In the table below the bidding schedule is planned as follows:
Phase 0: first bid packages
Phase 1: bid packages to be released during the 1997 Summer and Fall
Phase 2: bid packages will be released during 1998
Phase 3: bid packages will be released during 1999
Phase 4: bid packages will be released during 2000-2001.
Phase X: might not ever be constructed
| Package Number |
Bidding Phase |
Group | Package Description |
RFP Status | Selected Vendor | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| I | Phase 1 | Telescope | Pier - Upper Ring Steel Structure | closed 20 Aug 98 | Vertex - New Mexico Albuquerque, NM | |
| II | Phase 1 | Telescope | Azimuth Ring Structure, Azimuth Rim Gear Wheel, C-ring Structures, Elevation Rim Gear Wheel | closed 29 Oct 97 | Ansaldo Energia SpA Milan, Italy | |
| III | Phase 1 | Telescope | Azimuth Frame Structure | closed 29 Oct 97 | Ansaldo Energia SpA Milan, Italy | |
| IV | Phase 1 | Telescope | Elevation Platform Windbracing | closed 29 Oct 97 | Ansaldo Energia SpA Milan, Italy | |
| V | Phase 2 | Telescope | Central Derotators' Structure | closed | Ansaldo Energia SpA Milan, Italy | |
| VI | Phase 1 | Telescope | M1 Cells, Bell Jar, Dummy Cell | closed 29 Oct 97 | Ansaldo Energia SpA Milan, Italy | |
| VII | Phase 3 | Telescope | Swing Arm Spiders | closed 07 Jul 99 | Carpenteria Fratelli Colombo Monte Marenzo, Italy | |
| VIII | Phase 1 | Telescope | Hydrostatic Bearing System, Stow Pins, Auxiliary Drives, Encoder Supports | closed 17 Oct 97 | Tomelleri Srl Verona, Italy | |
| IX | Phase 2 | Telescope | Telescope Driving Systems (Motor Housings) | closed 11 Feb 99 | Castellini Officine Meccaniche SpA Cazzago S. Martino, Italy | |
| X | TBD | Telescope | Locking pins, Limit switches, Jacking systems | |||
| XI | Phase 4 | Telescope | M1 Covering Systems | RFP Pending | ||
| XII | Phase 2 | Telescope | Mechanical Jacks | closed | A.M.U. Princigalli s.a.s. Osnago, Italy | |
| XIIIa | Phase 2 | Telescope | Azimuth Radial Bearing | closed 30 Nov 98 | Hoesch Rothe Erde Dortmund, Germany | |
| XIIIb | Phase 3 | Telescope | Instrument Rotator Bearings | closed 28 Apr 99 | Kaydon Corporation Muskegon, Michigan | |
| XIVa | Phase 2 | Enclosure | Enclosure Cable Chain & Support | closed 19 Jan 00 | Brevetti Stendalto SpA Monza, Italy | |
| XIVb | Phase 3 | Telescope | Instrument Rotator Cable Chains & Supports | RFP pending | ||
| XV | Phase 3 | Telescope | Roll Shields | |||
| XVI | Phase 1 | Telescope | Drive Motors | closed | Kollmorgen Inland Motor Radford, VA | |
| XVIIa | Phase 0 | Telescope | Strip Encoders | completed | Farrand Controls Valhalla, NY | |
| XVIIb | Phase 3 | Telescope | Pinion Encoders | completed | Heidenhain Corporation Schaumburg, IL | |
| XVIII | Phase 3 | Telescope | Drives for Rotators & Cable Chains | |||
| XIXa | Phase 4 | Telescope | Telescope Packing & Transportation | Proposals due 28 Feb 01 | ||
| XIXb | Phase 4 | Telescope | Mountain Transportation | RFP pending | ||
| XX | Phase 1 | Telescope | Telescope Factory Pre-Erection | closed 29 Oct 97 | Ansaldo Energia SpA Milan, Italy | |
| XXI | TBD | Telescope | Telescope Erection On Site | N/A | ||
| XXII | Phase 0 | Enclosure | Enclosure Rotation Bogies & Drive | closed 30 July 97 | Costamasnaga SpA Costa Masnaga, Italy | |
| XXIII | Phase 0 | Enclosure | Enclosure Cranes | closed 26 Aug 97 | Lario Impianti Srl Osnago, Italy | |
| XXIV | Phase 0 | Enclosure | Embedded Beam & Circular Rail | closed 02 July 97 | Fravit Srl Valmadrera, Italy | |
| XXV | Phase X | Enclosure | Windscreen | N/A | ||
| XXVII | Phase 2 | Enclosure | Rotating Enclosure Gearboxes and Motors | closed 01 Dec 97 | Gearboxes: GSM SpA Modena, Italy Motors: | |
| XXVIII | Phase 4 | Telescope | Mirror Transportation Box | |||
| XXIX | Phase 4 | Telescope | Elevation Cable Drapes | |||
| XXX | Phase 3 | Telescope | Bell Jar Carriage | closed 14 Oct 99 | Carpenteria Fratelli Colombo Monte Marenzo, Italy |
An additional group of work packages for the enclosure have been or will be put out to bid through our general contractor rather than directly by the Large Binocular Telescope Corporation. The general contractor is Hart Construction Management Services of Safford, Arizona.
| Package Description |
Group | Status | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| General Contractor Construction Manager | Enclosure | under construction | HCMS Safford, AZ |
| Telescope Pier & Enclosure Ring Wall (concrete) | Enclosure | completed | Peterson-Weaver Mesa, AZ |
| Fixed Enclosure Shell Package (steel fabrication & erection) | Enclosure | completed | Schuff Steel Phoenix, AZ |
| Fixed Enclosure Cladding Package (roofing and siding) | Enclosure | completed | Sure Steel Salt Lake City, UT |
| Rotating Enclosure Shell Package (steel fabrication & erection) | Enclosure | under construction | Schuff Steel Phoenix, AZ |
| Rotating Enclosure Cladding Package (roofing and siding) | Enclosure | under construction | Engineered Metals Company Sacramento, CA |
| Enclosure Finish Architectural Package | Enclosure | under construction | Emerald Peak Enterprises Mesa, AZ |
| Enclosure Finish Mechanisms Package | Enclosure | under construction | Vertex - New Mexico Albuquerque, NM |
| Enclosure Finish Mechanical Package | Enclosure | under construction | R. E. Lee Tucson, AZ |
| Enclosure Finish Electrical Package | Enclosure | under construction | Gilbert Electric Company Tucson, AZ |
Last modified: Tue Jan 23 16:27:53 2001