Proposal for the Award of a Contract for the Heating, Ventilation and Cooling Installations for the LHC Surface Buildings

This document concerns the award of a contract for the heating, ventilation and cooling installations for the LHC surface buildings. Following a market survey carried out among 80 firms in fifteen Member States, a call for tenders (IT-2524/ST/LHC) was sent on 14 January 1999 to four firms and five consortia, two consisting of three firms and three consisting of two firms, in five Member States. By the closing date, CERN had received five tenders. The Finance Committee is invited to agree to the negotiation of a contract for the heating, ventilation and cooling installations for the LHC surface buildings with the consortium DSD (DE), AIR ET CHALEUR (BE) and SPIE TRINDEL (FR) for a total amount not exceeding 14 500 000 Swiss francs, not subject to revision until 31 December 2001. The consortium has announced that the work will be distributed as follows: DSD (DE) 67% - Air et Chaleur (BE) 21% - Spie Trindel (FR) 12%.