UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO - NOTICE OF INTENT TO AWARD A SINGLE SOURCE CONTRACT: 19-052
Custom build Physical Vapour Deposition (PVD) EvoVac System with advanced PC/PLC automation
The University of Waterloo (UW) intends to award a single source contract to Angstrom Engineering of Kitchener, Ontario, Canada, for the purchase of a custom built PVD system, ‘EvoVac’ base equipped with integrated glovebox system for use in the G2N Lab. The budget for this entire package is approximately $500,000.00 CAD, not including HST.
This is an Advanced Notice indicating to the supplier community that UW intends to award a contract for this equipment to a pre-identified supplier. If no other supplier submits, on or before the closing date of this notice, a statement of specifications that satisfies the stated requirements set out in this Notice, the competitive requirements of the University are considered to have been met. Following notification to any suppliers not successful in demonstrating that their statement of specifications meets the requirements set out in this Notice, the contract may then be awarded to the pre-identified supplier.
If other potential suppliers submit statements of specifications during the twenty one calendar day posting period, and meet the requirements set out in this Notice, UW will proceed to a Request for Proposal process, in order to award the contract.
Process - Suppliers who can provide equivalent equipment with proven functionality required for the research, within budget, may submit a statement of specifications, in writing, to the contact person identified in this Notice on or before the closing date of this Notice. The statement of specifications must unequivocally demonstrate how the supplier meets these advertised requirements within budget.
SPECIFICATIONS –
The required PVD system must be built to include and integrate the following:
PVC base system, with vacuum chamber and enclosure
Aeres or equivalent system control
Sliding door for direct mounting to glovebox
Cryogenic pumping package, with dry pump
10 thermal evaporation sources with co-deposition capability
Power controller
QCM deposition rate sensor
Heated/cooled substrate stage (-45C-200C), equipped with 107 V/m electric field generation capability
Combinatorial masking shutter
Source and substrate shutters
Encapsulation unit with dispensing and UV curing features
6-port inert integrated Glovebox with atmosphere control
6-inch and 15-inch diameter antechambers
Substrate plasma pre-clean chamber
Onsite training and system start-up services
The desired delivery time is within twelve (12) months from date of order.
SOLE SOURCE JUSTIFICATION
The University is not aware of any other supplier/manufacturer that can provide this engineered build within the budget stated.
Date of issue: Friday, May 3, 2019
Closing Date: Tuesday, May 28, 2019 at 2:30 p.m. EST
Contact:
Christine Wagner, CPPB, CSCP – Research Coordinator and Senior Buyer
Procurement and Contract Services
University of Waterloo
Ph: 519-888-4567 ext. 32074
Email – cpwagner@uwaterloo.ca, or, procure@uwaterloo.ca
