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36 -- LARGE WELDED ALUMINUM CYLINDERS AND MISCELLANEOUS FABRICATED ALUMINUM COMPONENTS SOL 8101092 DUE 050797 POC Andrew Flach (Contracts Manager) 520-318-8537; Brian Perona (Technical Questions) 520-318-8548 WEB: General information on Gemini 8m Telescopes Project, www.gemini.edu. E-MAIL: Contact Contracts Manager via email, aflach@gemini.edu. The Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy, Inc. (AURA) seeks a vendor to fabricate two sets of stray light baffles, associated lifting fixtures and handling carts for the Gemini 8m Telescopes Project. The baffles are approximately cylindrical, one meter in diameter and 4 meters in length. The baffle construction consists of welded aluminum rolled sheet with interior reinforcing ribs. The lifting fixture and handling cart are welded aluminum square tube and angle structures. The Gemini 8m Telescopes Project is an international collaboration to build two 8-meter telescopes, one to be located on Mauna Kea in Hawaii, the other to be located on Cerro Pachon in Chile. The Gemini project partners include the USA, United Kingdom, Canada, Argentina, Brazil and Chile. The Gemini project is operated by AURA under contract to the National Science Foundation. Companies who are interested in receiving the Invitation for Bid for this procurement should send a letter of interest by 7 May, 1997, to the following address:Gemini 8m Telescopes Project, 950 North Cherry Avenue, PO Box 26732 Tucson, Arizona 85726-6732(PO Box) 85719 (Street Address), Attn: Contracts Manager,Invitation for Bid No. 8101092. Fax: 520-318-8590. (0112)

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