Supply of austenitic stainless steel plates for the absorber of the hadronic part of the CMS high granularity calorimeter

Item Description:

CERN intends to place a contract for the supply of austenitic stainless steel (AISI 304L – 1.4306) plates for the absorber of the hadronic part of the CMS high granularity calorimeter. The supply consists of about 144 rectangular plates with thicknesses ranging from 50 mm to 125 mm, widths up to 3030 mm, low cobalt content (less than 0.1%) and low relative magnetic permeability (not exceeding 1.05). Approximate total weight is 600 metric tons.

Interested firms shall have a proven experience in the production of large quantities of austenitic stainless AISI 304L (1.4306) plates with low cobalt content (less than 0.1%) and low relative magnetic permeability (not exceeding 1.05).

Publication Date: 13-11-2020

Type of Contract: Experiments

Cost Range: B

Market Survey scheduled for dispatch:

Fourth quarter 2020

Invitation to Tender scheduled to dispatch:

First quarter 2021

Contacts and Interest in being contacted:

To express an interest please send an e-mail to procurement.service@cern.ch
Technically: H. Gerwig Hubert.Gerwig@cern.ch
Commercially: C. Carayon charles.carayon@cern.ch