Proposal for the award of a contract for facilities management at CERN

This document concerns the award of a contract for Facilities Management at CERN. Following a market survey carried out among 110 firms in fourteen Member States, a call for tenders (IT-2982/ST) was sent on 22 October 2001 to three firms and six consortia, one consisting of two firms, three consisting of three firms and two consisting of five firms, in seven Member States. By the closing date, CERN had received nine tenders from three firms and six consortia in seven Member States. The Finance Committee is invited to agree to the negotiation of a contract for Facilities Management at CERN with the Consortium M+W ZANDER (DE) - AVIREAL (CH), the lowest of the technically compliant bidders. The overall contractual amount will not exceed 47 480 000 Swiss francs for the initial period of three years, starting on 1 July 2002, not subject to revision. The contract will include an option for two further one-year extensions beyond the initial three-year period. The consortium has indicated the following distribution by country of the work to be executed: DE - 80%, CH - 20%.