Wafers Government Bids & RFPs

The bid notice states that the award will be made on a sole source basis to Nikon Metrology, as they are the only company identified as capable of meeting NIST's minimum requirements. he government intends to issue a sole source award to nikon metrology, under the authority of far **** a.

The bid notice encourages any sources that believe they are capable of meeting NIST's minimum requirements to respond by providing their company unique entity identifier number, details about what their company is capable of providing that meets or exceeds NIST's minimum requirements, whether their 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. however, any sources that believe they are capable of meeting nists 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 number in https:sam. gov details about what your company is capable of providing that meets or exceeds nists 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.

The bid notice states that responses from potential sources are encouraged by the esponse date. however, any sources that believe they are capable of meeting nists 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 number in https:sam. gov details about what your company is capable of providing that meets or exceeds nists 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.

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.