Perhaps just wishful dot connecting, but there seems to be a rash of interesting tenders showing up on the SCL Public Tender Page.  May be just normal purchasing activity for the labs, or maybe gearing up for something?

Any opinions from any of the tech savvy members?

http://www.scl.gov.in/tenderp.html

Some examples:

Supply, Installation and Commissioning of 100 keV Electron Beam Lithography Tool for 150mm & 200mm SEMI‐standard wafer size

• Vendors scope of work shall cover supply, installation & commissioning and performance demonstration of floor mounted, fully automated Electron Beam Lithography (EBL) tool having beam energy of greater than or equals to 100 keV with necessary hardware and software. The tool shall be capable of handling & processing, 150 mm Silicon or GaAs wafers and 200 mm Silicon wafers as per Semi‐Standards for semiconductor device fabrication and process development based CMOS, MEMS and MMIC technology.

On- wafer RF Characterization Setup with Semi-automatic Wafer Prober

• 1.1 Wafer Size Capability:200 mm, 150 mm, 100 mm wafers 
• 1.2 Wafer Handling: Single wafer, manual feed type or auto loading
• 1.3 Semi- automation: One step manual align teach and automatic die stepping

Flicker Noise (1/F) Measurement System

• Vendor to provide hardware system & accessories such as cables for characterization of Flicker Noise, Low frequency Noise of devices, such as MOSFET’s, BJT’s, FET’s, diodes, Resistors, IC’s Op-Amp, Comparators etc. both at packaged & wafer level.

Supply, Installation and Commissioning of Vacuum Reflow Oven

• Vendor’s scope of work shall cover supply, installation & commissioning of Vacuum Reflow Oven for vacuum encapsulation of MEMS devices.

High Level Synthesis EDA (Electronic Design Automation) Tool (for power optimization of IC designs)

Qty. 600 Flat-Wafers 8'' Si epitaxial wafer with 15micron P-epi on P+ substrate