Bridging Communities: Unifying the Canadian Space Sector

ALBERTA - The International SKA Organization has issued a call for expressions of interest (EOI) to participate in the preliminary design work of stage one of the SKA pre-construction phase. The purpose of the international call is to assess the interest in the work from SKA organization member countries and to facilitate formation of consortia that will respond to a formal request for proposals related to the preliminary design work that will be issued later this year.

The Canadian SKA Consortium will coordinate the response to the EOI on behalf of Canada.

A copy of the international EOI call can be downloaded from the SKA Canada web site as a word file at http://www.skatelescope.ca/pg/file/read/2561/. This document contains instructions and guidelines as well as brief description of the areas of work.

A more detailed description of the SKA pre-construction work packages can be found in the SKA pre-construction work breakdown structure and statement of work at http://www.skatelescope.ca/pg/file/read/2560. To submit your expression of interest please fill in company and contact information on page 10 of the EOI document, and enter the appropriate letter beside the area of work that you are interested to participate in. Submit your edited Word documents to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it before midnight Mountain Daylight Time on 10 May 2012.

Please note that by responding to this call you are also expressing interest in becoming a member of the Canadian SKA Industry Consortium that will be formally constituted following the May 14 deadline for the international response.

As a company in an SKA Organization member country you are eligible to express interest in any part of the pre-construction work. However, as noted at the April workshop in Calgary, Canada has been engaging in research and development in five areas. If you have any question about the process or the research and development areas please contact either:

Bob Este, Business Development Officer, ISIS ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it )

Kerry Seifried, Business Development Officer, NRC ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it )

We look forward to receiving your responses.

Russ Taylor, Chair

Canadian SKA Consortium Board

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