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FBO DAILY ISSUE OF JANUARY 16, 2002 FBO #0045
SOLICITATION NOTICE

A -- MEMS Research, Development and Fabrication

Notice Date

1/14/2002
 

Notice Type

Solicitation Notice
 

Contracting Office

US Army Robert Morris Acquisition Center, Adelphi Contracting Division, ATTN: AMSSB-ACA, 2800 Powder Mill Road, Adelphi, MD 20783-1197
 

ZIP Code

20783-1197
 

Solicitation Number

DAAD17-02-A-0003
 

Response Due

1/31/2002
 

Archive Date

3/2/2002
 

Point of Contact

Thelma Coste, 301-394-3371
 

E-Mail Address

Email your questions to US Army Robert Morris Acquisition Center, Adelphi Contracting Division
(tcoste@arl.army.mil)
 

Small Business Set-Aside

N/A
 

Description

NA Th US Army Research Laboratory is planning to award, on a sole source basis (10 USC 2034(c)(1), Only One Responsible Source), a Blanket Purchasing Agreement (BPA) to MEMS Exchange, Corporation for National Research Initiatives, Reston, VA, for research, de velopment and fabrication for Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems (MEMS) with a ceiling amount of $450,000 over a period of three (3) years with an option to extend the BPA for an additional 3 years with a ceiling of $450,000. The MEMS Exchange was establishe d by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) as a way of facilitating access to MEMS microfabrication and research resources and to identify qualified sources for limited runs of specialty items. The MEMS Exchange coordinates a network of fab rication centers that lets users draft process sequences which are performed across the boundaries separating the individual facilities. Most existing state of the art clean room facilities are owned by private industry and are planned from IC production o r R&D, and generally do not provide micromachining process technologies. The handful of companies traditionally involved in micromachining that have facilities do not make them available to others outside these companies for MEMS R&D, prototyping, or manu facturing. The few fabrication facilities that are available often do not provide MEMS help or expertise, do not have a full range of MEMS process technologies available, cannot accommodate process flexibility, require the outside party to sign over intel lectual property, or are expensive and difficult to use. See Note 22.
 

Web Link

Army Single Face to Industry
(http://acquisition.army.mil)
 

Place of Performance

Address: MEMS Exchange Corporation for National Research Initiatives 1895 Preston White Drive #100 Reston VA

Zip Code: 20191-5434

Country: US
 

Record

SN20020116/00014421-020115090543 (fbodaily.com)
 

Source

FedBizOpps.gov Link to This Notice
(will not be valid after Archive Date)

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