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A -- INSTRUMENT TECHNOLOGY IMPLEMENTATION SOL 52SBNB0C1061 DUE 072000 POC Marsha Rodgers (301)975-6398, Fax (301)963-7732, e-mail Marsha.Rodgers@nist.gov, Contracting Officer :Romena Moy, (301)975-4999 WEB: NIST Contracts Homepage, http://www.nist.gov/admin/od/contract/contract.htm. E-MAIL: NIST Contracts Office, Contract@nist.gov. The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST intends to negotiate on a sole source basis with Mr. Theodore L. Monchesky, Burnaby, British Columbia, for instrumentation technology implementation services in support of the NIST scanning electron microscopy with polarization analysis (SEMPA) facility. The Contractor shall investigate the growth and magnetic structure of ultrathin ferromagnetic films and multilayers deposited on semiconductor. This work shall be part of an on-going project to develop instrumentation for magnetic nonoscale characterization, and for investigating the physics of magnetic nanostructures. The overall purpose of the procurement is to expend NIST's measurement capabilities so that we can investigate the structural, chemical and magnetic properties of ferromagnetic thin firms and multilayers deposited on semiconductor substrates. The contractor shall modify equipment for these measurements, demonstrate the operation of the modified equipment with measurements of the growth of various ferromagnet-semiconductor combinations, and characterizations of the atomic scale structural order, the chemical structure and the nanoscale magnetic structure of these materials. FOB Destination, Gaithersburg, Maryland. The period of performance shall be one year from date of contract award. There is also an additional option period for one year. This is a sole source requirement with Mr. Monchesky because he has the unique qualifications to perform this work. The work described involves highly specialized expertise in the use of molecular beam epitaxy (MBE) of ferromagnetic materials, scanning Auger microscopy, reflection high energy electron diffraction (RHEED), scanning tunneling microscopy (STM), single crystal semiconductor surface preparation, ultra-high vacuum components, magnetoresistance measurement, surface magneto-optic Kerr effect (SMOKE), micromagnetic modeling, and experience with Windows and Unix based programming. Only Mr. Monchesky has the required, unique combination of knowledge and skills in these areas. No solicitation package is available. A proposal shall be requested from Mr. Monchesky. This notice of intent is not a request for proposals. Interested persons may identify their capability to respond to this requirement within 30 days of this notice and shall be considered by the agency. A determination by the Government not to compete this requirement based on the responses received is solely within the discretion of the Government. See Notes 22 and 26. Posted 06/05/00 (W-SN461509). (0157)

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