Proposal for the award of a contract for the supply of superconducting octupole corrector magnets for the LHC

This document concerns the award of a contract for the supply of 168 MO superconducting octupole corrector magnet assemblies for the LHC. Following a market survey (MS-2594/LHC/LHC) carried out among 39 firms in thirteen Member States, two firms in Japan and one firm in the USA, a call for tenders (IT-2595/LHC/LHC) was sent on 15 February 2000 to 11 firms in seven Member States. By the closing date, CERN had received seven tenders. The Finance Committee is invited to agree to the negotiation of a contract with the firm ANTEC (ES), the lowest bidder, for the supply of 168 MO superconducting octupole corrector magnet assemblies for the LHC for a total amount of 2 075 935 Swiss francs, subject to revision for contractual deliveries after 31 December 2001, with an option for the supply of up to 50 additional MO corrector magnet assemblies, for a total amount of 526 400 Swiss francs, subject to revision for contractual deliveries after 31 December 2001, bringing the total amount to a maximum of 2 602 335 Swiss francs, subject to revision for contractual deliveries after 31 December 2001. The firm ANTEC (ES) has declared the following distribution by country of the contract value covered by this adjudication proposal: ES-74%, FR-10%, DK-9%, BE-7%.