Sealed tender in two parts (Part I: technical bid and Part II: price bid) is invited from bona fide, resourceful and eligible manufacturers/exclusive distributors of Probe Station.  Technical bid shall comprise of credential documents, proofing eligibility, Company profile and other document in support of technical capability of the firm. The technical bid should not contain any financial indication.  Financial bid shall comprise of Quoted price only.  Manufacturers/ exclusive distributors should have past history of supplying this instrument to this or other scientific organizations.

A).       TECHNICAL BID:

The Technical Bid should contain technical specifications and kept in a separate envelope duly super scribed as “Technical Bid” on the outer side of the envelope.  

The Technical Specifications acceptable for Probe Station are given below:  

Wafer based manual probe station with temperature control option 

(i)  Metal or Metal plated chuck for mounting on probe station. Probe station with chuck size 2 inch in diameter will be preferred. Adjustable sample plane option will be preferred. 

(ii)  Four probe submicron micropositioner module with minimum distance of approach of 5 micrometer. Better resolution of approach (fine & coarse motion) is preferred.  X-Y-Z micropositioner module with travel of 40 mm x 25mm x 15mm is desirable. Probe tips should be movable in X-Y-Z direction with a preferable translation resolution of 20 micrometer in X direction, 10 micrometer in Y and Z directions respectively. 

(iii) Four arms with base and cables both for DC and AC measurements in the high frequency range up to approximately 60 GHz. Low noise level measurement probes for the measurements and low noise level output cabling capable of measuring current at least in the pA range is preferred.  

(iv) Suitable tips for contact to the sample. Probe tips of varying diameter of at least of 3 micrometer. Additional tip package is preferred. 

(v) High resolution microscope module with zoom in the range of 0.5-5X or higher is required. Lateral X-Y movement for the microscope will be preferred. Coaxial illumination is desirable for highly reflective materials. 

(vi) Temperature control module option operatable with both liquid helium and liquid nitrogen with control temperature from 4.2K or 78K to 450K or better. Arrangement for minimizing external heat reaching to the sample is preferred for accurate measurements. The system should contain precise temperature controller. Temperature controller provided should be with 4 inputs and the control of temperature of sample should be in auto tuning way. Dewar with autopressuring facility for withdrawl of liquid helium or nitrogen will be preferred.  

(vii) The system should contain vibration isolation table. 

(viii) Installation and training for operation should be provided.

B). FINANCIAL BID:  

1.      The financial bid indicating item-wise price for the items mentioned in the technical bid should be kept in a separate sealed envelope duly super scribed as “Finance Bid” on the outer cover of the envelope.  

2.      An Account Payee Demand Draft of Rs. 70,000/- (Rupees Seventy Thousand only) in the name of "Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science” is to be furnished by the bidders except those who are registered with the Central Purchase Organizations, National Small Industries Corporation or the concerned Ministry or Department,  as Bid Security money (or EMD).

3.      The Demand Draft for the Bid-Security money should have at least 45 (forty five) days validity period after the opening of the Bids. 

4.      In case of non-award of the work the Bid Security money would be returned to the bidders.  

C). PERFORMANCE SECURITY:  

1.      An Account Payee Demand Draft of Rs. 1, 75,000 (Rupees One Lakh Seventy five thousand only) in the name of "Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science” is to be furnished by the successful bidder as “Performance Security” money.

2.      Performance Security should remain valid for a period of 60 (sixty) days beyond the date of completion of all contractual obligations of the supplier including warranty obligations. 

3.      Bid Security would be refunded to the successful bidder on receipt of Performance Security.   

D) GENERAL INSTURCTIONS:  

1. There should be two separate envelopes duly sealed for two bids and should be super scribed with (a) Technical Bid, and (b) Finance Bid and both these sealed envelopes are to be put in a bigger envelope which should also be sealed.

2. Tender Notice Number and tender for “Probe Station" should clearly be written on the envelope.

3. The tender submitted shall remain valid at least for three months from the date of opening of the tender. Validity beyond three months from the date of opening of the tender shall be by mutual consent.

5. The technical bid of the tenders will be opened on 2^nd September, 2011 at 3:00 p.m. 16^th September, 2011 at 3:00 p.m. at the S. N. Bose Hall in presence of the intending bidders.

6. The date of opening of financial bids will be informed later on. The financial bids of those tenderers will only be opened who comply with the technical specifications.

7. Incomplete tenders will be summarily rejected.

8. For any clarification regarding technical specifications etc. please send your queries to "Dr. Somobrata Acharya"<camsa2@iacs.res.in>

Registrar