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. For the reasons set out in this document, the Finance Committee is invited to agree to the negotiation of a contract with FCM (ES) for the supply of 625 vacuum vessels for the LHC dipole cryomagnets, corresponding to 50% of the total estimated quantity of vacuum vessels needed, for a total amount of 22 483 084 Swiss francs, not subject to revision until January 2002, with an option for up to 175 extra vacuum vessels, for an additional amount of 6 295 264 Swiss francs, not subject to revision until January 2002, bringing the total amount to 28 778 348 Swiss francs, not subject to revision until January 2002. The firm has indicated the following distribution by country of the contract value covered by this adjudication proposal: ES-87%, FI-13%.