Gemini 8-m Telescopes Project, AURA, 950 N. Cherry Ave, P.O. Box 26732, Tucson, Arizona 85719

31 -- DESIGN AND FABRICATION OF BEARINGS SOL 8100903. Due 041696. Contact Point, John Roberts (520) 318-8413, Contracts Manager, Kenneth Krohn (520) 321-3411. The Gemini 8-m Telescopes Project is seeking qualified firms to design and fabricate six (6) Eccentric Bearings for the Gemini 8-meter Telescopes. The Eccentric Bearings will be precision, lightweight, anti-friction bearings for a low speed, small motion application. The bearings will have 679 mm outside diameter. The bearings will be of inserted race configuration with aluminium base material and hardened stainless steel races and rollers. The Gemini 8-m 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 (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 April 16, 1996, to the address below: Gemini 8-m Telescopes Project, 950 North Cherry Avenue, PO Box 26732, Tucson, Arizona 85719-6732, Attn: Contracts Manager, Request for Proposal No. 8100903. (094)

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