Title
Deformable mirror and drive electronics for Adaptive Optics
Reference number
cb-472-3640332
Solicitation number
26-58078
Publication date
2026-07-07
Tender closing date
2026-07-23T14:00:00
Expected contract start date
2026-08-10
Expected contract end date
2028-01-31
Unspsc
*41100000
*41110000
*41120000
Unspsc description
*Laboratory and scientific equipment
*Measuring and observing and testing instruments
*Laboratory supplies and fixtures
Notice type
Advance Contract Award Notice
Procurement method
Advance contract award notice
Trade agreements
*Canadian Free Trade Agreement (CFTA)
*Canada-Korea Free Trade Agreement (CKFTA)
*Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP)
*Canada-UK Trade Continuity Agreement (Canada-UK TCA)
*Canada-Peru Free Trade Agreement (CPFTA)
*World Trade Organization Agreement on Government Procurement (WTO GPA)
*Canada-Honduras Free Trade Agreement
*Canada-Colombia Free Trade Agreement
*Canada-Ukraine Free Trade Agreement (CUFTA)
*Canada-Chile Free Trade Agreement (CCFTA)
*Canada-European Union Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA)
*Canada-Panama Free Trade Agreement
*Please refer to Tender Description or Tender Documents
Contracting entity name
National Research Council of Canada (NRC)
Contracting entity address line
1200 Montréal Rd
Contracting entity address city
Ottawa
Contracting entity address province
ON
Contracting entity address postal code
K1A 0R6
Contracting entity address country
Canada
Contact info name
Karl Payong
Contact info email
Karl.payong@nrc-cnrc.gc.ca
Attachment
https://canadabuys.canada.ca/sites/default/files/webform/tender_notice/99821/acan-26-58078-deformable-mirror---en-vf.pdf
Tender description
The National Research Council Canada’s (NRC) Herzberg Astronomy and Astrophysics Research Centre (HAA) has a requirement for the supply of quantity 1 Deformable mirror and quantity 2 drive electronics for Adaptive Optics. This is to enable improved performance of the REVOLT AO system and ensure existing AO research can continue by modernizing the wavefront corrector and its interface to the real time controller. The Deformable mirror must have a clear aperture of 27mm, an actuator matrix size of no less than 19x19 and no more than 20x20, a Tip/Tilt stroke of at least 15 microns peak-to-valley (wavefront) and an actuator pitch of exactly 1.5mm. The drive electronic for this deformable mirror must be capable of achieving loop rates of at least 1kHz and have a Gigabit ethernet interface. The second drive electronic must have a Gigabit ethernet interface and be capable of driving an APLAO DM-277-15 at a rate of at least 1kHz. Both drive electronics must be compatible with both Linux and Windows operating systems.
