Procurement of the Collimator and Camera Mirrors for the wavefront corrector of the Gran Telescopio CANARIAS Adaptive Optics System

GRANTECAN announces a Request for Proposals for the Procurement of the Collimator and Camera Mirrors for the wavefront corrector of the Gran Telescopio CANARIAS Adaptive Optics System.

Deadline: Proposals are due at 17:00 hours on December 17^th 2010 at the address

GRAN TELESCOPIO DE CANARIAS, S.A.
Vía Láctea s/n (Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias)
38205 La Laguna
Santa Cruz de Tenerife
Canary Islands, SPAIN

No proposal will be accepted after the deadline. If a bid is anticipated by fax or email before the deadline, it will be accepted if the original arrives to GRANTECAN no later than 5 days after the deadline.

Applicable Documents:

• Announcement Letter
• Pliego de Condiciones Administrativas
• Instruction to Bidders for the RFP of the Collimator and Camera Mirrors of the GTCAO WFC
• Questionnaire: Declaration of fulfilment of required administrative stipulations
• Statement of Work for the Procurement of the Collimator and Camera Mirrors of the GTCAO WFC
• Basic Format of Contract (Spanish and free English translation)
• General Terms and Conditions (Spanish and free English translation)

Applicable Drawings:

• Collimator/Camera Mirror drawing

The contact person in GRANTECAN for this request for proposals is Dolores Bello.

Questions from the Bidders shall be addressed to GRANTECAN by fax (+34 922 425 725) or e-mail . Subject shall be identified with “GTCAO Collimator and Camera Mirrors”.

Contract documents (The Basic Format of the Contract and the General Terms and Conditions have to be signed in Spanish, since GRAN TELESCOPIO DE CANARIAS S.A. is a society incorporated under Spanish Law.

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