring entity
3500xl Genetic Analyzer Instrument	ThermoFisher (Life Technologies)	$231,750.45	March 3, 2025	Limited Tendering Exception Codes: B (v) B: If the goods or services can be supplied only by a particular supplier and no reasonable alternative or substitute goods or services exist for any of the following reasons: (v) to ensure compatibility with existing goods or to maintain specialized goods that must be maintained by the manufacturer of those goods or its representative.
Health and Benefits Implementation Support	Willis Towers Watson (WTW)	$125,000.00	March 3, 2025	Limited Tendering Exception Codes: D D: If strictly necessary, and for reasons of urgency brought about by events unforeseeable by the procuring entity, the goods or services could not be obtained in time using open tendering.

February 2025

Limited award tendering notice: February 2025
Goods or services procured	Awarded supplier	Value of award (Excluding taxes)	Award date	Limited tendering justification
3-year Service Contract for Maintenance of the Hamilton Star Liquid handlers	Hamilton	$294,652.00 USD	February 6, 2025	Limited Tendering Exception Codes: B(vi) B: If the goods or services can be supplied only by a particular supplier and no reasonable alternative or substitute goods or services exist for any of the following reasons: (vi) work is to be performed on property by a contractor according to provisions of a warranty or guarantee held in respect of the property or the original.
MRI Angus Facilities Operations and Real Estate Management Software	Angus Systems Group Limited	$145,750.56	February 20, 2025	Limited Tendering Exception Codes: B(ii), C(ii) B: If the goods or services can be supplied only by a particular supplier and no reasonable alternative or substitute goods or services exist for any of the following reasons: (ii) the protection of patents, copyrights, or other exclusive rights. C: For additional deliveries by the original supplier of goods or services that were not included in the initial procurement, if a change of supplier for such additional goods or services: (ii) would cause significant inconvenience or substantial duplication of costs for the procuring entity
Annual Reagent Rental Renewal (10 Optical Genome Mapping Kits)	Bionano Genomics	$108,480.00 USD	February 18. 2025	Limited Tendering Exception Codes: B(iii), B(v), P B: If the goods or services can be supplied only by a particular supplier and no reasonable alternative or substitute goods or services exist for any of the following reasons: (iii) due to an absence of competition for technical reasons; (v) to ensure compatibility with existing goods or to maintain specialized goods that must be maintained by the manufacturer of those goods or its representative P: A good or service that is not available from an Ontario business.
Monthly Maintenance Support for Interface Engine	MDI	$130,000.00	February 3, 2025	Limited Tendering Exception Codes: B(v), C(ii) B: If the goods or services can be supplied only by a particular supplier and no reasonable alternative or substitute goods or services exist for any of the following reasons: (v) to ensure compatibility with existing goods or to maintain specialized goods that must be maintained by the manufacturer of those goods or its representative C: For additional deliveries by the original supplier of goods or services that were not included in the initial procurement, if a change of supplier for such additional goods or services: (ii) would cause significant inconvenience or substantial duplication of costs for the procuring entity.

January 2025

Goods or services procured

Awarded supplier

Value of award(Excluding taxes)

Award date

Limited tendering justification

Supplies – Lab – Reagents/Chemicals

Revvity Health Sciences Canada Inc.

$1,243,832.81 CAD

January 7, 2025

Limited Tendering Exception Codes: P, B(v).

P: A good or service that is not available from an Ontario business.
B: If the goods or services can be supplied only by a particular supplier and no reasonable alternative or substitute goods or services exist for any of the following reasons:
- (v) to ensure compatibility with existing goods or to maintain specialized goods that must be maintained by the manufacturer of those goods or its representative.

December 2024

Goods or services procured	Awarded supplier	Value of award (Excluding taxes)	Award date	Limited tendering justification
NIL	None	$0.00	N/A	N/A

November 2024

Goods or services procured	Awarded supplier	Value of award (Excluding taxes)	Award date	Limited tendering justification
NIL	None	$0.00	N/A	N/A

October 2024

Goods or services procured	Awarded supplier	Value of award (Excluding taxes)	Award date	Limited tendering justification
NIL	None	$0.00	N/A	N/A

September 2024

Limited award tendering notice: September 2024
Goods or services procured	Awarded supplier	Value of award (Excluding taxes)	Award date	Limited tendering justification
Cytoscan HD Kits	Life Technologies	$158,154.00	September 1, 2024	Limited Tendering Exception Code B(iii),B(v) B If the goods or services can be supplied only by a particular supplier and no reasonable alternative or substitute goods or services exist for any of the following reasons: (iii) due to an absence of competition for technical reasons; (v) to ensure compatibility with existing goods or to maintain specialized goods that must be maintained by the manufacturer of those goods or its representative
Micro Plate Reagent Kits	Astoria Pacific International	$420,760.00	September 1, 2024	Limited Tendering Exception Code P, B(v) P A good or service that is not available from an Ontario business. B If the goods or services can be supplied only by a particular supplier and no reasonable alternative or substitute goods or services exist for any of the following reasons: (v) to ensure compatibility with existing goods or to maintain specialized goods that must be maintained by the manufacturer of those goods or its representative

August 2024

Limited award tendering notice: August 2024
Goods or services procured	Awarded supplier	Value of award (Excluding taxes)	Award date	Limited tendering justification
MiSeq and NovaSeq Equipment Service Agreement	llumnia	$190,578.55	August 1, 2024	Limited Tendering Exception Code B(v), P. B: If the goods or services can be supplied only by a particular supplier and no reasonable alternative or substitute goods or services exist for any of the following reasons: (v): to ensure compatibility with existing goods or to maintain specialized goods that must be maintained by the manufacturer of those goods or its representative (P): A good or service that is not available from an Ontario business.
DNA Enrichment Kits	Illumnia	$154,498.50	August 1, 2024	Limited Tendering Exception Code B (iii) (v), P B: If the goods or services can be supplied only by a particular supplier and no reasonable alternative or substitute goods or services exist for any of the following reasons: (iii) due to an absence of competition for technical reasons; (v) to ensure compatibility with existing goods or to maintain specialized goods that must be maintained by the manufacturer of those goods or its representative (P): A good or service that is not available from an Ontario business.
SIEM Services	Illumnia	$224,000.00	August 1, 2024	Limited Tendering Exception Code (L) (L) A good or service procured pursuant to a standing offer, vendor of record arrangement or a multi-use list.
PDR Architect	Calian Digital Solutions	$290,246.00	August 1, 2024	Limited Tendering Exception Code C (i), (ii) For additional deliveries by the original supplier of goods or services that were not included in the initial procurement, if a change of supplier for such additional goods or services: (i) cannot be made for economic or technical reasons such as requirements of interchangeability or interoperability with existing equipment, software, services, or installations procured under the initial procurement; and (ii) would cause significant inconvenience or substantial duplication of costs for the procuring entity

July 2024

Limited award tendering notice: July 2024
Goods or services procured	Awarded supplier	Value of award (Excluding taxes)	Award date	Limited tendering justification
Cytoscan HD Kits	Life Technologies	$158,154.000	July 1, 2024	Limited Tendering Exception Code B(iii),B(v) B If the goods or services can be supplied only by a particular supplier and no reasonable alternative or substitute goods or services exist for any of the following reasons: (iii) due to an absence of competition for technical reasons; (v) to ensure compatibility with existing goods or to maintain specialized goods that must be maintained by the manufacturer of those goods or its representative

June 2024

Limited award tendering notice: June 2024
Goods or services procured	Awarded supplier	Value of award (Excluding taxes)	Award date	Limited tendering justification
Equipment and Service Contracts	ILLUMINA	$304,322.68	June 1, 2024	Limited Tendering Exception Code B(v), P. B If the goods or services can be supplied only by a particular supplier and no reasonable alternative or substitute goods or services exist for any of the following reasons: (v) to ensure compatibility with existing goods or to maintain specialized goods that must be maintained by the manufacturer of those goods or its representative P A good or service that is not available from an Ontario business.

May 2024

Limited award tendering notice: May 2024
Goods or services procured	Awarded supplier	Value of award (Excluding taxes)	Award date	Limited tendering justification
Service Contract for RentaDx Screening System	Waters	$133,686.80	May 8, 2024	Limited Tendering Exception Code B(v). B If the goods or services can be supplied only by a particular supplier and no reasonable alternative or substitute goods or services exist for any of the following reasons: (v) to ensure compatibility with existing goods or to maintain specialized goods that must be maintained by the manufacturer of those goods or its representative
Kids Come First Immunization Strategy	CANImmunize	$230,760.00	May 1, 2024	B If the goods or services can be supplied only by a particular supplier and no reasonable alternative or substitute goods or services exist for any of the following reasons: (v) to ensure compatibility with existing goods or to maintain specialized goods that must be maintained by the manufacturer of those goods or its representative
GO TAQ Probe Mastermix	Promega	$207,350.00	May 1, 2024	Limited Tendering Exception Code B(v), P. B If the goods or services can be supplied only by a particular supplier and no reasonable alternative or substitute goods or services exist for any of the following reasons: (v) to ensure compatibility with existing goods or to maintain specialized goods that must be maintained by the manufacturer of those goods or its representative P A good or service that is not available from an Ontario business.

April 2024

Limited award tendering notice: April 2024
Goods or services procured	Awarded supplier	Value of award (Excluding taxes)	Award date	Limited tendering justification
Nothing to report	Nothing to report	Nothing to report	Nothing to report	Nothing to report

March 2024

Limited award tendering notice: March 2024
Goods or services procured	Awarded supplier	Value of award (Excluding taxes)	Award date	Limited tendering justification
Employee and Family Assistance Program	Homewood Health	$ 121,836.00	March 1, 2024	Limited Tendering Exception Code C(i). C: For additional deliveries by the original supplier of goods or services that were not included in the initial procurement, if a change of supplier for such additional goods or services: (i) cannot be made for economic or technical reasons such as requirements of interchangeability or interoperability with existing equipment, software, services, or installations procured under the initial procurement
Workday subscription	Workday Limited	$374,214.00	March 1, 2024	Limited Tendering Exception Code C(i). C: For additional deliveries by the original supplier of goods or services that were not included in the initial procurement, if a change of supplier for such additional goods or services: (i) cannot be made for economic or technical reasons such as requirements of interchangeability or interoperability with existing equipment, software, services, or installations procured under the initial procurement

February 2024

Limited award tendering notice: February 2024
Goods or services procured	Awarded supplier	Value of award (Excluding taxes)	Award date	Limited tendering justification
2X DurAmp Real-Time PCR Mastermix	ThermoFisher	$156,382.56	February 1, 2024	Limited Tendering Exception Code B(iv). B: If the goods or services can be supplied only by a particular supplier and no reasonable alternative or substitute goods or services exist for any of the following reasons: (iv): the supply of goods or services is controlled by a supplier that is a statutory monopoly
P1 Reagent Cartridges	Illumnia	$242,183.50	February 1, 2024	Limited Tendering Exception Code B(v). B: If the goods or services can be supplied only by a particular supplier and no reasonable alternative or substitute goods or services exist for any of the following reasons: (v): to ensure compatibility with existing goods or to maintain specialized goods that must be maintained by the manufacturer of those goods or its representative.
DNA Prep Enrichment Kits	Illumnia	$123,598.80	February 1, 2024	Limited Tendering Exception Code B(v). B: If the goods or services can be supplied only by a particular supplier and no reasonable alternative or substitute goods or services exist for any of the following reasons: (v): to ensure compatibility with existing goods or to maintain specialized goods that must be maintained by the manufacturer of those goods or its representative.
Reagent Kits and Consumables	Revvity	$1,231,453.89	February 1, 2024	Limited Tendering Exception Code B(v). B: If the goods or services can be supplied only by a particular supplier and no reasonable alternative or substitute goods or services exist for any of the following reasons: (v): to ensure compatibility with existing goods or to maintain specialized goods that must be maintained by the manufacturer of those goods or its representative.

January 2024

Limited award tendering notice: January 2024
Goods or services procured	Awarded supplier	Value of award (Excluding taxes)	Award date	Limited tendering justification
Immunization Strategy	CANImmunize	$350,760.00	January 2, 2024	Limited Tendering Exception Code B(v). B: If the goods or services can be supplied only by a particular supplier and no reasonable alternative or substitute goods or services exist for any of the following reasons: (v): to ensure compatibility with existing goods or to maintain specialized goods that must be maintained by the manufacturer of those goods or its representative.
Off-site Storage	Iron Mountain	$240,000.00	January 2, 2024	Limited Tendering Exception Code B(v). B: If the goods or services can be supplied only by a particular supplier and no reasonable alternative or substitute goods or services exist for any of the following reasons: (v): to ensure compatibility with existing goods or to maintain specialized goods that must be maintained by the manufacturer of those goods or its representative.
Genetic Screening Processor (GSP) Service Contract	Revvity	$160,432.20	January 2, 2024	Limited Tendering Exception Code B(v). B: If the goods or services can be supplied only by a particular supplier and no reasonable alternative or substitute goods or services exist for any of the following reasons: (v): to ensure compatibility with existing goods or to maintain specialized goods that must be maintained by the manufacturer of those goods or its representative.

These Limited Tendering Award Notices serve to inform the public that as of the Award Notice Date indicated, there were circumstances where neither an invitational or open competitive procurement method was possible for the goods or services listed below which were valued at $121,200 or greater. The Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario-Ottawa Children’s Treatment Centre (CHEO) permits non-competitive procurement provided it meets the criteria in a Limited Tendering (including Sole or Single Source) Exception or Non-Application provision of the applicable trade agreements, including the Canadian Free Trade Agreement (CFTA) and Canada-European Union Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA).

Please send your inquiries to:

Bill Stanzel, Director Strategic Sourcing & Logistics
401 Smyth Road Ottawa, ON ON K1H 8L1
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Supply chain Code of Ethics

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1) Personal Integrity and Professionalism

All individuals involved with purchasing or other supply chain-related activities must act, and be seen to act, with integrity and professionalism. Honesty, care and due diligence must be integral to all supply chain activities within and between BPS organizations, suppliers and other stakeholders. Respect must be demonstrated for each other and for the environment. Confidential information must be safeguarded. All participants must not engage in any activity that may create, or appear to create, a conflict of interest, such as accepting gifts or favours, providing preferential treatment, or publicly endorsing suppliers or products.

2) Accountability and Transparency

Supply chain activities must be open and accountable. In particular, contracting and purchasing activities must be fair, transparent and conducted with a view to obtaining the best value for public money. All participants must ensure that public sector resources are used in a responsible, efficient and effective manner.

3) Compliance and Continuous Improvement

All individuals involved in purchasing or other supply chain-related activities must comply with this Code of Ethics and the laws of Canada and Ontario. All individuals should continuously work to improve supply chain policies and procedures, to improve their supply chain knowledge and skill levels, and to share leading practices.

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