SOLICITATION NOTICE
66 -- One (1) Plasma Celaner for Electron Microscopy Applications - Combo Synopsis Solicitation
- Notice Date
- 2/9/2017
- Notice Type
- Combined Synopsis/Solicitation
- NAICS
- 334516
— Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- Department of the Army, Army Contracting Command, ACC - APG (W911QX) Adelphi, 2800 POWDER MILL RD, ADELPHI, Maryland, 20783-1197, United States
- ZIP Code
- 20783-1197
- Solicitation Number
- W911QX-17-T-0090
- Archive Date
- 3/3/2017
- Point of Contact
- Joshua Lenfest, Phone: 3013940755
- E-Mail Address
-
joshua.d.lenfest.civ@mail.mil
(joshua.d.lenfest.civ@mail.mil)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- Total Small Business
- Description
- Evaluation Criteria combination solicitation Salient characteristics Provisions and clauses The Contractor shall provide a qty one (1) Plasma Cleaner to be used for Electron Microscopy Applications to the Army Research Laboratory's Aberdeen Proving Ground, in accordance with the following salient characteristics: 1. Must be an oil-free pumping system capable of evacuating specimen chambers to a pressure below 20 milliTorr with no gas flowing into the chamber. 2. Qty one (1) port that shall accept sample holders for a JEOL 2100F transmission electron microscope (TEM). 3. Must be capable of plasma cleaning a sample for a Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM) having the dimensions of less than or equal to two (2) inches in diameter and one-and-a-half (1.5) inches in height. 4. Must have a minimum of two (2) mass flow controllers to control the flow of gas precisely and reproducibly. 5. Must be rated for and be able to control the following gases at 100% concentration with the mass flow controllers, and be able to be calibrated for their proper control: argon (Ar), nitrogen (N), oxygen (O2), and hydrogen (H2). 6. Operation must be controlled using either a capacitively or inductively coupled antenna with a tuning system and operating at a frequency of 13.56 MHz. 7. Must operate under either a fixed power or variable power mode such that, at the recommended power setting for plasma cleaning of non-polymeric materials, such as metal alloys, ceramics, and composite materials, the sample does not heat the sample more than five degrees Celsius (5°C) or affect its composition when operated for five (5) minutes with the recommended cleaning parameters (i.e. gas composition, power setting, and pressure). 8. Must have a transparent window to observe the plasma discharge while still maintaining the RF (Radio Frequency) shielding. Desired Optional Salient Characteristics: 1. Storage system for at least three (3) JEOL 2100F TEM sample holders in which the sample holders can be maintained under vacuum conditions after cleaning with the vacuum pumping being done by the vacuum system of the plasma cleaner. 2. Capable of having a third (1/3) mass flow controller so that three gasses, O2, H2, and Ar can be used independently or mixed using the flow controllers. 3. Ability to bias a Focused ion beam (FIB) sample held on a holder in the plasma either by self-biasing or external biasing to a negative potential in order to accelerate ions from the plasma towards the FIB sample. 4. Two (2) or more ports that shall accept at least one (1) sample holder for a JEOL 2100F TEM with the capability to simultaneously clean another JEOL 2100F TEM holder or a SEM sample with maximum size of two (2) inches in diameter and one-and-a-half (1.5) inches in height.
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- Place of Performance
- Address: U.S. Army Research Laboratory 321 COLLERAN RD., ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Maryland, 21005, United States
- Zip Code: 21005
- Zip Code: 21005
- Record
- SN04397497-W 20170211/170209234620-3d5b189c3833a85bb0be973a3e7b3fdb (fbodaily.com)
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