Proposal to Negotiate an Amendment to an Existing Contract and Several Contracts for the Supply and Assembly of the LHC Short Straight Section Cryostats

Following the insolvency of a major contractor, CERN proposes to negotiate an amendment to an existing contract and to place several contracts for the supply of 360 LHC arc short straight section cryostats and their assembly, eight spare cryostat units and components for 64 LHC dispersion suppressor short straight section cryostats. The Finance Committee is therefore invited to approve an amendment to an existing contract with the consortium: &8721; INTERTEC (DK) - CEGELEC (FR) - SPIE TRINDEL (FR) to include assembly of the LHC arc short straight sections, for an additional amount of 4 088 470 euros (6 205 480 Swiss francs), subject to revision for inflation after 31 December 2002; the consortium has indicated the following distribution by country of the contract value covered by this adjudication proposal : DK - 52%, FR - 48%; and to the negotiation of contracts for the supply of related major components with the firms: &8721; SES (SK) for the supply of vacuum vessels for an amount of 5 538 533 euros (8 406 389 Swiss francs), subject to revision for inflation after 31 December 2002; the firm has indicated the following distribution by country of the contract value covered by this adjudication proposal: SK - 100%; &8721; GERMANIA (DE) for the supply of phase separators for an amount of 959 475 euros (1 456 291 Swiss francs), not subject to revision; the firm has indicated the following distribution by country of the contract value covered by this adjudication proposal: DE - 100%; &8721; JEHIER (FR) for the supply of multi-layer insulation blankets for an amount of 884 583 euros (1 342 620 Swiss francs), not subject to revision; the firm has indicated the following distribution by country of the contract value covered by this adjudication proposal: FR - 100%; &8721; VACOM (DE) for the supply of vacuum flanges for an amount of 443 421 euros (673 024 Swiss francs), not subject to revision; the firm has indicated the following distribution by country of the contract value covered by this adjudication proposal: DE - 100%; bringing the total amount to 11 914 482 euros (18 083 804 Swiss francs), subject to revision.