Large Binocular Telescope

LBT Project Office/USA
Steward Observatory
The University of Arizona
Tucson, AZ 85721-0065 USA
TELEPHONE: 520 626-5231
FAX: 520 621-9843

LBT Project Office/Italy
Osservatorio Astrofisico di Arcetri
Largo Enrico Fermi, 5
50125 Firenze, ITALY
TELEPHONE: 39 055 2752291
FAX: 39 055 2752292

January 8, 1999

Addressee

Dear:

The Large Binocular Telescope (LBT) Project Office on behalf of the Large Binocular Telescope Corporation (LBTC) invites you to submit a proposal for the manufacturing of the Telescope Driving Systems for the LBT. Attached you will find a description of the project, the technical documentation for the components to be manufactured, and the instructions on how to submit the Proposal.

Request for Proposal documents, technical specifications and drawings may also be found on the world wide web at URL:    http://abell.as.arizona.edu/~hill/rfp

We inform you that Tomelleri S.r.l. of Verona, Italy who made the design drawings is likely to propose for the fabrication as well. However, Tomelleri has no advantage in our proposal evaluation other than his intimate knowledge of the design drawings.

We appreciate your interest in the project and look forward to hearing from you.

Sincerely,

John M. Hill
Director, LBT Project

enclosures:

The University of Arizona
The Ohio State University
Research Corporation
Germany
Italy