The Finance Committee is invited to authorize CERN to negotiate on behalf of the Participating Institutes of the CMS Collaboration a contract, without competitive tendering, for the procurement of 200 scintillator sheets for the Outer Barrel of the CMS Hadron Detector from BICRON (USA) for a total cost of 285 000 US dollars, not subject to revision. At the present rate of exchange, this amount is e quivalent to approximately 439 000 Swiss francs.

This document concerns the award of a contract for the supply of 2522 austenitic steel shells for the cold masses of the LHC superconducting dipole magnets. Following a market survey carried out among 158 firms in nineteen Member States and seven firms in Japan, a call for tenders (IT-2468/LHC/LHC) was sent on 16 August 1999 to eight firms and one consortium consisting of two firms, in six Member States. By the closing date, CERN had received five tenders. The Finance Committee is invited to agree to the negotiation of a contract with the consortium ICARUS (BE) / BUTTING (DE), the lowest bidder, for the supply of 2522 austenitic steel shells for the cold masses of the LHC superconducting dipole magnets for a total amount of 18 723 773 euros (29 962 831 Swiss francs), subject to revision for contractual deliveries after 31 December 2001, with an option for the supply of up to 126 additional austenitic steel shells, for a total amount of 935 446 euros (1 496 953 Swiss francs), subject to revision for contractual deliveries after 31 December 2001, bringing the overall total amount to a maximum of 19 659 219 euros (31 459 784 Swiss francs), subject to revision for contractual deliveries after 31 December 2001. The above amounts in Swiss francs have been calculated using the rate of exchange stipulated in the tender. The consortium has indicated the following distribution by country of the supply covered by this adjudication proposal: BE-72%, DE-28%.