SOURCES SOUGHT
10 -- 10 - MEMS Safe and Arm Assembly Technology
- Notice Date
- 10/13/2004
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- Contracting Office
- US Army ARDEC, AMSTA-AR-PC, Picatinny Arsenal, New Jersey 07806-5000
- ZIP Code
- 07806-5000
- Solicitation Number
- W15QKN-05-X-0426
- Response Due
- 11/15/2004
- Description
- MEMS Safe and Arm Manufacturing Technology Objective (MTO) program is conducting a market survey to determine the current availability of assembly systems for high aspect ratio (HAR) Micro-electromechanical Systems (MEMS) and small explosively loaded components. The safe and arm (S&A) assemblies will have micro-scale parts to be assembled and manipulated. Most of the S&A parts are planar with a thickness between 250 and 500 microns. The overall outline of the S&A Assembly substrate die is 10-mm by 10-mm. Some parts may involve small explosive components. The parts will need to be assembled using full automation in quantities greater than 100,000 assemblies per year. Flexibility in the assembly system is desired to allow assembly of a variety of S&A's using the same equipment. Wafer level assembly systems are desired. For the purpose of this survey, the MEMS S&A consists of explosively loaded and non-explosively loaded components to be assembled interworking on a substitute or die which is then assembled into a housing with a cover, either of which may have explosive components present. The purpose of the survey is to assist in determining what Non-developental equipment is currently available to perform the assembly.A non-developmental item is: a. Any previously developed item used exclusively for government purposes by a Federal agency, a state or local government, or a foreign government which the U.S. has a mutual defense coorperation agreement, b. Any item described in paragraph a. above, that requires only minor modifica- tion to meet the requirement of the procuring agency, c. Any item currently being procured that does not meet the requirement of paragraphs a or b. above, solely because the item is not yet in use. The following salient technical characteristics should be addressed: provide a detailed description of the current configuration of your system, including placement equipment, sensors, shielding, etc. which addressess the following integration issues: 1) Part handling sizes 2) force sensoring 3) explosive safety 4) floor space require- ments. The MEMS components vary in planar size from 100 x 100 microns to 2000 x 6000 microns with some having planar springs that must be extended and latched as part of the assembly process. the assembly equipment must place these parts into blind cavities with 20-micron sidewall clearance per side. The assembly system must also be capable of manipulating the springs to engage their locking features. Discuss the current and near-term capability of your organization producing equipment to handle the MEMS components or MEMS explosively-based components. a) how many of these systems exist today? b) what is the estimated time to modify your system for the requirments of the MEMS S&A assembly? c) what assembly inspection systems do you plan to use? d) what, if any, are the considerations, benefits, and costs for facilitization? e) what is the minimum feature size (resolution) of parts detected? f) how many parts are currently being manipulated at once? Discuss your organization's past and current experience and contracts related to the research, development and evaluation of your system. Use the areas below to provide the detail required for analysis of your organization's knowledge and experience with this technology and your current product: 1) sub-contractor lists, 2) Countries or organization to whom the technology was successfully marketed. 3) Provide any formal government and/or other independant technical assessments of the product 4) What are, if any, government, proprietary or other restrictions on releasing technical information on this product? Provide any internally generated risk assessment of your organization's capability to provide a product that will meet the U.S. government's near-term requirement for a mature assembly system for explosoively loaded MEMS components. a) Identify any hazardous materials (production, operation, and disposal) in connection with the facilitization of the sytem. b) What systems will be employed to provide assembly operator safety? c) What systems will be employed for safety- based inspections? d) Has a safety/health assessment or documentation been developed for this product?Provide reports, documentation to support your answer. Based on the plan for demonstrating of your product during the evaluation of offers, discuss each area listed. Provide pertinent information, pictures, video or supporting documentation to answer each area. a) What are the modes of operation and principles of operation for your system? b) What is the configuration, design envelope of your system? c) What, if any, are your additional Government furnished information requirements to support the documentation? This is NOT a pre-solicitation notice pursuant to FAR. This notice does not constitute an invitation for bid or request for proposal and is not to be construed as a commitment by the government.Your responses to this survey will assist in finalizing plans for this effort and allow better definition of requirements, thereby providing a more clearly written solicitation to industry. Information acquired from this notice will be used to refine requirements for the solicitation. The government will not reimburse contractors for any costs incurred as a result of their participation in this survey. Submit survey documentation by email to the POC below no later than 30 days after submission of this announcement. All survey documentation must be in English. Proprietary data, if submitted, should be marked as such. If any portion of the survey response is classified, contact the POC provided below for instructions. Documentation provided will not be returned. Questions about this survey should be directed to the POC listed below. See Numbered Note 26. Contact: Ms. Joanne Cicarone, Contract Specialist, 973-724-4049 email: cicarone@pica.army.mil
- Web Link
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US ARMY TACOM-Picatinny Procurement Network
(http://procnet.pica.army.mil/dbi/Download/GoGetSourcesSought.cfm?SolNum=W15QKN-05-X-0426)
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