SOURCES SOUGHT
66 -- Infrared Microscope
- Notice Date
- 7/3/2024 11:57:28 AM
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 334516
— Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- DEPT OF COMMERCE NIST GAITHERSBURG MD 20899 USA
- ZIP Code
- 20899
- Solicitation Number
- NB681010-24-02233
- Response Due
- 7/16/2024 8:00:00 AM
- Archive Date
- 07/31/2024
- Point of Contact
- Tracy Retterer, Joni L. Laster
- E-Mail Address
-
Tracy.retterer@nist.gov, joni.laster@nist.gov
(Tracy.retterer@nist.gov, joni.laster@nist.gov)
- Description
- BACKGROUND NIST has a need for three lock-in amplifiers that meets or exceeds the following draft minimum specifications: The Physical Measurement Laboratory at NIST develops advanced microfabricated sensors for a broad range of applications. As part of this work, a microscope is needed to image defects at buried interfaces on silicon wafers and chips. The microscope shall image infrared light (IR) at wavelengths for which silicon is transparent, operating in reflection and transmission. The microscope shall also operate in the visible and be capable of automatically recording multiple images of adjacent areas of a wafer and stitching them into one image. The system shall also be capable of automatically taking multiple images as different focal heights. The system will include the microscope, objectives operating in the IR and visible, one or more cameras operating in the visible and IR, a motorized stage and motorized focus, one or more illumination sources for the visible and IR, software to operate the system, as well as all cables and accessories required to operate the system. Description:� Infrared Microscope Quantity:� One (1) Requirements: Imaging infrared light (brightfield) in transmission and reflection from silicon wafers Imaging visible light (brightfield) in transmission and reflection Imaging visible light in darkfield at specific magnifications Image recording in the IR and color image recording in the visible Polarization control for imaging Illumination in the IR and visible Removable filter for blocking IR during visible imaging Motorized stage, focus and nosepiece Control panel or joystick for manual adjustment of motorized motion Integrated software that Controls imaging Controls automated motion Stitches multiple images together Allows high dynamic range imaging Computer to control system Minimum technical specifications for the microscope Objectives that operate in the IR: 5x, 10x, 20x, 50x, and include correction for a layer of silicon up to 1.2 mm thick above the interface being imaged. Correction is only required at 20x and above. Objectives that operate in the visible: 5x, 10x, 20x, 50x. May be the same as the above. One objective that operates in the visible in brightfield and darkfield at 20x. Slider and/or illumination sources for darkfield operation in the visible One or two cameras as required to allow imaging the IR and visible. If one camera is provided for both, an extra camera port to allow later expansion. Motorized nosepiece to accommodate all objectives Motorized XY sample stage with at least 100 mm of range. Motorized focus adjustment Controller for motorized axes Control panel or joystick for manual adjustment of motorized motion Sample holder for 100 mm wafers and smaller chips in transmission and reflection Windows 11 computer to control system Breath shield HOW TO RESPOND TO THIS NOTICE In responding to this notice, please DO NOT PROVIDE PROPRIETARY INFORMATION. Please include only the following information, readable in either Microsoft Word 365, Microsoft Excel 365, or .pdf format, in the response.� Submit the response by email to the Primary Point of Contact and, if specified, to the Secondary Point of Contact listed at the bottom of this notice as soon as possible, and preferably before the closing date and time of this notice. Provide the complete name of your company, address, name of contact for follow-up questions, their email, their phone number and, if your company has an active registration in https://sam.gov, your company�s Unique Entity ID (UEI). 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. Identify any aspects of the description of the requirements in the BACKGROUND section above that could be viewed as unduly restrictive or create unnecessary barriers that adversely affect your firm�s ability to fully participate in a procurement for such services and explain why.� Please offer suggestions for how the requirements could be organized or structured to encourage the participation of small businesses. For the NAICS code Indicate whether your company is (a) a small business or (b) other than small business.� See the Table of Small Business Size Standards and the associated .pdf download file for small business size standards and additional information. If you believe the NAICS code listed in this notice is not the best NAICS code for the type of product addressed in this notice, identify an alternative NAICS code that you believe would be more appropriate for the planned procurement.� If your firm has existing Federal Supply Schedule contract(s) or other contracts for products or services against which the Department may be able to place orders, identify the contract number(s) and other relevant information. Describe your firm�s experience (as a prime, subcontractor, or consultant) providing the products or services described in Background section. Provide any other information that you believe would be valuable for the Government to know as part of its market research for this requirement. Please let us know if you would like to engage to get a better understanding of the requirement or need additional information about the Government�s requirement for the products or services described in the Background section.� QUESTIONS REGARDING THIS NOTICE Questions regarding this notice may be submitted via email to the Primary Point of Contact and the Secondary Point of Contact listed in this notice. Questions should be submitted so that they are received by 11:00 a.m. Eastern Time on July 11, 2024.� Questions will be anonymized and answered via sources sought notice amendment following the question submission deadline. IMPORTANT NOTES The information received in response to this notice will be reviewed and considered so that the NIST may appropriately solicit for its requirements in the near future.� This notice should not be construed as a commitment by the NIST to issue a solicitation or ultimately award a contract.� This notice is not a request for a quotation. Responses will not be considered as proposals or quotations. No award will be made as a result of this notice.� NIST is not responsible for any costs incurred by the respondents to this notice. NIST reserves the right to use information provided by respondents for any purpose deemed necessary and appropriate. Thank you for taking the time to submit a response to this request!
- Web Link
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- Place of Performance
- Address: Gaithersburg, MD 20899, USA
- Zip Code: 20899
- Country: USA
- Zip Code: 20899
- Record
- SN07117813-F 20240705/240703230118 (samdaily.us)
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