§ Mr. BakerTo ask the Minister without Portfolio if he will meet representatives of(a) York UK and (b) Combined Power Service Ltd. to discuss air-conditioning systems for the Millennium Dome. [40546]
§ Mr. Mandelson[holding answer 7 May 1998]: The New Millennium Experience Company is responsible for procuring goods and services to the Millennium Dome and it would not therefore be appropriate for me to meet individual companies who have an interest in supplying particular goods, works or services to the Millennium Dome. Combined Heat and Power Services Limited did not respond to the advertisement placed by the New Millennium Experience Company (NMEC) in June 1997 in the Official Journal of the European Communities 348W (OJEC). This advertisement did not specify the type of chiller units required. York International did respond and were subsequently invited by the NMEC to tender against an HFC R134a refrigerant specification but with an option also to submit a tender with an alternative refrigerant. The bid received from York by the NMEC proposed only HFC R134a.
§ Mr. BakerTo ask the Minister without Portfolio what weight of the gas HFC 134a he expects to be used in the proposed air conditioning system in the Millennium Dome. [40545]
§ Mr. Mandelson[holding answer 7 May 1998]: The New Millennium Experience Company (NMEC) has procured twenty-four chiller units which will supply chilled water to cool air within the Dome. Each unit will have 274kg of HFC R134a hermetically sealed within them.