Proposal for the award of a contract, without competitive tendering, for the purchase of 200 scintillator sheets for the CMS hadron calorimeter

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 equivalent to approximately 439 000 Swiss francs.