Acquisition of a PL Mapper

Kort beskrivelse

This tender is for the acquisition of a steady-state photoluminescence mapper (“PL mapper”) in the visible and near-infrared (vis-NIR) region intended for a university facility. The instrument must also be able to map reflectance in the same spectral range. The university facility provides access to an ex-tensive suite of characterization tools as one of its core purposes. The facility caters to users from various levels of experience and technical backgrounds within the university and serves commercial customers as well. The user community today is more than 100.

The PL capabilities of the instrument will be used by thin-film semiconductor growers. Materials to be measured range from epitaxial III-V semiconductors with bright, narrow emission to emerging semi-conductors with often weak, broad emission. The reflectance capabilities will mainly be used to measure distributed Bragg reflectors. Different users may have very different experience levels with optical measurement setups. Therefore, it is important that the setup is easy to use, with a high level of automation, and with no hands-on user intervention needed expect for sample loading.

The instrument must be able to do the following:
• Obtain accurate PL and reflectance spectra over a large wavelength range
• Perform fast mapping of PL and reflectance spectra over large areas
• Have the optics selection and mapping process fully automated with no hands-on user intervention
• Have a relatively small footprint
• Offer multiple excitation wavelengths
• Have user-friendly measurement and analysis software to easily set up recipes for measuring wafer maps, analyze data, extract key parameters, and export data
• Offer multiple software licenses so that different users can simultaneously work on data analysis

Beskrivelse af udbuddet

This tender is for the acquisition of a steady-state photoluminescence mapper (“PL mapper”) in the visible and near-infrared (vis-NIR) region intended for a university facility. The instrument must also be able to map reflectance in the same spectral range. The university facility provides access to an ex-tensive suite of characterization tools as one of its core purposes. The facility caters to users from various levels of experience and technical backgrounds within the university and serves commercial customers as well. The user community today is more than 100.

The PL capabilities of the instrument will be used by thin-film semiconductor growers. Materials to be measured range from epitaxial III-V semiconductors with bright, narrow emission to emerging semi-conductors with often weak, broad emission. The reflectance capabilities will mainly be used to measure distributed Bragg reflectors. Different users may have very different experience levels with optical measurement setups. Therefore, it is important that the setup is easy to use, with a high level of automation, and with no hands-on user intervention needed expect for sample loading.

The instrument must be able to do the following:
• Obtain accurate PL and reflectance spectra over a large wavelength range
• Perform fast mapping of PL and reflectance spectra over large areas
• Have the optics selection and mapping process fully automated with no hands-on user intervention
• Have a relatively small footprint
• Offer multiple excitation wavelengths
• Have user-friendly measurement and analysis software to easily set up recipes for measuring wafer maps, analyze data, extract key parameters, and export data
• Offer multiple software licenses so that different users can simultaneously work on data analysis

Yderligere oplysninger

The Tenderer can only participate in the tender, if the Tenderer is not encompassed by the compulsory grounds for exclusion, cf. section 135-136 in the Danish Public Procurement Act and the voluntary grounds for exclusion in section 137(1)(1 and 2).

Pursuant to section 134a in the Danish Public Procurement Act, DTU must exclude a Tenderer from participation in the procurement procedure if the Tenderer is established in a country that is included in the EU list of non-cooperative tax jurisdictions and has not acceded to the WTO Government Procurement Agreement or other trade agreements that oblige Denmark to open the market for public contracts to tenderers established in the country in question.

Throughout the term of the Agreement, the Supplier must not be covered by the description in Article 5k of COUNCIL REGULATION (EU) 2022/576 of 8 April 2022 amending Regulation (EU) No 833/2014 concerning restrictive measures in view of Russia's actions destabilising the situation in Ukraine (‘Regulation 2022/576’).

Upon DTU’s request the Tenderers must document that they are not encompassed by any of the grounds for exclusion stated in the ESPD. If the Tenderer is a consortium, all legal participants in the consortium must document that the consortium is not encompassed by any of the grounds for exclusion. If the Tenderer represents a consortium with several legally authorised persons, the Tenderer must complete and submit Appendix A – Consortium Declaration. If the Tender rely on the capacities of other entities, each supportive enterprise must document that they are not encompassed by any of the grounds for exclusion. If the Tenderer relies on the capacities of other entities, each entity must complete and submit Appendix B – Letter of Support.

For Danish Tenderers the documentation requirement can be fulfilled by presenting an Official Certificate (Serviceattest) from the Danish Business Authority (Erhvervsstyrelsen), which must
be issued no later than 12 months prior to the date where it is presented to DTU.

Non-Danish Tenderers must provide:
- An extract from a relevant register or a similar document issued by a competent authority, showing that the Tenderer is not encompassed by any of the grounds for exclusion, cf. (the Public Procurement Act) Udbudsloven § 135, sub-section1 (participation in a criminal organization, corruption, bribery, fraud, terrorist or criminal offences linked to terrorist activities, money laundering or terrorist financing and child labour and other forms of human trafficking) and,

- A certificate issued by a competent authority showing that the Tenderer is not encompassed by any of the grounds for exclusion, cf. (the Public Procurement Act) Udbudslovens § 135, subsection 3 (payment of taxes and payment of social security) and § 137, sub-section 1, no. 2 (bankruptcy, insolvency, voluntary arrangement with creditors, analogous situation like bankruptcy under national law, assets being administered by liquidator and business activities are suspended).

If requested by DTU, the Tenderers must document – as stated in the ESPD - that they fulfil minimum levels for suitability.

As documentation for the winning tenderer's documentation for fulfilling minimum requirement for Technical and Professional Ability DTU reserves the right to contact the reference(s) stated in the ESPD

Liste og kortfattet beskrivelse af regler og kriterier

As a minimum the Tenderer must provide 2 references for comparable agreements.

Comparable agreements mean agreements with a value of at least EUR 250.000 concerning PL Mapper or a comparable service. The agreement, to which the reference refers, must not be more than 3 years old. The date is calculated from the last signature on the agreement referred to.

The Tenderer can only participate in the tender, if the Tenderer is not encompassed by the compulsory grounds for exclusion, cf. section 135-136 in the Danish Public Procurement Act and the voluntary grounds for exclusion in section 137(1)(1 and 2).

Pursuant to section 134a in the Danish Public Procurement Act, DTU must exclude a Tenderer from participation in the procurement procedure if the Tenderer is established in a country that is included in the EU list of non-cooperative tax jurisdictions and has not acceded to the WTO Government Procurement Agreement or other trade agreements that oblige Denmark to open the market for public contracts to tenderers established in the country in question.

Throughout the term of the Agreement, the Supplier must not be covered by the description in Article 5k of COUNCIL REGULATION (EU) 2022/576 of 8 April 2022 amending Regulation (EU) No 833/2014 concerning restrictive measures in view of Russia's actions destabilising the situation in Ukraine (‘Regulation 2022/576’).

Upon DTU’s request the Tenderers must document that they are not encompassed by any of the grounds for exclusion stated in the ESPD. If the Tenderer is a consortium, all legal participants in the consortium must document that the consortium is not encompassed by any of the grounds for exclusion. If the Tenderer represents a consortium with several legally authorised persons, the Tenderer must complete and submit Appendix A – Consortium Declaration. If the Tender rely on the capacities of other entities, each supportive enterprise must document that they are not encompassed by any of the grounds for exclusion. If the Tenderer relies on the capacities of other entities, each entity must complete and submit Appendix B – Letter of Support.

For Danish Tenderers the documentation requirement can be fulfilled by presenting an Official Certificate (Serviceattest) from the Danish Business Authority (Erhvervsstyrelsen), which must
be issued no later than 12 months prior to the date where it is presented to DTU.

Non-Danish Tenderers must provide:
- An extract from a relevant register or a similar document issued by a competent authority, showing that the Tenderer is not encompassed by any of the grounds for exclusion, cf. (the Public Procurement Act) Udbudsloven § 135, sub-section1 (participation in a criminal organization, corruption, bribery, fraud, terrorist or criminal offences linked to terrorist activities, money laundering or terrorist financing and child labour and other forms of human trafficking) and,

- A certificate issued by a competent authority showing that the Tenderer is not encompassed by any of the grounds for exclusion, cf. (the Public Procurement Act) Udbudslovens § 135, subsection 3 (payment of taxes and payment of social security) and § 137, sub-section 1, no. 2 (bankruptcy, insolvency, voluntary arrangement with creditors, analogous situation like bankruptcy under national law, assets being administered by liquidator and business activities are suspended).

If requested by DTU, the Tenderers must document – as stated in the ESPD - that they fulfil minimum levels for suitability.

As documentation for the winning tenderer's documentation for fulfilling minimum requirement for Technical and Professional Ability DTU reserves the right to contact the reference(s) stated in the ESPD

Præcise oplysninger om fristerne for gennemgangsprocedurer

Complaint regarding the award of a contract must be submitted no later than 45 calendar days from the date after the Contracting Authority has published a notice in the European Union Official Journal informing that the Contracting Authority has awarded/concluded a contract, cf. lov om Klagenævnet for Udbud (Complaints Board for Tenders) § 7, Section 2, no. 1.