Notice of Intent --

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Acquisition Management Division, intends to negotiate with Form Factor Beaverton, Inc. located in Beaverton, OR on a sole source basis under the authority of FAR Subpart 13.106-1(b), soliciting from a single source, for the procurement of On-Wafer Probes from DC to 1 THz.

Specific Requirements for the On-Wafer Probes are as follows:

Purchase new: T1100-GSG-25-BT(2 EA); T750-GSG-25-BT (2 EA); T500-GSG-25-BT(2 EA); T330-GSG-25-BT (2 EA); T260-GSG-25-BT(2 EA); T220-GSG-25-BT (2 EA); T170-GSG-50-BT (2 EA);must have bias tees; must have service contract; must tolerate 10 um of overtravel; must have less than 15 dB of insertion loss;

Trade-In: I110-A-GSG-50 (4 each); I110-A-GSG-100 (1EA); I67-A-GSG-100 (3 EA) for a set of I110-AM-GSG-50 (4 each); I110-AM-GSG-100 (1EA); I67-AM-GSG-100 (3 EA).  

Technical Considerations:

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)/Communications Technology Laboratory (CTL) need to test nonlinear on-wafer devices to 1 THz. As such, CTL needs on-wafer probes from Formfactor, because only these probes meet the technical specifications. These specifications include E-field orientation, overtravel, bias-tees, probe pitch, and insertion loss. These WR (WR1, WR1.5, WR2.2, WR3.4, WR 4.3, WR5.1, WR6) probes will be used a custom on-wafer probe station for on-wafer THz electronics. The probe station uses VDI extender heads with a vertical E-field orientation. The station can only control the height of the probe to within about 10 um, so the probe must be able to tolerate 20 um of overtravel. The WR probes should have a bias tee, and where possible standard 25 um pitch (50 um pitch is acceptable for WR6), no more than 10 dB of insertion loss and a return loss no greater than -15 dB. CTL also needs to trade-in I110-A-GSG-50 (4 each), I110-A-GSG-100 (1EA), I67-A-GSG-100 (3 EA) for a set of I110-AM-GSG-50 (4 each), I110-AM-GSG-100 (1EA), I67-AM-GSG-100 (3 EA). 

*Specifications and Technical Consideration shall be in accordance with the attached requirements/specifications document.

The NAICS Code is 334515-Instrument Manufacturing for Measuring and Testing Electricity and Electrical Signals, with a Size Standard of 750 employees. NIST anticipates negotiating and awarding a firm-fixed-price purchase order to Form Factor Beaverton, Inc. for this requirement.

Interested parties that can demonstrate they could satisfy the requirement listed above for NIST must clearly and unambiguously identify their capability to do so in writing on or before the response date for this notice. This notice of intent is not a solicitation. Information submitted in response to this notice will be used solely to determine whether competitive procedures could be used for this acquisition. If competitive procedures are not used it is estimated that an award will be issued by May19th, 2020. Any questions regarding this notice must be submitted in writing via email to [email protected] . All responses to this notice of intent must be submitted to [email protected] no later than May 18, 2020 at 12:00 p.m. MST.