Proposal for the award of a contract, based on competitive tendering by CCLRC-RUTHERFORD APPLETON LABORATORY, for the supply of the Front-End Driver Boards for the Tracker detector of the CMS experime

This document concerns the award of a contract, based on competitive tendering by CCLRC-RUTHERFORD APPLETON LABORATORY, for the supply of the Front-End Driver (FED) boards for the Tracker detector of the CMS experiment. The Finance Committee is invited to agree to a contract for the CERN share towards the cost of the supply of 500 FED boards for the Tracker detector of the CMS experiment with CCLRC-RUTHERFORD APPLETON LABORATORY (UK) for a total amount of 1 676 000 Pounds sterling (3 788 000 Swiss francs), not subject to revision. CERN's contribution to the contract will not exceed 575 000 Pounds sterling (1 300 000 Swiss francs). The remaining 1 101 000 Pounds sterling (2 488 000 Swiss francs) will be financed by several other participating institutes of the CMS Collaboration.