SOURCES SOUGHT
66 -- RECOVERY--Molecular Beam Epitaxy System
- Notice Date
- 2/24/2010
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 334516
— Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- Department of Commerce, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), Acquisition Management Division, 100 Bureau Drive, Building 301, Room B129, Mail Stop 1640, Gaithersburg, Maryland, 20899-1640
- ZIP Code
- 20899-1640
- Solicitation Number
- AMD-10-SS30
- Archive Date
- 3/18/2010
- Point of Contact
- Carol A. Wood, Phone: 301-975-8172, Patrick K Staines, Phone: (301)975-6335
- E-Mail Address
-
carol.wood@nist.gov, patrick.staines@nist.gov
(carol.wood@nist.gov, patrick.staines@nist.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- RECOVERY - THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR QUOTATIONS. INFORMATION RECEIVED WILL BE USED FOR MARKET RESEARCH PURPOSES ONLY. THIS CONTEMPLATED PROCUREMENT IS ANTICIPATED TO UTILIZE THE AMERICAN RECOVERY AND REINVESTMENT ACT (ARRA) OF 2009 FUNDING IF IT IS DETERMINED THAT RESPONSIBLE SOURCES CAN SATISFY THE REQUIREMENT. All responsible sources are encouraged to respond to this notice; however, sources that do not respond shall not be precluded from responding to any subsequent solicitation. The National Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST) seeks information for a commercial molecular-beam epitaxy system (MBE). The MBE system will be used to make a variety of semiconductor crystal structures for our semiconductor quantum optics experiments. With near atomic-layer accuracy, a device structure can be built containing different material and alloy combinations of aluminum, gallium, indium and arsenic. The system contains no toxic gases and operates in a sealed, ultra-high vacuum chamber. We seek a module MBE system that can be expanded and that is completely computer controlled and automated. The cluster tool component must accommodate the semiconductor wafer manipulations. All responses should clearly specify that the vendor is interested in providing a complete Molecular Beam Epitaxy System (MBES). After results of this market research are obtained and analyzed and specifications are developed for an MBES that can meet NIST's minimum requirements, NIST may conduct a competitive procurement. If at least two qualified small businesses are identified during this market research stage, then any competitive procurement that results would be conducted as a small business set-aside. NIST seeks information on an MBES that meets the following specifications, includes installation of the equipment in a cleanroom environment, and may require minor modifications in order to facilitize the laboratory for installation of the system: a. The system must be a fully computer automated, cluster-tool driven MBE system that can be used to produce ultra-high purity epitaxially deposit gallium arsenide, aluminum arsenide, indium arsenide and related materials and structures. b. The MBE system must have fully automated transfers and process controls, for example fully automated preparation, baking, MBE growth and, most importantly, fully automated transfers between these subsystems using a cluster tool system. c. The system must be a two-chamber MBE system with additional loading, preparation and cluster chambers: 1) The MBE chambers must have a vertical profile wherein the substrate faces downward during operation. 2) The MBE chambers must have ion and cryogenic pumping with a base pressure at or better than 5x10-11 torr in typical idle conditions, i.e., with all sources in growth-ready stand-by mode. 3) The MBE chambers must be fully liquid nitrogen cooled. d. The system must have a loading, preparation, and growth chamber linked by a central cluster tool found in the commercial semiconductor industry. 1) Integration of band-edge temperature measurement directly into MBE computer growth software in real-time. a) Integration of laser optical thickness measurements into MBE computer growth software in Real-time (i.e., crystal growth software run on real-time laser optical thickness Measurements). 2) Loading of wafers from a loading chamber into a preparation chamber (for 400°C degas) then moving the wafer from the preparation chamber to the cluster took, all done automatically via computer control. a) Additional 150 ft of triax and coax lines for liquid nitrogen to connect the MBES to liquid nitrogen. b) 30 ft by 30 ft class 10,000 hard-walled cleanroom with hard-walled entry divider. c) (1) Solvent and (1) acid hood, support DI water system for hoods and other necessary subsystems, 8-port liquid nitrogen phase separator. 2. INSTALLATION: a. The main system fits inside an 8 ft x 8 ft area, but is broken down into smaller pieces for transport and moving through hallways. With electrical racks spread out to allow access, the system will occupy a room of 30 ft x 30 ft (see (d)(2)(b) above). NIST is seeking responses from all responsible sources, including large, foreign, and small businesses. Small businesses are defined under the associated NAICS code for this effort, 334516, as those domestic sources having 500 employees or less. Please include your company's size classification in any response to this notice. Companies that manufacture such systems are requested to email a detailed report describing their abilities to Carol Wood, Contract Specialist, at carol.wood@nist.gov, with no later than 3:30 PM on Wednesday, March 3, 2010. The report must include achievable specifications and any other information relevant to your product or capabilities. Also, the following information is requested to be provided as part of the response to this sources sought notice: 1. Name of the company that manufactures the system components for which specifications are provided. 2. Name of company(ies) that are authorized to sell the system components, their addresses, and a point of contact for the company (name, phone number, fax number and email address). 3. Indication of number of days, after receipt of order that is typical for delivery of such systems. 4. Indication of whether each instrument for which specifications are sent to eduardo.baca@nist.gov are currently on one or more GSA Federal Supply Schedule contracts and, if so, the GSA FSS contract number(s). 5. Any other relevant information that is not listed above which the Government should consider in developing its minimum specifications and finalizing its market research.
- Web Link
-
FBO.gov Permalink
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- Place of Performance
- Address: Ship to:, NIST, Shipping and Receiving, 100 Bureau Drive, Gaithersburg, Maryland, 20899, United States
- Zip Code: 20899
- Zip Code: 20899
- Record
- SN02074479-W 20100226/100224235842-51f64c4e927e30cd48fde1405fecd53c (fbodaily.com)
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