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SAMDAILY.US - ISSUE OF JULY 10, 2023 SAM #7895
SPECIAL NOTICE

66 -- NOTICE OF INTENT TO SOLE SOURCE for Low Temperature (LT) Scanning Tunneling Microscope (STM)

Notice Date

7/8/2023 3:51:52 PM
 

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

NB683110-23-02113
 

Response Due

7/18/2023 7:00:00 AM
 

Archive Date

08/02/2023
 

Point of Contact

Nina Lin, Angela Hitt
 

E-Mail Address

nina.lin@nist.gov, angela.hitt@nist.gov
(nina.lin@nist.gov, angela.hitt@nist.gov)
 

Description

Notice of Intent to Noncompetitively Acquire a low temperature (LT) flow cryostat scanning tunneling microscope (STM) upgrade. This notice is not a request for a quotation. A solicitation document will not be issued and quotations will not be requested. This acquisition is being conducted under the authority of FAR 13.106-1(b). The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this acquisition is 334516 � Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing, with a small business size standard of 1,000 employees. The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Nanoscale Device Characterization Division intends to procure a low temperature (LT) flow cryostat scanning tunneling microscope (STM) upgrade for the purpose of performing scanning tunneling microscopy (STM) imaging and fabrication of quantum devices for subsequent low temperature quantum transport measurements. These devices are for coherent quantum information processing and require single electron manipulation needing near perfect atomic environments. The devices are made from single or few dopant atoms and rely on the placement of individual dopant atoms resulting from patterning hydrogen terminated silicon surfaces and subsequent dopant incorporation and silicon overgrowth to encapsulate these devices. This requires an STM capable of patterning and imaging with true atomic resolution, at low temperatures from 77K down to below 10 K and operating in a vacuum in the low 1x10-11 torr range. The new LT STM system must be capable of operation in a liquid nitrogen (LN2) mode reaching operational temperatures below 85 K and a liquid helium (LHe) mode operational below 10 K.� This STM upgrade will be mated to a complex multi-chamber ultra high vacuum (UHV) system that is extensively fitted with heaters, growth chambers, temperature measurement etc. To achieve mission goals a LT STM that can be directly placed into the variable temperature (VT) STM flange position on NIST�s existing UHV system is required. This multi-chamber system uses standard sample mount and manipulation, and optical access. This system must be compatible with the existing Matrix STM controllers used for low temp STM patterning in the existing LT STM. The STM must produce atomic resolution images on Si(111) 7x7 reconstructed surfaces at low temperature as well as demonstrate atomic resolution imaging on a Au(111) surface at 10 K or below and use eddy current damping for isolation. The STM must be capable of STM imaging, STS, I(V), dI/dU, dI/dz measurements, spin-polarised STM and STS, and atom and molecule manipulation. The system must allow in situ tip and sample exchange and be compatible with existing flag-style sample and tip holders used on NIST existing STM systems. The sample plate must allow direct current heating for Si samples and also offer electrical contacts to the sample allowing electrical contact to the sample while imaging.� NIST conducted market research from March 2023 to June 2023 to determine what sources could meet NIST�s minimum requirements. This included surveying vendors through web searches and physical exhibit at a tradeshow, surveying existing NIST instruments, and consulting colleagues with relevant experience inside and outside of NIST. Additionally, a Sources Sought Notice ID AMD-SS23-IE for various scientific equipment to include a LT STM upgrade was issued on January 20, 2023 and closed February 13, 2023 with only one response from the proposed sole source vendor. The results of market research revealed that only Scienta Omicron, Inc., 3222 East 1st Ave, Suite 301, Denver, CO 80206 (UEI: EQKJNHM96DP4) appears to be capable of meeting NIST�s requirements. However, any sources that believe they are capable of meeting NIST�s minimum requirements are encouraged to respond to this notice by the response date to provide the following information at a minimum: Company Unique Entity Identifier (UEI) number in https://sam.gov; details about what your company is capable of providing that meets or exceeds NIST�s minimum requirements; whether your company is an authorized reseller of the product or service being cited and evidence of such authorization; and any other information that can help NIST determine whether this requirement may be competitively satisfied.� 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 be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. Only responses received by the offers due date and time of this notice will be considered by the government. Responses shall be submitted via email to nina.lin@nist.gov.
 

Web Link

SAM.gov Permalink
(https://sam.gov/opp/50897763ab02444580c06c7f906392fc/view)
 

Place of Performance

Address: Gaithersburg, MD 20899, USA

Zip Code: 20899

Country: USA
 

Record

SN06741174-F 20230710/230708230043 (samdaily.us)
 

Source

SAM.gov Link to This Notice
(may not be valid after Archive Date)

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