Proposal for the Award of a Blanket Contract for the Supply and Installation of Optical Fibre Cabling Systems

This document concerns the award of a blanket contract for the supply and installation of optical fibre cabling systems. Following a market survey carried out among 41 firms in thirteen Member States, a call for tenders (IT-3120/ST/LHC) was sent on 26 February 2003 to three firms and two consortia each consisting of two firms, in six Member States. By the closing date, CERN had received five tenders from the three firms and two consortia in six Member States. The Finance Committee is invited to agree to the negotiation of a blanket contract with DRAKA (NL), the lowest bidder, for the supply and installation of optical fibre cabling systems for a total estimated amount not exceeding 12 150 000 Swiss francs, subject to revision for inflation from 1 January 2006. The firm has indicated the following distribution by country of the contract value covered by this adjudication proposal: NL - 38%; CH - 37%; DE - 12%; FR - 8%; GB - 5%.