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SAMDAILY.US - ISSUE OF MARCH 06, 2022 SAM #7401
SPECIAL NOTICE

99 -- Notice of Intent to Sole Source - LTSTM Tip Prep tool for Scienta Omicron

Notice Date

3/4/2022 11:35:21 AM
 

Notice Type

Special Notice
 

NAICS

334516 — Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing
 

Contracting Office

DEPT OF COMMERCE NIST GAITHERSBURG MD 20899 USA
 

ZIP Code

20899
 

Solicitation Number

NIST-22-NOI-00732
 

Response Due

3/18/2022 2:00:00 PM
 

Point of Contact

Sean Dalenberg, Forest Crumpler
 

E-Mail Address

sean.dalenberg@nist.gov, forest.crumpler@nist.gov
(sean.dalenberg@nist.gov, forest.crumpler@nist.gov)
 

Description

The United States Department of Commerce (DOC), National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), Acquisition Management Division (AMD) intends to negotiate a firm fixed price purchase order, on a sole source basis, with Scienta Omicron for the purchase of a low temperature scanning tunneling microscope (LTSTM) tip preparation tool.� The statutory authority for this sole source acquisition is FAR 13.106-1(b) by the authority of FAR Part 13 Simplified Acquisition Procedures. The proposed acquisition is in support of the projects, �Atomically Precise Devices� and �Towards Atomic Perfection: Artificial Dangling Bond Molecules for High Precision Single Atom Doping of Silicon�, in the Atom Scale Device Group/NDCD utilizing current scanning tunneling microscope (STM) lithography capabilities to fabricate nanostructure features and electronics.� The Nanoscale Device Characterization Division (NDCD) is implementing the capability for single atom manipulation on Si (100) surfaces using a low temperature (LT) STM, with the goal of achieving 100% yield perfect single atom doping of silicon.� The atomic-based laboratory in PML currently uses scanning tunneling microscope (STMs) in the process of fabricating atomically precise electronic devices based on the controlled placement of phosphorus atoms in silicon.� A Scienta Omicron low temperature STM (LTSTM) has been equipped in the lab for the purpose of achieving absolute single atom precision.� Proper operation of this instrument requires high quality, oxide-free metallic tips in ultra-vacuum (UHV).� It is common that an etched tip will acquire an oxide layer before being introduced into UHV and is therefore necessary to use some means to clean the tip in UHV.� The �LTSTM does not currently have a way to perform proper tip cleaning and it is therefore necessary to purchase a tip preparation setup compatible with our system. Because vacuum systems and associated equipment can differ significantly in terms of their geometries and engineering, a tool such as the proposed tip preparation setup for UHV e-beam heating must be designed to match the vacuum system equipment.� For this reason, it is standard practice for an STM manufacturer to provide a tip preparation tool that is only compatible with their own STM and vacuum equipment. The microscope to be used has a proprietary design that will not accommodate a tip preparation tool made by a company other than Scienta Omicron.� Additionally, the existing maintenance agreement with Scienta Omicron would not extend to another tip preparation tool whereas it will extend to their tip preparation tool. No solicitation package will be issued.� This notice of intent is not a request for competitive quotations; however, all responsible sources interested may identify their interest and capability to respond to this requirement. The Government will consider responses received by 5:00 p.m. Eastern on March 28, 2022. �Inquiries will only be accepted via email to sean.dalenberg@nist.gov.� No telephone requests will be honored.�� 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 in the future.�
 

Web Link

SAM.gov Permalink
(https://sam.gov/opp/bd48d7a59e674ab5afe2a816ce626b80/view)
 

Place of Performance

Address: Gaithersburg, MD 20899, USA

Zip Code: 20899

Country: USA
 

Record

SN06257455-F 20220306/220304230059 (samdaily.us)
 

Source

SAM.gov Link to This Notice
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