Proposal for the award of a contract for the supply and installation of ten 50 m3 liquid nitrogen storage vessels

This document concerns the award of a contract for the supply and installation of ten 50 m3 liquid nitrogen storage vessels. Following a market survey carried out among 61 firms in fifteen Member States, a call for tenders (IT-2788/LHC/LHC) was sent on 30 May 2000 to 16 firms and two consortia, each consisting of two firms, in nine Member States. By the closing date, CERN had received nine tenders from eight firms and one consortium in seven Member States. The Finance Committee is invited to agree to the negotiation of a contract with CHART EUROPE (DE), the lowest bidder, for the supply and installation of ten 50 m3 liquid nitrogen storage vessels for a total amount of 1 614 000 Swiss francs, not subject to revision. The firm has indicated the following distribution by country of the contract value covered by this adjudication proposal: CZ? 90% and DE? 10%.