Proposal for the Award of a Contract for the Management and Operation of the Main Mechanical Workshop at CERN

This document concerns the award of a contract for the management and operation of the main mechanical workshop at CERN. Following a market survey carried out among 55 firms in thirteen Member States, a call for tenders (IT-3116/EST) was sent on 11 October 2002 to two firms and four consortia in seven Member States. By the closing date, CERN had received three tenders from three consortia in six Member States. The Finance Committee is invited to agree to the negotiation of a contract with the consortium CEGELEC (FR) - CEGELEC (NL) - CEGELEC (CH) - CLEMESSY (FR) - CLEMESSY (CH), the lowest bidder, for the management and operation of the main mechanical workshop, for an initial period of three years from 1 October 2003 and for a total amount not exceeding 9 680 000 Swiss francs, subject to revision for inflation from 1 October 2004. The contract will include options for two further one-year extensions beyond the initial three-year period. The consortium has indicated the following distribution by country of the contract value covered by this adjudication proposal: CH - 55%; NL - 40%; FR - 5%.