Published date: 16 September 2021

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Awarded contract (published 1 November 2021)

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Contract summary

Industry

  • Laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses) - 38000000

Location of contract

TW11 0LW

Value of contract

£0

Procurement reference

tender_285450/998154

Published date

16 September 2021

Closing date

29 September 2021

Closing time

3pm

Contract start date

29 October 2021

Contract end date

31 March 2022

Contract type

Supply contract

Procedure type

Competitive quotation (below threshold)

The buyer selects a group of potential suppliers to invite to tender.

This procedure can be used for procurements below the relevant contract value threshold.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

Yes

Description

The National Physical Laboratory [NPL] requirement is for a parameter analyser to be used with a cryogenic (4K) probe station with four probes. The instrument will primary be used for on-wafer characterisation of superconducting devices but might also be used for other DUTs such as CMOS transistors.

The probe station -manufactured by MicroXact- has four probes and a motorized (XY) chuck. It is designed for automated probing of devices across a wafer. An important task will be to measure a large number of devices in order to evaluate statistical properties related to parameter spread etc.
The asset must enable the electrical characterisation of DUT based on the following

1. Optimised for characterisation of highly ESD sensitive devices using small currents/voltages
2. Current-voltage characterisation of two and three terminal devices
3. Capacitance-voltage characterisation at frequencies >1 MHz
4. Be supplied with a comprehensive software package
5. Should be possible to integrate with our automated probe station in a way that allows for unsupervised probing of many devices across a wafer.

Requirement is for quantity of one.

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The Authority is using the LUPC Bravo e-Procurement portal to conduct the procurement process. All Suppliers must register their company via the LUPC Bravo Portal.

About the buyer

Contact name

Nina Heath

Address

Hampton road
Teddington
TW11 0LW
England

Email

nina.heath@npl.co.uk