Proposal for the award of a blanket contract for the supply and maintenance of uninterruptable power supplies (UPS)

This document concerns the award of a blanket contract for the supply and maintenance of uninterruptable power supplies (UPS). Following a market survey carried out among 75 firms in eighteen Member States, a call for tenders (IT-2746/ST) was sent on 7 April 2000 to nine 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 GUTOR (CH), the lowest bidder after realignment, for the supply and maintenance of uninterruptable power supplies for a total amount of 5 000 000 Swiss francs, not subject to revision until 31 December 2002. The firm has indicated the following distribution by country of the contract value covered by this adjudication proposal: DK?54.3%, CH?23.7%, IT?10%, DE?10%, IE?1% and JP?1%.