Proposal for the award of a blanket contract for the supply and installation of water-cooled bus bars and cables for the LHC

This document concerns the award of a blanket contract for the supply and installation of water-cooled bus bars and cables for the LHC project. Following a market survey carried out among 22 firms in six Member States, a call for tenders (IT-2941/ST/LHC) was sent on 30 June 2003 to three firms in two Member States. By the closing date, CERN had received tenders from the three firms. The Finance Committee is invited to agree to the negotiation of a blanket contract with FLOHE (DE), the lowest bidder, for the supply and installation of water-cooled bus bars and cables, for a total amount not exceeding 2 900 000 Swiss francs, subject to revision after 1 January 2005 according to the LME copper prices. The firm has indicated the following distribution by country of the contract value covered by this adjudication proposal: DE - 100%.