TS2000

Section I: Contracting authority/entity

I.1) Name and addresses

Official name: University of Copenhagen
National registration number: DK29979812
Postal address: krystalgade 25
Town: Copenhagen
NUTS code: DK01 Hovedstaden
Postal code: 1172
Country: Denmark
Contact person: Susanne Ünsal
E-mail: susanne.u@adm.ku.dk
Internet address(es):
Main address: www.ku.dk

I.4) Type of the contracting authority

Body governed by public law

I.5) Main activity

Education

Section II: Object

II.1) Scope of the procurement

II.1.1) Title:

TS2000

II.1.2) Main CPV code

38000000 Laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses)

II.1.3) Type of contract

Supplies

II.1.4) Short description:

The Niels Bohr Institute is part of the Faculty of SCIENCE at the University of Copenhagen. The Niels Bohr Institute has a 100 year long tradition of excellence within science, in particular within the area of quantum physics. The institute was inaugurated on March 3, 1921, by Professor Niels Bohr. We are approx. 430 researchers, 70 administrative and technical staff, 100 PhD students and 400 students. The European Physical Society has declared the Niels Bohr Institute a Historic Site of great international importance for the development of physics and research.

II.1.6) Information about lots

This contract is divided into lots: no

II.1.7) Total value of the procurement (excluding VAT)

Value excluding VAT: 164 500.00 USD

II.2) Description

II.2.3) Place of performance

NUTS code: DK01 Hovedstaden

II.2.4) Description of the procurement:

An automatic wafer prober (AWP) is essential for our quantum computing hardware here at NQCP.

The AWP will be a device characterization workhorse, measuring 1000s of microscopic structures a day. Measuring this number of devices is required to get us enough statistics for our local hardware production, enabling us to challenge the world-leading institutions. Among other hardware, this AWP will be equipped with single probes for DC, RF, and photonic probing, specially chosen for our needs, allowing various device geometries to be probed.

II.2.5) Award criteria

II.2.11) Information about options

Options: no

II.2.13) Information about European Union funds

The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: no

II.2.14) Additional information

Section IV: Procedure

IV.1) Description

IV.1.1) Type of procedure

Negotiated procedure without prior publication

The products involved are manufactured purely for the purpose of research, experiment, study or development under the conditions stated in the directive
The works, supplies or services can be provided only by a particular economic operator for the following reason:
- absence of competition for technical reasons

Explanation:

The following is crucial for our choice of automatic wafer prober:

Semi-automatic

We need automatic measurements to get the required statistics for our hardware development. We also need the flexibility of manual loading of various small devices – therefore semi-automatic is key. Besides small samples, down to 5x5 mm2, we also require up to 6” wafers to be accommodated.

Easy mounting of probe cards

In the future we will have standardized device designs with the need of more channels being measured. The machine should therefore have a universal probe card mount and easily can be installed instead of the single probes.

For the ease of loading and contact adjusting various probes, a z-movement of at least 10 mm is required.

1 RF probe

For our photonic platform we need an ground-signal-ground RF probe (pitch >150 µm) width a bandwidth allowing for 10 GHz signal.

1 Fiber probe

A single 1x4 fiber array holder is required. It should allow for polishing angles up to 15deg and have another 3 deg I fine tunement. The fiber probe arm should also have at least 2deg theta fine adjustment to enable proper alignment.

4 DC probes

One of the main use cases will be measuring four-terminal resistance of devices with different device designs. Therefor, we need four single DC probes which can be moved irrespectively.

Light-tight

Some of our measurements will be light sensitive so a light-tight enclosure is required.

Stage movement

Speed, range and precision is key for our experiments because we want to get good device statistics in a short amount of time to keep up our R&D line when testing new devices. The machine should include a device panel for operating all motorized stages and axes at different speeds. The chuck should allow for at least +/-5 deg fine theta rotation.

IV.1.3) Information about framework agreement

IV.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)

The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: yes

IV.2) Administrative information

Section V: Award of contract/concession

V.2) Award of contract/concession

V.2.1) Date of contract award decision:

13/10/2023

V.2.2) Information about tenders

The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: no

V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor/concessionaire

Official name: MPI Corporation
Postal address: No. 155 Chung-Ho Street, Chu-Pei
Town: City, Hsinchu County, Taiwan 302047
NUTS code: TW Taiwan
Country: Taiwan

The contractor/concessionaire will be an SME: no

V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot/concession (excluding VAT)

Total value of the contract/lot/concession: 164 500.00 USD

V.2.5) Information about subcontracting

Section VI: Complementary information

VI.3) Additional information:

VI.4) Procedures for review

VI.4.1) Review body

Official name: Danish Public Contracts Appeal Board
Postal address: Nævnenes hus, toldboden 2
Town: Viborg
Postal code: 8800
Country: Denmark
E-mail: NH@naevneneshus.dk
Telephone: +45 72405600
Internet address: www.KLFU.dk

VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice:

02/11/2023

Fakta om udbudet

TS2000

University of Copenhagen