Supply, Delivery and Installation of Sinter Bonding Capability
A Contract Award Notice
by UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE
- Source
- Find a Tender
- Type
- Contract (Supply)
- Duration
- 2 year (est.)
- Value
- £820K
- Sector
- INDUSTRIAL
- Published
- 13 May 2026
- Delivery
- To 12 May 2028 (est.)
- Deadline
- n/a
Related Terms
Location
Glasgow
2 buyers
- Strathclyde University Glasgow
1 supplier
- Inseto Andover
Description
National Manufacturing Institute Scotland (NMIS) is in the process of expanding its manufacturing capability into the semiconductor advanced packaging area with specific focus on power electronic semiconductors. To support this expansion, NMIS intends to procure equipment that is flexible to support a wide variety of power electronic semiconductor designs and packaging requirements. A solution is required to form sintered bonds between: dies on substrates in multi-die packages with different component heights; substrates on heat sinks; clips, spacers and interconnection parts; double-sided cooling packages.
Total Quantity or Scope
NMIS is in the process of expanding its manufacturing capability into the semiconductor advanced packaging area with specific focus on power electronic semiconductors. To support this expansion, NMIS intends to procure equipment that is able to support a wide variety of power electronic semiconductor designs and packaging requirements. The concept design for the facility includes provision of equipment that is sufficiently flexible to support a wide variety of power electronic semiconductor designs and packaging requirements. The items procured will enable NMIS to set up a research facility for developing and scaling-up advanced packaging capabilities for power electronic semiconductors. The overall facility will have capability to prepare, dice/cut, bond, interconnect, package and test semiconductor products that are part of the power electronics sector. These stages will be carried out across dedicated research and development cells. The focus of this procurement activity is to acquire a sinter bonding press that is versatile to support both R&D activities and medium volume production. In the R&D context we require a capability that allows flexible exploration of tooling to achieve different package arrangements, while keeping tool costs at a minimum. In the medium scale production context we require a capability that includes automated handling solutions such that it can be fed by a magazine unstacker, and can feed a magazine stacker. In either context we require the ability to form bonds under inert atmosphere or forming gas, control the pre-heating and post-cooling ramp profile of sinter bonded assemblies and collect detailed sensor-driven time-histories of temperature and pressure for each bonding operation.
Award Detail
| 1 | Inseto (Andover)
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Renewal Options
The Contracting Authority reserves the right to request additional deliveries by the successful Tenderer, either intended as partial replacement of supplies or installations or as extensions of existing supplies and installations. The Contracting Authority may at it's sole discretion exercise this option.
Award Criteria
| Quality | 50.0 |
| PRICE | 50.0 |
CPV Codes
- 38000000 - Laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses)
Indicators
- Options are available.
- Award on basis of price.
Other Information
The buyer is using PCS-Tender to conduct this ITT exercise. The Project code is 30834. For more information see: http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/info/InfoCentre.aspx?ID=2343 Community benefits are included in this requirement. For more information see: https://www.gov.scot/policies/public-sector-procurement/community-benefits-in-pr... A summary of the expected community benefits has been provided as follows: Please see Procurement documents for full details (SC Ref:818603) (SC Ref:831865)
Reference
- FTS 043912-2026