PDS Pick-Off-Mirror RFI Synopsis
Opening date
May 10, 2022
Closing date
May 24, 2022
Type
Propose suppliers
Research Facility
ESO
The present document outlines the general technical specifications, and draft statement of
work for the procurement of the PDS pick-off mirror (in the following called: GC_POM). The
GC_POM is a large elliptical dichroic located at the entrance of the PDS.
After an internal review process, the PDS optics design has been updated as well as its
procurement strategy. Compared to the initial RFI in 2020, which was carried out in the
preliminary design phase of the project, ESO will now purchase the individual types of optics