Wafer Government Bids & RFPs

The bid notice states that for CLIN 001 and CLIN 002, the delivery is within 20 weeks of award. For future orders, delivery is also within 20 weeks of modification. CLIN 001 15 wafers within 20 weeks of nist gaithersburg clin 002 15 wafers award2 future orders within 20 weeks of nist gaithersburg option modification.

The government will deliver the GFM to the contractor's storage facility within thirty (30) calendar days from contract award. Contractor services must commence upon delivery of the GFM unfinished germanium wafers.

The contractor must use the Wide Area Work Flow (WAWF) system for submitting payment requests and receiving reports. Payment instructions are detailed in section 13 of the Statement of Work.

The contractor must ensure that new 150mm unfinished wafers meet the requirements listed in Table 1 and Table 2 of the Statement of Work, and that they are space qualified by NSS solar cell manufacturers.

The government reserves the right to inspect the proposed storage and rotation facilities to determine if they meet the requirements listed within the entirety of the SOW. Inspection visits will usually be scheduled, but the government reserves the right to inspect all aspects of the storage process randomly, with forty-eight (48) hours advance notification.

The contractor must develop a sample of each lot of new unfinished wafers, acquired as replacement wafers due to a rotation action or breakage. The sampling must be achieved in conformance with ASTM E122, and acceptable quality level (AQL) currently required by NSS solar cell manufacturers must be used for each lot in accordance with ANSI Z1. 4.

The notice does not specify a delivery deadline for the microscope, but questions regarding the notice should be submitted by 5:00 p. m. eastern time on March 20, 2026.

The notice requests details about what your company is capable of providing that meets or exceeds NIST's minimum requirements and its past experience. It also asks to identify any aspects of the requirements that could be viewed as unduly restrictive or create unnecessary barriers and to offer suggestions for how requirements could be structured to encourage small business participation.