UHR FESEM Hitachi SU7000

The Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division (NAWCAD), Lakehurst, NJ intends to solicit, negotiate, and award a fixed-price purchase order, on a sole source basis to Hitachi High Technologies America, Inc., located in Dallas, TX, for a Hitachi part number SU7000, an Ultra High Resolution (UHR) Variable Pressure (VP) Field Emission Scanning Electron Microscope (FESEM).

Hitachi SU7000, was determined to satisfy all instrument requirements. Specifically, Hitachi was the only vendor that could satisfy all of the following instrument requirements.  It is required that five or more signals of the UHR VP FESEM can be viewed simultaneously, where one of those is the camera navigation system.  It is required that dry air is the only necessary venting gas for full performance to accommodate facility space.  It is required that the beam resolution is 1.0nm or better for traditional operation at 1kV, beam resolution is 1.5nm or better for VP mode at 1kV, maximum magnification is 2,000,000x or greater, and the chamber stage holds 4.0lbs or greater, all to support expected use cases.  In concert, these requirements eliminate all models except the SU7000. The Government does not own the data rights and a competitive drawing package for this effort is not available.

This notification is not a request for competitive proposals. However, all responses received within fifteen (15) days after the date of publication of this synopsis will be considered by the Government. A determination by the Government not to open the requirement to competition based on responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Information received as a result of the notice of intent will normally be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. No solicitation will be available for this procurement.