Proposal for the Award of a Contract for High Precision Geodetic Metrology of Accelerators

This document concerns the award of a contract for high precision geodetic metrology of accelerators. Following a market survey carried out among 77 firms in the twenty Member States, a call for tenders (IT-2951/EST/LHC) was sent on 4 September 2002 to one firm and three consortia, one consortium consisting of three firms, one consortium consisting of four firms and one consortium consisting of five firms, in four Member States. By the closing date, CERN had received two tenders from two consortia in three Member States. The Finance Committee is invited to agree to the negotiation of a contract with the consortium GEOTOP (BE), HALLER (CH) and HYP-ARC (FR), the lowest bidder, for high precision geodetic metrology of accelerators, for an amount not exceeding 7 449 718 Swiss francs covering an initial period of five years starting on 1 April 2003, subject to revision for inflation from 1 April 2004. The contract will include options for two further one-year extensions beyond the initial five-year period. The consortium has indicated the following distribution by country of the contract value covered by this adjudication proposal: BE - 55.5%, CH - 36.5% and FR-8%.