Proposal for the award of a blanket order contract for the supply of modular metal-enclosed switchboards for indoor use

This document concerns the award of a blanket order contract for the supply of modular metal-enclosed switchboards for indoor use with 400/230V disconnectable fused switches. Following a market survey carried out among 92 firms in eighteen Member States, a call for tenders (IT-2826/ST) was sent on 20 December 2000 to 17 firms in ten Member States. By the closing date, CERN had received 13 tenders from 13 firms in nine Member States. The Finance Committee is invited to agree to the negotiation of a blanket order contract with ELECA (IT), the lowest bidder complying with the specification, for the supply of modular metal-enclosed switchboards for indoor use for a total amount of 2 200 000 Swiss francs, not subject to revision until 31 July 2003. The firm has indicated the following distribution by country of the contract value covered by this adjudication proposal: IT - 55%; NO - 45%.