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FBO DAILY ISSUE OF JUNE 29, 2007 FBO #2041
SOLICITATION NOTICE

66 -- UNIBOND Silicon-on-insulator (SOI) Wafers

Notice Date

6/27/2007
 

Notice Type

Solicitation Notice
 

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, MD, 20899-1640, UNITED STATES
 

ZIP Code

00000
 

Solicitation Number

Reference-Number-NB817010-7-05002
 

Response Due

7/11/2007
 

Archive Date

7/26/2007
 

Small Business Set-Aside

Total Small Business
 

Description

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Acquisition Management Division, on behalf of the Quantum Electrical Metrology Division, intends to negotiate, on a sole source basis, under authority of FAR 13.106-1(b)(1), with Soitec USA, Inc, of Peabody, Massachusetts, for the purchase of UNIBOND SOI Wafers used in fabrication of Si-based single-electron tunneling (SET) devices, as part of the SET project. Sole Source determination is based on the following: The Silicon-on-insulator (SOI) wafers are required based on NIST?s need to make high-quality Si-based SET devices. In particular, one crucial requirement of these devices is that they have no charge offset drift; the source of this drift in other devices is defects in the device material. Therefore, NIST requires the starting material to have an acceptably low level of dislocations. The UNIBOND process is the only one that satisfies this need for low defect density. As a result, Soitec USA, is uniquely qualified to provide the required UNIBOND SOI Wafers. Soitec USA is the sole manufacturer and distributor of these wafers The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this acquisition is 334516, and the size standard is 500 employees. No solicitation package will be issued. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive quotations; however, the Government will consider responses received by July 11, 2007, 3:30 p.m. EST. A determination by the Government not to compete the proposed acquisition based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Information received will normally be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement.
 

Place of Performance

Address: 100 Bureau Drive, Gaithersburg, MD

Zip Code: 20899

Country: UNITED STATES
 

Record

SN01328853-W 20070629/070627220417 (fbodaily.com)
 

Source

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