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C -- TESTING AND INSPECTION OF CONCRETE AND REINFORCING STEEL DURING CONSTRUCTION SOL 8101650 DUE 052997 POC Andrew Flach, Contracts Manager 520-318-8537; Steve Hardash, Technical Representative, 808-935-4064 WEB: General Information about the Gemini Project, http://www.gemini.edu. E-MAIL: Submit letter of interest via email., aflach@gemini.edu. The Gemini 8m Telescopes Project is seeking qualified firms to perform material testing services and special inspection services during the construction of the Gemini Hilo Base Facility in Hilo, Hawaii. The material testing services will be limited to concrete testing. The special inspection services will be of concrete work and reinforcing steel. 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 the Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy, Inc. (AURA) under contract to the National Science Foundation. Companies who are interested in receiving the Request for Proposal for this procurement should send a letter of interest by 29 May, 1997, to the following address: Gemini 8m Telescopes Project, 950 North Cherry Avenue, PO Box 26732, Tucson, Arizona 85719-6732, Attn: Contracts Manager, Request for Proposal No. 8101650. Facsimile 520-318-8590. (0136)

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