SOLICITATION NOTICE
66 -- Pre-solicitation Notice for the Fabrication of the LSST Coating Plant
- Notice Date
- 5/14/2015
- Notice Type
- Presolicitation
- NAICS
- 333314
— Optical Instrument and Lens Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- National Science Foundation, Division of Acquisition and Cooperative Support, DACS, 4201 Wilson Boulevard, Room475, Arlington, Virginia, 22230
- ZIP Code
- 22230
- Solicitation Number
- LSST05-13-2015
- Archive Date
- 7/4/2015
- Point of Contact
- Deborah Gronet, Phone: (520)318-8366
- E-Mail Address
-
dgronet@aura-astronomy.org
(dgronet@aura-astronomy.org)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- The Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy, Inc. ("AURA"), on behalf of the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope (LSST) Project Office, announces the opportunity for qualified contractors to propose on the design and manufacture of the LSST Coating Plant. This opportunity will require the design and fabrication of a complete coating system capable of applying reflective optical coatings to the 8.5 m Primary/Tertiary Mirror and to the 3.5 m Secondary Mirror of the LSST. The Coating System includes two mating vacuum vessels: the top (Coating Chamber) section, including the DC magnetron sputtering system, and the mating bottom (Lower Chamber) vessel for coating the Secondary Mirror. The procurement also includes all necessary mechanisms and ancillary systems including pumps, power supplies, controls, and other equipment necessary to perform the coating work. The contractor will be required to install and test the Coating Plant at its facility for preliminary acceptance testing and then will disassemble and ship the Plant to a deep-water port for shipment to the LSST site in Chile. The contractor will subsequently assemble and test the Coating Plant at the LSST site. This announcement serves as early notification to identify and pre-qualify potential contractors and to provide preliminary design information prior to the official request for proposals scheduled for release in the summer of 2015. The work is to be completed by mid 2018. Contractors interested in learning more about this opportunity and procurement shall send a Letter of Interest, including a brief statement of requisite fabrication and/or engineering design experience, to Deborah Gronet, Contracts Officer, via email at dgronet@aura-astronomy.org, subject line "LSST Coating Plant Development." Letters of Interest are due no later than June 19, 2015. Potential qualified contractors will be provided credentials to access preliminary procurement information as well as design and requirements information to support the procurement process. Questions can be directed to Deborah Gronet via email or via telephone at 520.318.8366.
- Web Link
-
FBO.gov Permalink
(https://www.fbo.gov/spg/NSF/DACS/DACS/LSST05-13-2015/listing.html)
- Place of Performance
- Address: AURA Procurement Office, 950 N. Cherry Ave., Tucson, Arizona, 85719, United States
- Zip Code: 85719
- Zip Code: 85719
- Record
- SN03731475-W 20150516/150514235330-4b90ddaf9e8a8b0f775dec6fb11a8879 (fbodaily.com)
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