Proposal for the award of three contracts for the supply and delivery of liquid nitrogen

This document concerns the award of three contracts for the supply and delivery of liquid nitrogen. A call for tenders (IT-3016/LHC) was sent on 21 September 2001 to 24 firms in eight Member States. By the closing date, CERN had received tenders from four firms in one Member State. For the reasons explained in this document, the Finance Committee is invited to agree to the negotiation of the following three contracts: - a contract with PRAXAIR (FR), the lowest bidder, for the supply of up to 20 000 metric tons of liquid nitrogen over a period of three years for an amount not exceeding 2 486 000 Swiss francs, not subject to revision. - a contract with MESSER FRANCE (FR), the second lowest bidder, for the supply of up to 15 000 metric tons of liquid nitrogen over a period of three years for an amount not exceeding 1 292 542 euros (1 905 000 Swiss francs), not subject to revision. The rate of exchange which has been used is that stipulated in the tender. - a contract with AIR PRODUCTS (FR), the third lowest bidder, for the supply of up to 15 000 metric tons of liquid nitrogen over a period of three years for an amount not exceeding 1 312 324 euros (1 953 000 Swiss francs), not subject to revision. The rate of exchange which has been used is that stipulated in the tender. The firms have indicated the following distribution by country of the contract value covered by this adjudication proposal: - PRAXAIR: FR - 100%; - MESSER FRANCE: FR - 100%; - AIR PRODUCTS: FR - 100%.