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PRESSURE GLASS SPHERES |
| (contract last updated 01/23/2004) |
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| SCOPE: The IceCube Project is an international project with collaborating institutions located in several foreign countries and in various locations in the United States. This project involves a one-cubic-kilometer high-energy neutrino observatory being built and installed in the clear deep ice below the South Pole Station. This observatory will consist of 5120 Digital Optical Modules (DOM) containing sensors which will be arranged on 80 electrical cables scattered through a cubic kilometer of ice. Further information on Project IceCube can be obtained at the following website http://icecube.wisc.edu |
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| CONTRACT # |
DESCRIPTION |
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04-5954 |
PRESSURE GLASS SPHERES |
| CONTRACT ORIGIN: |
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: |
UW-Madison
Purchasing Services
21 N Park St, Ste 6101
Madison, WI 53715-1218 |
UW-Madison users contact:
Jeff Whitman
(608) 262-6120 FAX (608) 262-4467
TDD: 608-262-0825
jwhitman@bussvc.wisc.edu |
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Non-UW-Madison users contact: Vendor Representative |
| RESTRICTED TO : |
IceCube collaborating institutions
Contact purchasing agent at (608) 262-6120. |
| COOPERATIVE PURCHASING: |
NO |
| CONTRACT TERM: |
January 22, 2004, through
January 21, 2005, with automatic renewal extensions
to
January 21, 2010, unless amended, cancelled or rebid. The University
reserves the right to extend beyond the Contract Term if deemed to be
in the best interest of the University. |
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| Vendor(s) |
| 081936 |
| Benthos, Inc. |
| 49 Edgerton Dr |
| North Falmouth MA 02556 |
| Sales Representative: |
PHONE # |
FAX # |
| Doug McGowen |
508-563-1000 |
508-563-6444 |
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PHONE # |
FAX # |
| Ordering/Expediting: |
508-563-1000 X568 |
508-563-6444 |
| Invoice Information: |
508-563-1000 X540 |
508-563-6444 |
| Minority Reporting: |
508-563-1000 X540 |
508-563-6444 |
| E-mail dmcgowen@benthos.com |
| Website: www.benthos.com/ |
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| Commodity Code |
175-40 |
| Federal Employee ID # (FEIN) |
04-2381876 |
| F.O.B. |
D - UW-Madison
S - collaborating institutions |
| Terms: |
N/30 |
| Invoicing: |
All invoices shall reflect the price established for the spheres for all orders placed by the University even though the contract number and/or correct prices may not be referenced on each order. |
| Pricing Information: |
See Below |
| The University can purchase the spheres as follows: |
| a. |
Cost of Sphere |
$513.00 |
| Packaged with Benthos, Inc. box and peanuts |
$ 0.00 |
| Shipping |
$ 14.38 * |
| FOB: Destination - UW Madison |
$527.38 |
| b. |
Cost of Sphere |
$513.00 |
| Packaged with styrofoam molding |
$ 70.00 |
| Shipping |
$ 14.38 * |
| FOB: Destination - UW Madison |
$597.38 |
| c. |
All spheres purchased by collaborating institutions will be delivered FOB Benthos Inc. and delivered duty unpaid. |
| * |
The shipping of $14.38 is based on filling a container truck and shipping one lot in that method. If there is an expedite fee, or change in the shipping method, that charge can be added to the price of each sphere if it is greater than $14.38. |
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