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Semiconductor Lifetest Equipment

Buyer: National Physical Laboratory →

BuyerNational Physical Laboratory
StatusAwarded
DeadlineNot published
ValueValue not published
Published19 Jan 2023

What is being bought

NPL and the University of Glasgow will work together to establish a service for Burn-in and Life-testing of semiconductor laser diodes in high-volume for manufacturers and suppliers of laser diodes. The requirements for such a system are as follows: Essential: • TO46, TO3, TO5, TO8, TO9 package compatibility in volumes up to 200 per month for burn-in and 100 devices for life-test per month • Life-test duration > 10,000 hours • Burn in / Life-test temperature from Ambient to 150degC with independent heaters in each module • Maximum bias up to 1A on TO3 and TO8 package, and Chip-on-carrier (CoC) • Bar test – Typical bar with dimensions 30 mm long and up to 10 mm wide, with 100 devices across. All the devices on the bar will require burn-in. At least 10 devices on each bar will need life-test. • Optical detector to monitor light output of each device under test • Wavelength range from 400 nm – 1600 nm • Temperature sensor at each device for close monitoring • Independent current drive for each device • Adaptable/re-configurable bar-test, CoC layout and # of pins on TO-packages for future “non-standard” testing requests • Low noise, highly stable current driver for each device (<0.1mA RMS noise) • Stable temperature during life-test (no variation > 1degC) • Remote access to monitor and control system software

Delivery location

UK

Categories

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

Lot details

Lot 1

The requirements for such a system are as follows: Essential: • TO46, TO3, TO5, TO8, TO9 package compatibility in volumes up to 200 per month for burn-in and 100 devices for life-test per month • Life-test duration > 10,000 hours • Burn in / Life-test temperature from Ambient to 150degC with independent heaters in each module • Maximum bias up to 1A on TO3 and TO8 package, and Chip-on-carrier (CoC) • Bar test – Typical bar with dimensions 30 mm long and up to 10 mm wide, with 100 devices across. All the devices on the bar will require burn-in. At least 10 devices on each bar will need life-test. • Optical detector to monitor light output of each device under test • Wavelength range from 400 nm – 1600 nm • Temperature sensor at each device for close monitoring • Independent current drive for each device • Adaptable/re-configurable bar-test, CoC layout and # of pins on TO-packages for future “non-standard” testing requests • Low noise, highly stable current driver for each device (<0.1mA RMS noise) • Stable temperature during life-test (no variation > 1degC) • Remote access to monitor and control system software

Award criteria
Technical — 70%
Commercial — 30%

What is included

ItemCategoryQuantity
1Not publishedNot published

Comparable-procurement analytics

Benchmarked against retained Find a Tender procedures with CPV division 38. The category anchor is Laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses) (38000000); this is a deliberately broad market comparator. The comparison is shown at several levels rather than pretending one company or region is always the best benchmark.

Comparison setProceduresReported bids per procedureNamed award suppliersPrice evidence
Market: CPV division 382,9922 median · 12 average (1,388 of 2,992 with a bid count)2.6 average (1,588 of 2,992 with named award suppliers)Not published
Same buyer822 median · 3.6 average (14 of 82 with a bid count)1 average (43 of 82 with named award suppliers)Not published
Delivery region: UK7803 median · 35.4 average (296 of 780 with a bid count)5.1 average (359 of 780 with named award suppliers)Not published

“Reported bids” is an official aggregate, sometimes reported per lot; it is the closest available competition measure. “Named award suppliers” are winners, not all applicants.

Price-outcome signal

Not enough comparable procedures currently publish both a GBP tender value and a usable lowest-valid-bid value to calculate a responsible price-reduction benchmark. Tenderline deliberately does not infer a saving from named award suppliers or from missing award values.

Procurement strategy & market signals

Framework agreementNot published
Dynamic purchasing systemNot published
Competitive procurementNot published
Recurring requirementNot published
Procurement method rationaleYELO is the only company to manufacture and to sell an industrial burn-in and lifetest system able to test at hight-volume TO-cans, chip-on-carrier and bar in one modular system, with independent current driver for each device, temperature sensors at each device, and oven temperatures up to 150degC. The exclusive design of the YELO Y1000 system allows testing of a wide range of semiconductor laser devices with designs that are still under development. These requirements are all essential for our use due to specific customer requests. Furthermore, these requirements are aligned to what is existing operations at the Compound Semiconductor Applications Catapult (CSAC) – a partner organisation whom NPL and the University of Glasgow closely interact with on Burn-in and Reliability of laser diodes.
Rationale classificationsThe procurement falls outside the scope of application of the directive
Special regimeNot published
Covered byGPA
Submission policyNot published
Selection criteriaNot published
Risk detailsNot published

Planning & early market engagement

BudgetNot published
No-engagement rationaleNot published
Planning documents0
Planning milestones0

No planning milestones published.

Related procurements

No linked framework, prior procurement or reprocurement published.

Awards

Contracts

001637-2023-1

Statusactive
Value£350,000

Documents & submission route

No documents are published in the current source record.

Source data inventory

Diagnostic view. “Not published” means this current release does not provide a value.

OCIDocds-h6vhtk-0398be
Latest release ID001637-2023
Latest release timestampThu Jan 19 2023 10:25:02 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Sourcefind-a-tender
Official notice URLNot published
Tender statuscomplete
Procurement methodlimited
Procurement method detailsAward procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
Main procurement categorygoods
Above thresholdNot published
Legal basis32014L0024
Tender period: startNot published
Tender period: endNot published
Expression of interest deadlineNot published
Enquiry deadlineNot published
Award period: startNot published
Award period: endNot published
Submission method detailsNot published
Submission languagesNot published
Electronic catalogue policyNot published
Total tender valueNot published
Tender lots in source1
Tender items in source1
Tender documents in source0
Awards in latest release1
Contracts in latest release1
Parties in latest release3

Notice history

DateEventReference
19 Jan 2023award, contract001637-2023

All source data

Unmodified official OCDS data retained by Tenderline for this procurement process.

Complete current OCDS release JSON
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Complete JSON history (1 releases)
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