Proposal for the award of a blanket contract for the supply, installation and maintenance of the LHC access control system

This document concerns the award of a blanket contract for the supply, installation and maintenance of the LHC access control system. Following a market survey carried out among 134 firms in fifteen Member States, a call for tenders (IT-3026/TS/LHC) was sent on 22 January 2004 to eight firms and eight consortia in six Member States. By the closing date, CERN had received nine tenders from two firms and seven consortia in five Member States. The Finance Committee is invited to agree to the negotiation of a blanket contract with the consortium CEGELEC CENTRE EST (FR) - CEGELEC (NL), the lowest technically compliant bidder, for the supply, installation and maintenance of the LHC access control system for a total amount not exceeding 4 600 000 euros (7 141 000 Swiss francs), subject to revision for inflation from 1 January 2007. The rate of exchange used is that stipulated in the tender. The firm has indicated the following distribution by country of the contract value covered by this adjudication proposal: FR - 40%; NL - 39%; PL - 11%; DE - 5%; GB - 3%; IT - 2%.