TPT Manual Wire Bonder
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The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is conducting a sources sought notice to gather information from potential suppliers capable of providing a TPT manual wire bonder that meets specific technical criteria. The wire bonder must support multiple bonding modes, including wedge, ball, and ribbon wire bonding, with quick reconfiguration within five minutes. It should allow fully manual control over the X, Y, and Z axes during operation and accommodate gold and aluminum wire diameters ranging from 17 to 75 micrometers, as well as ribbon wire widths from 20 to 250 micrometers. Key system features include an ultrasonic transducer operating between 60 and 70 kHz with PLL control, power output up to 10 watts, adjustable bond time and force ranges, a 90-degree wire feed angle, motorized wire clamp, adequate throat depth and table motion, and a temperature controller with high precision and a limit of at least 250°C. The equipment must be compact, fitting within a tabletop footprint smaller than 600 x 600 x 300 mm. The interface requirements specify an integrated operator display supporting storage of a minimum of 20 bonding programs and allowing easy parameter adjustments. Respondents are asked to submit company details, capabilities relative to the requirements, reseller authorization status, any perceived restrictive aspects of the specifications, and their small business status through email by the stated deadline. The notice clarifies that this is not a solicitation or request for quotations, no contract will be awarded directly from this notice, and respondents bear no costs. NIST intends to use the information received for future procurement planning and may engage further with interested firms to refine its requirement understanding. All questions must be submitted by a specified date to be addressed through an amendment.
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Gaithersburg, MD, 20899, USASet-Aside
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NIST-SS26-09
6640 / 333242
Primary POC: Liz Timberlake (Elizabeth.timberlake@nist.gov)
Secondary POC: Forest Crumpler (forest.crumpler@nist.gov)
Title: TPT Manual Wire Bonder
BACKGROUND
***THIS IS A NAME BRAND NAME ONLY SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE ***
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is seeking information from sources that may be capable of providing a TPT manual wire bonder. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this acquisition is 333242.
NIST has a need for a TPT manual wire bonder that meets or exceeds the following draft minimum specifications:
Technical specifications.
The wire bonder shall be capable of wedge, ball and ribbon wire bonding.
The wire bonder shall allow a trained user to reconfigure the wire bonder for each of these bonding modes within 5 minutes.
The wire bonder shall be capable of manual operation, where the X and Y positioning of the sample and Z position of the bonding tool are all manually controlled by the user.
The system shall support gold wire diameters from 17 um to 75 um (0.7 mil to 3 mil).
The system shall support aluminum wire diameters from 17 um to 75 um (0.7 mil to 3 mil).
The system shall support ribbon wire width from 20 um to 250 um.
The system shall have an ultrasonic transducer with PLL control operating between 60 and 70 kHz.
The system shall provide an ultrasonic power output range from 0 to 10 W.
The system shall provide a bond time range from 0 ms to 20,000 ms.
The system shall provide a bond force range from 5 cN to 200 cN.
The system shall use a 90 degree wire feed angle.
The system shall have a motorized clamp for wire.
The system shall have a throat depth greater than or equal to 165 mm.
The system shall have a fine table motion greater than or equal to 15mm.
The system shall have a temperature controller with upper limit greater than or equal to 250 C.
The system shall have a temperature controller with the temperature accuracy of +/- 1C or better.
The system shall be tabletop size that is smaller than 600 x 600 x 300 mm
Operation interface specifications
The system shall have an integrated operator interface.
The system shall have a display for the interface.
The system shall support storage of at least 20 bonding programs or recipes.
The system shall provide direct access and simple adjustment of bond parameters through the user interface.
HOW TO RESPOND TO THIS NOTICE
In responding to this notice, please DO NOT PROVIDE PROPRIETARY INFORMATION. Please include only the following information, readable in either Microsoft Word 365, Microsoft Excel 365, or .pdf format, in the response. Submit the response by email to the Primary Point of Contact and, if specified, to the Secondary Point of Contact listed at the bottom of this notice as soon as possible, and preferably before the closing date and time of this notice.
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Provide the complete name of your company, address, name of contact for follow-up questions, their email, their phone number and, if your company has an active registration in https://sam.gov, your company’s Unique Entity ID (UEI).
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Details about what your company is capable of providing that meets or exceeds NIST’s minimum requirements.
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Whether your company is an authorized reseller of the product or service being cited and evidence of such authorization.
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Identify any aspects of the description of the requirements in the BACKGROUND section above that could be viewed as unduly restrictive or create unnecessary barriers that adversely affect your firm’s ability to fully participate in a procurement for such services and explain why. Please offer suggestions for how the requirements could be organized or structured to encourage the participation of small businesses.
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For the NAICS code
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Indicate whether your company is (a) a small business or (b) other than small business. See the Table of Small Business Size Standards and the associated .pdf download file for small business size standards and additional information.
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If you believe the NAICS code listed in this notice is not the best NAICS code for the type of product addressed in this notice, identify an alternative NAICS code that you believe would be more appropriate for the planned procurement.
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If your firm has existing Federal Supply Schedule contract(s) or other contracts for products or services against which the Department may be able to place orders, identify the contract number(s) and other relevant information.
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Describe your firm’s experience (as a prime, subcontractor, or consultant) providing the products or services described in Background section.
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Provide any other information that you believe would be valuable for the Government to know as part of its market research for this requirement.
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Please let us know if you would like to engage to get a better understanding of the requirement or need additional information about the Government’s requirement for the products or services described in the Background section.
QUESTIONS REGARDING THIS NOTICE
Questions regarding this notice may be submitted via email to the Primary Point of Contact and the Secondary Point of Contact listed in this notice. Questions should be submitted so that they are received by 12:00pm Eastern Time on June 18, 2026. Questions will be anonymized and answered via sources sought notice amendment following the question submission deadline.
IMPORTANT NOTES
The information received in response to this notice will be reviewed and considered so that the NIST may appropriately solicit for its requirements in the near future.
This notice should not be construed as a commitment by the NIST to issue a solicitation or ultimately award a contract.
This notice is not a request for a quotation. Responses will not be considered as proposals or quotations.
No award will be made as a result of this notice.
NIST is not responsible for any costs incurred by the respondents to this notice.
NIST reserves the right to use information provided by respondents for any purpose deemed necessary and appropriate.
Thank you for taking the time to submit a response to this request.