SOURCES SOUGHT
66 -- MULTI-POCKET ELECTRON BEAM EVAPORATOR - AMD-13-SS45 Sources Sought
- Notice Date
- 5/31/2013
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 334516
— Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- Department of Commerce, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), Acquisition Management Division, 100 Bureau Drive, Building 301, Room B129, Mail Stop 1640, Gaithersburg, Maryland, 20899-1640, United States
- ZIP Code
- 20899-1640
- Solicitation Number
- AMD-13-SS45
- Archive Date
- 6/29/2013
- Point of Contact
- Eric Bubar, Phone: 3019753635
- E-Mail Address
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eric.bubar@nist.gov
(eric.bubar@nist.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- AMD-13-SS45 Sources Sought Department of Commerce, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), Acquisition Management Division, 100 Bureau Drive, Building 301, Room B129, Mail Stop 1640, Gaithersburg, MD, 20899-1640 The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) seeks information on commercial vendors that are capable of providing a multi-pocket electron-beam evaporator in support of a new project in the Mass and Force Group/Quantum Measurements Division to investigate the surface effects on the mass artifacts in a controlled environment for better mass stability in the calibration and dissemination of mass standards. The mass instability of the mass artifact over time is primarily originating from the adsorption and desorption of gas species between the artifact and its surrounding environment. To understand this subtle complex dynamic process, the group/division is setting up an ultrasensitive microbalance (a high Q mechanical oscillator) which is capable to measure the extremely small mass variation. To understand the gas adsorption/desorption on different materials and ultimately find the best materials candidate for mass standards, in-situ materials deposition is necessary under the present UHV vacuum system. The better understanding of kinetics and dynamics of gas adsorption and desorption will help achieve better mass stability for the long term mission of NIST in maintaining and disseminating high quality mass standards. The multi-pocket electron beam evaporator is required to achieve the in-situ materials co-deposition under ultrahigh vacuum level (10-10 torr). The evaporator is able to evaporate materials from both crucibles and rods. The electron beam direct heating on rods will enable the evaporation of refractory metals which are of great interest as materials for present mass standards and future ones because of their favored properties. The co-deposition of multi-pocket evaporator will produce not only single composition materials but also multi-composition alloys since many mass standards are alloys such as the present mass standards are made of Pt-Ir alloys. The system shall include evaporator, power supply and control unit, cables, and software for automation. After results of this market research are obtained and analyzed, and specifications developed, NIST may conduct a competitive procurement and subsequently award a Purchase Order for a multi-pocket electron-beam evaporator. If at least two qualified small businesses are identified during this market research stage, then any competitive procurement that resulted would be conducted as a small business set-aside. The multi-pocket electron-beam evaporator should meet the following requirements: General and vacuum requirements: • Complete bolt-on system is required: i.e. electron beam evaporator, power supply and control unit, connection cabling, water cooling kit (fixtures for hose connections), and automation software. Systems should be operational upon delivery with supply of only vacuum environment and utilities, i.e., cooling water and electricity, etc. • Supplied system must be able to operate from 115 VAC, 60 Hz electrical power. • Electron beam evaporator must be UHV compatible (<5 x 10^-11 Torr materials) and mounted out of a single 2.75" OD Conflat flange • The in-vacuum length and diameter shall be less than 8.5" and 35 mm respectively. • Maximum bakeout temperature shall be > 100 C. Co-evaporation and automatic control requirements: • The evaporator shall have 3 or 4 pockets. Pockets shall be entirely separated, water-cooled evaporation zones to minimize cross contamination. • Each pocket shall have its own filament and flux monitor. Each filament shall be independently regulated and controlled by its own flux monitor. • All pockets shall be controlled individually at the same time in any combination by the power supply and control unit to allow co-evaporation. • The power supply and control unit shall be able to be controlled by the supplied software to enable automatic control and data-logging via a PC. Only USB, RS-232, GPIB, and Ethernet interfaces are acceptable. • The automatic control shall be a PID closed loop with feedback from flux monitor and be able to maintain specified flux or emission current. Other requirements: • The evaporator shall be able to operate in both crucible and rod modes. • The evaporator shall be able to evaporate refractory metals in rod mode with heating temperature greater than 3000K. • Rods adapters shall accept rods of greater than 2 mm in diameter and greater than 25 mm in length shall be acceptable. • Maximum deposition rate shall be greater than 5nm/min • The crucible volume shall be greater than 0.07cc. Molybdenum crucibles, PBN liners and Alumina liners are required for each pocket. • A multi-position shutter shall be integrated and allow open and close positions of individual or multiple pocket configurations. NIST is seeking responses from all responsible sources, including large, foreign, and small businesses. Small businesses are defined under the associated NAICS code for this effort, 334516, as those domestic sources having 500 employees or less. Please include your company's size classification and socio-economic status in any response to this notice. Companies that manufacture a multi-pocket electron-beam evaporator are requested to email a detailed report describing their abilities to eric.bubar@nist.gov no later than the response date for this sources sought notice. The report should include achievable specifications and any other information relevant to your product or capabilities. Also, the following information is requested to be provided as part of the response to this sources sought notice: 1. Name of the company that manufactures the system components for which specifications are provided. 2. Name of company(ies) that are authorized to sell the system components, their addresses, and a point of contact for the company (name, phone number, fax number and email address). 3. Manufacturing country of origin. 4. Indication of number of days, after receipt of order that is typical for delivery of such systems. 5. Indication of whether each instrument for which specifications are sent to eric.bubar@nist.gov is currently on one or more GSA Federal Supply Schedule contracts and, if so, the GSA FSS contract number(s). 6. Any other relevant information that is not listed above which the Government should consider in developing its minimum specifications and finalizing its market research. Point of Contact Eric Bubar, Contracting Specialist, Phone (301) 975-3635, Email eric.bubar@nist.gov
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