SOURCES SOUGHT
66 -- Low Temperature Scanning Tunneling Microscope
- Notice Date
- 5/26/2015
- 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 B130, Gaithersburg, Maryland, 20899-1410, United States
- ZIP Code
- 20899-1410
- Solicitation Number
- AMD-15-SS19
- Archive Date
- 6/24/2015
- Point of Contact
- Paula Wilkison, Phone: 301-975-8448, Patrick Staines, Phone: (301)975-6335
- E-Mail Address
-
paula.wilkison@nist.gov, patrick.staines@nist.gov
(paula.wilkison@nist.gov, patrick.staines@nist.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) seeks information on commercial vendors that are capable of providing a Low Temperature Scanning Tunneling Microscope (LT-STM) which will be utilized with current STM lithography capability to fabricate the Nanostructure features either for calibration or semiconductor research. The required Low Temperature Scanning Tunneling Microscope (LT STM) operates at T<5K with low thermal drift and high stability which can provide advanced performance on scanning tunneling imaging, scanning tunneling spectroscopy, and inelastic electron tunneling spectroscopy, etc. Dedicated low temperature STM that cools both the sample and the tip below 5K will not only allow the achievement of high energy resolution spectroscopy in the process of investigating subsurface confinement energies and Si valley physics, but also allow low diffusion at STM tip and high tunneling stability. In addition, high performance preamplifier is needed to on the one hand, push the energy resolution to the fundamental limit of thermal broadening at 5K and modulation amplitude broadening, and on the other hand provide wide dynamic range for spectroscopy. Large scan range, both at room temperature and low temperature (<5K), is a critical parameter that will allow the quick relocation of fabricated nanostructures by combining optical telescope and fiducial mark techniques. In order to stay compatible with our established fiducial mark techniques in generating large atomically flat terrace areas (typically larger than 10um by 10um) on Si (100) terrace, a maximum scan range of 9um by 9um at room temperature is required to characterize and fabricate quantum devices on our extremely wide atomically flat terrace. At temperatures below 5K, scan range greater than 1.5um by 1,5um is required to ensure large enough characterization area centered at the key device areas. Finally, from a process integration perspective, we require the LT STM system to offer versatile and easy-to-use STM stage. Due to the challenges in relocating fabricated nanostructures on sample, we are looking for LT-STM configurations that are capable of doing in-situ evaporation with optical accesses. We also have potential needs for continuous variable temperature control below room temperature, and electrical sample contacts on STM stage. After the results of this market research are obtained and analyzed and specifications developed for the Low Temperature Scanning Tunneling Microscope, NIST may conduct a competitive procurement and subsequently award a Purchase Order. If at least two qualified small businesses are identified during this market research stage, then any competitive procurement that resulted will be conducted as a small business set-aside. 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 and socio-economic status in any response to this notice. Companies that manufacture Low Temperature Scanning Tunneling Microscopes are requested to email a detailed report describing their abilities to paula.wilkison@nist.gov no later than the response date for this sources sought notice. The report should 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(s) 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 paula.wilkison@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. Point of Contact Paula Wilkison, Contract Specialist, Phone (301) 975-8448, email paula.wilkison@nist.gov
- Web Link
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FBO.gov Permalink
(https://www.fbo.gov/spg/DOC/NIST/AcAsD/AMD-15-SS19/listing.html)
- Place of Performance
- Address: TBD, United States
- Record
- SN03742538-W 20150528/150526235027-2db21900c5c1f8385e7b37626a68a6a0 (fbodaily.com)
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