AWARD
66 -- STS Mesc Multiplex ICP DRIE Upgrade & Maintenance - PO Award SB134118SE0074
- Notice Date
- 4/17/2018
- Notice Type
- Award Notice
- NAICS
- 811219
— Other Electronic and Precision Equipment Repair and Maintenance
- Contracting Office
- Department of Commerce, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), Acquisition Management Division, 100 Bureau Drive, Building 301, Room B130, Gaithersburg, Maryland, 20899-1410, United States
- ZIP Code
- 20899-1410
- Solicitation Number
- SB134118SE0074
- Archive Date
- 5/1/2018
- Point of Contact
- Aron Krischel, Phone: 3034973032
- E-Mail Address
-
aron.krischel@nist.gov
(aron.krischel@nist.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Award Number
- SB134118SE0074
- Award Date
- 4/16/2018
- Awardee
- Hawks Technical Services, LLC, 2715 Swamp Creek Road<br />, Green Lane, Pennsylvania 18054, United States
- Award Amount
- 93788
- Line Number
- 0001
- Description
- PO SB134118SE0074, STS Mesc Multiplex ICP DRIE Repair Award Notice for Sole Source Procurement to Hawks Technical Services, LLC. The National Institute of Standards and Technology has issued an award to Hawks Technical Services, LLC in the amount of $93,788.00 for the upgrade and maintenance of the STS Mesc Multiplex ICP DRIE located at the NIST facility in Boulder, CO 80305. The Sole Source Justification is shown below: NIST Boulder has a state of the art research laboratory (the Katharine Bloggett Gebbie Building) to support the most sensitive research done at NIST. Included in this building is a Class 100 microelectronics fabrication facility, called the Boulder Micro Fabrication Facility (BMF). Among the many critical pieces of equipment in this laboratory are two deep reactive ion etch (DRIE) tools: the STS Mesc Multiplex ICP and the SPTS Pegasus. These tools were damaged in a power outage, and NIST contracted with Hawks Technical Services (Contract SB1341-17-SE-0304) to repair these tools. Hawks Technical Services was able to fix both tools, however, they noticed some problems with the tools. During the STS Mesc Multiplex repair, Hawks Technical Services determined the cause of the failure was due to old components that had failed in the tool's internal communication system between the various tool subsystems. Hawks Technical Services informed us that this is a common problem that they had seen multiple times, and would likely happen to other parts in the communication system due to the age of the tool. They also informed us that they were able to totally rebuild the communication system with new, non proprietary parts to prevent this from happening in the future. NIST concurs with Hawks Technical Service's assessments of the tools. Therefore, in order to maintain a high tool uptime and prevent tool failure in the future, NIST requires a programmable logic controller (PLC) upgrade to the Mesc Multiplex tool. NIST recommends issuing a sole source contract to Hawks Technical Services due to the fact they are currently performing other work on the Mesc Multiplex tool and are familiar with the tool. It is imperative there be a continuity of services and all new parts must be compatible with the existing NIST owned equipment. Hawks Technical Services is the only contractor capable of fulfilling this requirement in the required amount of time. In addition, this will be a best value to the Government since no there will be no need for travel and no additional time will be required to become familiar with the equipment and tools.
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