Large Binocular Telescope

LBT Project Office/USA
Steward Observatory
The University of Arizona
Tucson, AZ 85721-0065 USA
TELEPHONE: 1 520 626-5231
FAX: 1 520 626-9333

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

April 26, 2001

Addressee

Dear:

The Large Binocular Telescope (LBT) Project Office, on behalf of the Large Binocular Telescope Corporation (LBTC), invites you to submit a best and final offer for Telescope Packing & Transportation. The attached revised Statement of Work describes the changes in schedule and scope compared to the original Request for Proposals and the original Statement of Work.

Original and revised 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

 The documents with significant revisions are the Statement of Work and the List of Items (401e050f.xls).

We appreciate your continued interest in the project and look forward to hearing from you. Revised proposals are due in the LBT Project Office/USA on Tuesday 29 May 2001 by 4PM (no extensions will be granted to this deadline).

Sincerely,

John M. Hill
Director, LBT Project

P.S. As a result of discussions with all the companies, we are now back to having 4 finalists in the competition: Danzas, Fagioli, Geologistics, and Interpacking/Merzario.

enclosures:


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