Proposal for the award of a contract for the supply and installation of cooling plants for the CNGS underground structures

This document concerns the award of a contract for the supply and installation of cooling plants for the CNGS underground structures at CERN. Following a market survey carried out among 99 firms in fourteen Member States, a call for tenders (IT-3139/ST/CNGS) was sent on 21 November 2003 to five firms and five consortia in seven Member States. By the closing date, CERN had received five tenders from three firms and two consortia in five Member States. The Finance Committee is invited to agree to the negotiation of a contract with the consortium ZEC - KLIMAT - INTROL (PL), the lowest bidder, for the supply and installation of cooling plants for the CNGS underground structures for a total amount of 2 781 945 Swiss francs, not subject to revision. The firm has indicated the following distribution by country of the contract value covered by this adjudication proposal: PL - 47%; IT - 27%; ES - 26%.