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Y -- CONSTRUCTION OF THE GEMINI HILO BASE FACILITY SOL 8101379 DUE 021297 POC Andrew Flach, Contracts Manager, 520-318-8537; Steve Hardash, Technical Representative, 808-935-4064 WEB: General information about the Gemini 8m Telescopes Project, http://www.gemini.edu. E-MAIL: Email Gemini Contracts Manager, aflach@gemini.edu. The Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy, Inc. ("AURA") is seeking a qualified firm to construct the Gemini Hilo Base Facility, of approximately 14,000 square feet, in Hilo, Hawaii, adjacent to the Joint Astronomy Centre located in the University of Hawaii-Hilo University Research Park. This work will be construction only; all architectural work has already been completed. Firms interested in receiving the Invitation for Bid for this work should submit letters of interest to the following address by no later than 12 February, 1997: Gemini 8-m Telescopes Project, 950 North Cherry Avenue, PO Box 26732, Tucson, Arizona 85726-6732, Attn: Contracts Manager, Request for Proposal No. 8101379. Facsimile,520-318-8590. (0031)

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