Proposal for the Award of a Contract for the Supply of 60A Resistive Current Lead Assemblies for the LHC Dipole Corrector Magnets

This document concerns the award of a contract for the supply of 360 resistive current lead assemblies for the LHC dipole corrector magnets. Following a market survey carried out among 54 firms in twelve Member States, a call for tenders (IT-2901/LHC/LHC) was sent on 11 July 2002 to six firms in three Member States. By the closing date, CERN had received four tenders from four firms in three Member States. The Finance Committee is invited to agree to the negotiation of a contract with MARK & WEDELL (DK), the lowest bidder, for the supply of 360 current lead assemblies, for a total amount of 1 508 123 Swiss francs, not subject to revision, with options for up to 50 additional current lead assemblies, including 50 sets of related components for an additional amount of 198 997 Swiss francs, not subject to revision, bringing the total amount to 1 707 120 Swiss francs, not subject to revision. The firm has indicated the following distribution by country of the contract value covered by this adjudication proposal: DK - 100%.