UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO - NOTICE OF INTENT TO AWARD A SINGLE SOURCE CONTRACT: 19-049
Custom built 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 for use in the G2N Lab. The budget for this entire package is approximately $340,000.00 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 before the deadline, 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 water cooled vacuum chamber, debris shields and enclosure
Aeres or equivalent system control
Cryogenic pumping package, with dry pump
At least one 1000 cc capacity source Quartz crucible (temp range 0 – 750 deg C) controlled with QCM rate sampling of temperature
At least one 100 cc capacity source Alumina crucible (temp range 0 to 1000 deg C) controlled with QCM rate sampling of temperature
Multi-crystal shuttered QCM deposition rate sensor
Heated substrate stage (Up to 200C) with heat shield
Variable angle deposition stage with at least +/- 90 deg tilting capacity and up to 30 rpm sample rotation OR a planetary drive with similar features
Source and substrate shutters
Onsite training, system start-up services and shipping
The desired delivery time is within ten (10) 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: Thursday, September 19, 2019
Closing Date: Tuesday, October 15, 2019 at 2.30 pm Eastern standard time
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
