Proposal for the award of a blanket contract for the supply of encapsulated-winding dry-type power transformers

This document concerns the award of a blanket contract for the supply of encapsulated-winding dry-type power transformers. Following a market survey carried out among 75 firms in seventeen Member States, a call for tenders (IT-2745/ST) was sent on 5 May 2000 to eight firms in four Member States. By the closing date, CERN had received tenders from six firms in four Member States. The Finance Committee is invited to agree to the negotiation of a blanket contract with TESAR (IT), the lowest bidder, for the supply of encapsulated-winding dry-type power transformers for a total amount of 6 150 000 000 Italian lira, not subject to revision until 31 December 2002. At the exchange rate stipulated in the tender, this amount is equivalent to approximately 5 000 000 Swiss francs. The firm has indicated the following distribution by country of the contract value covered by this adjudication proposal: IT - 78%, NO - 17% and DE - 5%.