Procurement of the Folded Cassegrain-Sets for the Gran Telescopio CANARIAS

GRANTECAN announces a Request for Proposals for the Procurement of the FC-Sets for the Gran Telescopio CANARIAS.

Deadline: Proposals are due at 17:00 hours on October 23rd 2009 at the address

GRAN TELESCOPIO DE CANARIAS, S.A.
Vía Láctea s/n (Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias)
38200 La Laguna
Santa Cruz de Tenerife
Canary Islands, SPAIN

Applicable Documents:

• Instruction to Bidder for the Request for Proposal of The FC-Sets
• Statement of Work for the Procurement of The FC-Sets
• FC-Set Specifications
• Interface Control: Folded Cassegrain Set - Telescope Tube
• Interface Control: Folded Cassegrain Instrument Rotator - Science Instrument
• Interface Control: Folded Cassegrain AG Instrument - AG Mechanics. AG Probe Arm Drive - AG Probe Arm
• Interface Control: GTC Control System FC-Set (FC Instrument Rotator & FC AG Mechanics)
• Control System: GTC Control System Hardware Standarts(New)

Applicable Drawings:

• 0322r1ac.zip

• i-ag-ag-015_001-1a.dwg
• i-ag-ag-015_002-1a.dwg
• i-ag-ag-016_001-1a.dwg
• i-in-tl-007_001-1b.dwg
• i-tl-tl-002_001-1b.dwg (New Version)

Drawings in PDF format:

• i-ag-ag-015_001-1a.pdf
• i-ag-ag-015_002-1a.pdf
• i-ag-ag-016_001-1a.pdf
• i-in-tl-007_001-1b.pdf
• i-tl-tl-002_001-1b.pdf (New Version)

Reference Documents:

• FC-Set Preliminary Mechanical Design and Calculations
  • Annex Documents: 0322r1ab.zip
• Dimensional Model (.zip)
• Reference Drawings:
  • tl-ir-fr.zip (This file contains: tl-ir-fr_000-01-1a.dwg and tl-ir-fr_000-02-1a.dwg)
  • tl-ir-fr_000-01-1a.pdf
  • tl-ir-fr_000-02-1a.pdf
• Mechanical Alternatives for the FC-Set (New)
• Safety Program: GTC Safety Requirements (New)
• Safety Program: GTC Safety Program (New)

All technical documentation concerning this Request for Proposals is available on this web page or upon request from GRANTECAN.

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. Free translations into English of these documents are provided

• Basic Format of Contract in Spanish or English
• General Terms and Conditions in Spanish or English

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