Gemini 8-m Telescopes Project, AURA, 950 N. Cherry Ave., P.O. Box 26732, Tucson, Arizona, 85726-6732. FAX (520) 318-8590

93 -- FABRICATION OF 50 CARBON COMPOSITE BAFFLE LEAVES SOL 8101298 DUE 011097 POC John Roberts (520) 318-8413, Contracts Manager, Andrew Flach (520) 318-8537. The Gemini 8-m Telescopes Project is seeking qualified firms to fabricate 50 carbon composite baffle leaves that will be used as part of the M2 Deployable Baffle assemblies on the Gemini telescopes. Each leaf will be composed of high-stiffness carbon composite, be approximately 300 mm wide, 560 mm long and 2.5 mm thick, and be curved about its long axis. Each leaf will also have a stainless steel backing plate bonded to it. 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 3 January, 1997, to the address below: Gemini 8-m Telescopes Project, 950 North Cherry Avenue, P.O. Box 26732, Tucson, Arizona 85726-6732, Attn: Contracts Manager, Request for Proposal No. 8101298, FAX (520) 318-8590. (0354)

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