What's Canada Buying? November 21, 2012

• “…. On behalf of the Department of National Defence, a Request For Standing Offers has been issued for the provision of logistics support services to support deployed naval vessels assigned to the Royal Canadian Navy, and any deployed support staffs, or other Canadian Forces elements deployed on an “if and when requested” basis within the following geographical areas:  Zone 1: United States West Coast; Zone 2: Mexican and Central American West Coast; Zone 3: South American West Coast;  Zone 4: South Pacific Ocean Coast; Zone 5: Japanese and South Korean Coasts; Zone 6: Chinese Coasts; Zone 7: South West Pacific Coasts; (and) Zone 8: Indian Ocean Coasts. …..” – more details in bid document extract here
• Wanted:  30,000 doeses of anthrax vaccine from Lansing, Michigan
• Wanted:  someone to do research on what happens when stuff hits sorta-foamy stuff and metal plates  “The objective of this work is to carry out an investigation of the impact properties of negative Poisson’s Ratio materials using numerical modelling techniques. In Phase 1, the effect of honeycomb geometry on the mechanical properties and energy absorption under dynamic compressive loading of polymeric foams containing conventional or re-entrant honeycomb-shaped air voids will be studied. In Phase 2, a number of conventional and re-entrant honeycomb foam geometries whose compression behaviour was studied in Phase 1 will be selected for further study. The ability of various foam materials having equivalent areal density to protect an underlying metal substrate from impact damage shall be determined, and compared to the effect of solid polymer coatings as well as uncoated metal plates ….”
• Wanted:  60,000 pairs of hot weather safety boots
• Wanted:  20,000 bags to hold “basic survival rations” - more (including what the bag’ll look like, and an ingredient list for the ration) here
  

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