Brookhaven National Laboratory, Division of Contracts and Procurement, Building 355, Upton, NY 11973-5000

66 -- CENTRAL BARREL CRYOSTAT SOL RFQ No. 856565 POC John C. Small, Sr. Contracts Specialist, (516) 344-2141. Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL) in collaboration with CERN Laboratory is seeking qualified companies interested in submitting a proposal for the manufacture of the Central Barrel Cryostat for the ATLAS detector to be used in the Large Hadron Collider at CERN. Any company responding to this Commerce Business Daily (CBD) announcement shall be required to complete a Market Survey regarding their prior experience in manufacturing aluminum cryostats to code requirements, facilities and personnel. Only those companies that complete the market survey and fulfill certain qualification criteria will be sent the ATLAS Central Barrel Cryostat Request for Proposal (RFP) scheduled to be released in January. The ATLAS Central Barrel Cryostat is a toroidal pressure vessel to be built to ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code or French CODAP Code, maximum design pressure 2.7 bar, 5.5m maximum diameter, 2.8 m diameter clear bore and 6.7 m long, to be built of the aluminum alloy 5083-0. Interested companies must request a copy of the market survey in writing, fax or E-mail and must be received within ten (10) calendar days after publication in the Commerce Business Daily. Contact Mr. John C. Small, Sr. Contracts Specialist, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Contracts and Procurement, Building 355, Upton, NY 11973-5000, fax number (516) 344-5499, E-Mail small~@bnl.gov. (0317)

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