Proposal for the award of a contract for the supply of an all-terrain telescopic mobile crane

This document concerns the award of a contract for the supply of an all-terrain telescopic mobile crane for the handling of the LHC magnets. A call for tenders (IT-2977/ST/LHC) was sent on 29 May 2001 to 11 firms in six Member States. By the closing date, CERN had received three tenders from three firms in two Member States. The Finance Committee is invited to agree to the negotiation of a contract with LIEBHERR-WERK (DE), the lowest bidder, for the supply of an all-terrain telescopic mobile crane for a total amount of 788 983 euros (1 211 483 Swiss francs) including two years of maintenance and not subject to revision. The rate of exchange which has been used is that stipulated in the tender. The firm has indicated the following distribution by country of the contract value covered by this adjudication proposal: DE - 72%; CH - 10%; FR - 8%; US - 6%; SE - 2%; AT - 2%.