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43 -- PROCUREMENT OF VACUUM PUMPS SOL N980472 DUE 061798 POC Andrew Flach, Contracts Manager, 520-318-8537 WEB: General information about the Gemini 8m Telescopes, http://www.gemin.edu. E-MAIL: Click here to contact Contracts Manager by email., aflach@gemini.edu. The Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy, Inc. (AURA) is seeking a qualified vendor to provide 3 or 4 turbo-molecular vacuum pumps to support the astronomical instrumentation of the Gemini 8m Telescopes Project at both its Mauna Kea (Hawaii) and Cerro Pachon (Chile) observatories. These pumps will be procured from 1998 to 2001. At least two of these pumps must also be equipped with helium leak detectors. The pumps must have a capacity of at least 250 liters/sec, a built-in calibrated leak source, be totally oil free, must not require auxiliary sources of air or cooling water for operation, and be mounted on a cart for enhanced mobility within AURA's observatories and labs. 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, Chile, and Australia. The Gemini project is operated by the Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy, Inc. (AURA) under contract to the National Science Foundation. Firms that are interested in receiving the Request for Proposal for this procurement should send a letter of interest by 17 June, 1998, to the following address: Gemini 8m Telescopes Project, 950 North Cherry Avenue, PO Box 26732, Tucson, Arizona 85719-6732 (PO Box) 85719 (Street address), Attn: Contracts Manager, Request for Proposal No. N980472. Facsimile 520-318-8590. (0155)

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