The Sardinia Radio Telescope (SRT) is a radio telescope with a primary mirror of 64 meters of the National Institute of Astrophysics (INAF). With the co-financing obtained from the PON ESF FESR "Research and Innovation 2014-2020" INAF intends to complete the technological developments necessary for the full exploitation of the SRT up to the maximum achievable frequency of 116 GHz, also through the new receivers for millimetric bands: Q -band (33-50 GHz, multibeam), 3-band (18-26 GHz, 33-50 GHz, simultaneous 80-116 GHz), millimetric bolometric chamber in W band and, object of this competitive dialogue, a multi cryogenic receiver -beam heterodyne in W band (3 mm).
With note prot. n. 424 of 28.2.2018, the Ministry of Education, University and Research («MIUR») issued the «Notice for the granting of loans aimed at strengthening research infrastructures, in implementation of Action II.1 of the PON Research and Innovation 2014-2020 "(hereinafter also referred to as" Notice "). The Sardinia Radio Telescope has been included in the Notice as a "research infrastructure" that can be subjected to upgrading. In response to the Notice, the INAF presented the project proposal «PIR01_00010 - SRT_HighFreq - Strengthening of the Sardinia Radio Telescope for the study of the Universe at high frequencies» («Proposal»), articulated according to 9 «Realization Objectives» (hereafter also referred to as "OR").
Among these is the Implementation Objective 1, whose goal is the creation of a multi-beam cryogenic receiver in W band (3 mm), which will allow the radio telescope to reach one of the most ambitious and important scientific goals for which it was built .
Following the financing obtained, INAF needs to reach - through comparison with the market - the best solution to carry out not only the awarding in itself, from a juridical / technical point of view, but also to identify the most suitable design methods and solutions to manage supplies and services with a view to greater efficiency and innovation, achieving a significant modernization of the system in use.
Given the non-existence of integrated solutions already available on the market, given the necessary design effort and the consequent difficulty, on the part of the Contracting Station, to establish both the best solution and the overall technical specifications with sufficient precision, INAF believes that the competitive dialogue is the most suitable institute for the selection of the supplier able to support the contracting station in achieving the objectives set for this tender.
The descriptive technical document contains, in a timely manner, the arguments on which the Contracting Authority deems necessary a dialogue with the economic operators, who will be asked to propose technical solutions that allow the achievement of the indicated objectives. The solutions that will be presented may be based on different design approaches or on different technological choices.
Complete tender dossier, with free, unlimited and direct access, at the internet address http://eonstor.oa-cagliari.inaf.it/proffice/OR1-01_WBA/
E-mail address where to send the participation requests: inafoacagliari@pcert.postecert.it