Sources Sought Notice 26-01461.pdf

Request for Information/ Sources Sought Notice for Providers/Suppliers of Electrical Performance Monitoring Systems

Notice ID: AMD-SSN-26-01461

Contract Opportunity Type: Sources Sought

Response Date: June 26, 2026

PSC Code: 6625 – Electrical and Electronic Properties Measuring and Testing Instrument

NAICS Code: 334515 – Instrument Manufacturing for Measuring and Testing Electricity and Electrical Signals. The associated small business size standard is 750 employees.

BACKGROUND

This is a notice to Request Information (RFI)/Sources Sought Notice (SSN) from industry to help determine the availability and capability of small business and other than small businesses that are capable of providing the product or services required by the U.S. Department of Commerce, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). NIST is conducting market research to identify potential sources that can an electrical performance monitoring system capable of generating time-resolved data necessary to populate an open-source physical property database.

This system will support NIST research related to reliability of advanced packaging in heterogeneously integrated semiconductor devices. This capability directly supports the CHIPS R&D Metrology Program’s Grand Challenge focused on long-term aging studies of integrating components in advanced packaging. By providing the semiconductor industry with an accurate material property database of polymeric packaging components throughout long-term aging and a new, more accurate reliability model, long-term reliability design efficiency (both time and cost savings) will be greatly improved.

This notice is strictly to request information for market research purposes to help NIST determine the appropriate acquisition strategy for this requirement. This notice shall not be construed as a solicitation, an obligation, or commitment by the NIST.

OVERVIEW

This project requires a specialized system to provide controlled, accurate current for multiple test vehicles for in-situ resistance measurements during multi-stress accelerated aging tests. The system shall enable detection of failure initiation and collection of real-time degradation data necessary to characterize aging behavior in heterogeneously integrated devices. By supporting the capture of real-time resistance change data, the project aims to improve the accuracy of lifetime prediction models and support the objectives of the CHIPS Metrology Program Grand Challenge 3. See attached draft Statement of Work (SOW).

ANTICIPATED PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE

The delivery lead-time shall be within 5 months or less after receipt of order.

INFORMATION REQUESTED FROM INDUSTRY SOURCES:

NIST invites industry sources to review this notice carefully and to familiarize themselves with the draft SOW. Thereafter, NIST encourages those sources to submit the following:

• Company Summary:

1. Notice ID and its Title for this posting

2. Your company’s name, address, website address and Unique Entity Identifier (if the company has one)

3. Company point of contact, their phone number, and their email address

4. Your company’s size status as it relates to 334515 – Instrument Manufacturing for

Measuring and Testing Electricity and Electrical Signals with a size standard of 750 employees. See table of business size standards at https://www.sba.gov/document/support-table-size-standards for more information.

5. Indicate whether your company has an active registration for procurement purposes in sam.gov.

6. GSA Schedule contract (including contract number, name and contact information for contracting officer, contract SOW, contract terms and conditions and contract prices).

Standard Commercial Pricing: If your company has standard commercial pricing for its standard commercial products/services, please explain what it includes. You may also provide an estimate for the draft SOW requirements if you would like to do so.

Do not include a proposal with specific pricing for the draft SOW; such information will not be considered. NIST will use commercial pricing information to help it estimate a fair market price for the upcoming acquisition. Please note this section does not count toward the page limit.

The Government reserves the right to follow up on a one-on-one basis with respondents to request additional information or clarifications about information submitted.

THIS IS STRICTLY MARKET RESEARCH. NIST WILL NOT RESPOND TO

QUESTIONS REGARDING THE RESULTS OF THIS MARKET

RESEARCH. REQUESTS FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION WILL NOT BE

PROVIDED

SUBMMISSION INSTRUCTIONS

Interested parties shall submit responses to by the closing date of this notice to Jennifer.lohmeier@nist.gov.

• Microsoft Word (or PDF) document, and 12-inch font.

• Submission shall not exceed three (3) pages. Any cover page OR Standard Commercial

Pricing Sections is not included in the total page count.

• Respondents are requested to state their capabilities and expertise in clear and concise language.

• Respondents are strongly encouraged to avoid use of excessive marketing and sales language https://www.sba.gov/document/support-table-size-standards mailto:Jennifer.lohmeier@nist.gov

Cover Page Respondents shall include the following Business information on the Cover Page:

1. Sources Sought Notice number, title, and date of issuance

2. Unique Entity ID

3. GSA Contract Number

4. Company Name

5. Company Address

6. Company website address,

7. Company Point of Contact, Phone, and Email address

8. Validation of business status under the identified NAICS. See table of business size standards at https://www.sba.gov/document/support-table-size-standards for more information.

9. Indicate whether your company has an active registration for procurement purposes in sam.gov.

This notice is for information and planning purposes only and shall not be construed as a solicitation or as an obligation on the part of NIST.

NIST does not intend to award a contract based on responses or otherwise pay for the preparation of any information submitted. As a result of this notice, NIST may issue a Request for Quote

(RFQ).

THERE IS NO SOLICITATION AVAILABLE AT THIS TIME. However, should such a requirement materialize, no basis for claims against NIST shall arise because of a response to this notice or NIST’s use of such information as either part of our evaluation

Confidentiality Do not include proprietary, classified, confidential, or sensitive information in response to this notice. The Government reserves the right to use any non-proprietary information as it deems appropriate in establishing requirements for its upcoming acquisition.

DISCLAIMER

This notice does not obligate the Government to award a contract or otherwise pay for the information provided in response. The Government reserves the right to use information provided by respondents for any purpose deemed necessary and legally appropriate. Any organization responding to this notice should ensure that its response is complete and sufficiently detailed. Information provided will be used to help NIST assess alternatives available for the potential requirement and may lead to the development of a solicitation. Respondents are advised that the Government is under no obligation to provide feedback to respondents with respect to any information submitted. After a review of the responses received and other market research, NIST may publish a solicitation on SAM.gov or on GSA ebuy, depending on the acquisition strategy chosen by NIST. NIST will not consider proposals submitted directly in response to this notice for award. Responses received after the closing date for this notice may not be considered for market research purposes.

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