Proposal for the award of a contract for the supply of vacuum vessels for the LHC dipole cryomagnets

This document concerns the award of a contract for the supply of vacuum vessels for the LHC dipole cryomagnets. Following a market survey carried out among 74 firms in fifteen Member States, a call for tenders (IT-2544/LHC/LHC) was sent on 21 February 2000 to 16 firms and one consortium consisting of two firms in ten Member States. By the closing date, CERN had received eight tenders. The Finance Committee is invited to agree to the negotiation of a contract with SIMIC (IT) for the supply of 1250 vacuum vessels for the LHC dipole cryomagnets for a total amount of 40 544 103 860 Italian lira (33 337 530 Swiss francs), subject to revision for contractual deliveries after 31 December 2001, with an option for the supply of 50 additional vacuum vessels for a total amount of 1 621 762 695 Italian lira (1 333 500 Swiss francs), subject to revision for contractual deliveries after 31 December 2001, bringing the total amount to a maximum of 42 165 866 555 Italian lira (34 671 030 Swiss francs). The above amounts in Swiss francs have been calculated using the rate of exchange indicated in the tender. The firm SIMIC (IT) has declared the following origin of the equipment covered by this adjudication proposal: IT-69%, FR-18% and DE-13%.