Proposal to negotiate an amendment to an existing contract for the supply and installation of pipelines for the LHC accelerator tunnel

This document concerns the proposal to negotiate an amendment to an existing contract for the supply and installation of pipelines for the LHC accelerator tunnel. For the reasons explained in this document, the Finance Committee is invited to approve an amendment to the existing contract for the supply and installation of pipelines for the LHC accelerator tunnel with the firm RENCO (IT) for an amount exceeding the previously approved amount of 21 995 304 Swiss francs by up to 5 000 000 Swiss francs, not subject to revision, bringing the total contract amount to a maximum amount of 26 995 304 Swiss francs, not subject to revision. The firm has declared the following origin of the equipment covered by this adjudication proposal: IT - 100%.