Finance Committee - Three-Hundred-and-Eighty-Sixth Meeting

Europe/Zurich
503/1-001 - Council Chamber (CERN)

503/1-001 - Council Chamber

CERN

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  • Tuesday, 20 June at 15:00
    • 1
      Adoption of the agenda
    • 2
      Approval of the draft minutes of the three-hundred-and-eighty-fifth meeting
    • 3
      Matters arising from the previous meeting
    • 4
      Briefing by the President of Council (Oral)
    • 5
      Annual Progress Report for 2022 (Dr F. Sonnemann)
    • 6
      CERN finances 2022
      • a) Financial Statements for 2022 (Dr F. Sonnemann)
      • b) Opinion and report from the External Auditors on the Financial Statements of CERN for the year ended 31 December 2022
    • 7
      Pension Fund finances 2022
      • a) Annual Report and Financial Statements for 2022
      • b) Opinion and Report from the External Auditors on the Financial Statements of the Pension Fund for the Year Ended 31 December 2022 and Comments from the Pension Fund Management
    • 8
      Tutorial on the tools to assess the CERN financial situation (Mr R. Bello - Oral)
    • 9
      Audit Committee (AC) (Professor J. Schieck)
      • a) Report on the AC meeting held on 22 and 23 May 2023 (Oral)
      • b) Questions from the Finance Committee to the Audit Committee
      • c) Revised Terms of Reference of the CERN Audit Committee
    • 10
      Tripartite Employment Conditions Forum (TREF) - Report on the meeting held on 10 May 2023 (Professor B. Åsman)
    • 11
      Proposed amendments to the 11th Edition of the Staff Regulations (Mr J. Purvis)
  • Wednesday, 21 June at 09:00
    • 12
      Financial and budgetary matters for 2023
      • a) Status of payment of the contributions by the Member and Associate Member States and Status of 2023 budget and actual expenses (Mr R. Bello)
      • b) Implementation priority and timeline of possible cost saving measures for the period 2024-2032 (Director-General)
      • c) Proposal for an additional contribution from the Member and Associate Member States to mitigate the impact of inflation and electricity prices on CERN’s budget (Dr F. Sonnemann)
    • 13
      Financial and budgetary matters for 2024 and beyond
      • a) Preliminary information on the Cost-Variation Index for 2024 (Dr F. Sonnemann)
      • b) Key messages from the Finance Committee on the Medium-Term Plan for the period 2024-2028
      • c) Medium-Term Plan for the period 2024-2028 and Draft Budget of the Organization for the seventieth financial year 2024 (Mr R. Bello)
      • d) 2024 Scale of Contributions by the Member and Associate Member States (Dr F. Sonnemann)
      • e) Update on the strategy for the procurement of electricity (Mr R. Bello)
    • 13:00
      Lunch
    • 14
      Status of accelerators and experiments
      • a) Status of the accelerator complex and upgrades and HL-LHC EVM report (Dr M. Lamont - Oral)
      • b) Status of the experiments and computing (Prof. J. Mnich - Oral)
    • 15
      Pension Fund matters
      • a) Report by the Chair of the Pension Fund Governing Board (Mr O. Malmberg - Oral)
      • b) Investment performance report and other Pension Fund activities (Mr D. Heron - Oral)
      • c) Actuarial dashboard as at 1 January 2023
    • 16
      Updated strategy and framework applicable to knowledge transfer by CERN for the benefit of medical applications (Dr M. Lamont)
    • 17
      Status report on the Science Gateway (Mr P. Geeraert - Oral)
    • 15:50
      Tea break
    • 18
      New contract adjudications (Mr C. Hartley)
      • a) Proposal for the award of a contract for the provision of project development and maintenance services for industrial controls and safety systems on the CERN site
      • b) Proposal for the award of a blanket purchase contract for the design, manufacturing, test, delivery, installation and commissioning of flexible water-cooled copper cables
      • c) Proposal for the award of a blanket purchase contract for the supply, installation and maintenance of modular metal-enclosed switchboards
      • d) Proposal for the award of a contract for the supply, installation and commissioning of a high-precision five-axis milling centre for medium-size components
      • e) Proposal for the award of a contract, without competitive tendering, for the repair of a five-axis computer numerical control portal-type machining centre
      • f) Proposal for the award of a contract for the supply of vessels for gaseous helium for HL-LHC
      • g) Proposal to negotiate an extension of an existing contract for the provision of licences, maintenance and support for mathematical computation software
      • h) Request to agree to the tendering of a list of identified supply contracts on a best-value-for-money basis
      • i) Proposal for the award of a blanket purchase contract for the supply and maintenance of regulated extra-low- and low-voltage power supplies for the Phase 2 ATLAS inner tracker pixel detector
      • j) Proposal for the award of a blanket purchase contract for the supply of VMEbus single-board computers
      • k) Proposal for the award of a contract for the provision of actuarial services to the CERN Pension Fund
      • l) Proposal to use a process of ranking at the market survey stage to select firms to be invited to tender for the provision of architectural and engineering consultancy services, including work supervision, for the construction of Building 140 on the Swiss part of CERN’s Meyrin site
      • m) Proposal for the award of a contract for the provision of consultancy services and work supervision for the construction of the new Building 777 on CERN's Prévessin site
      • n) Proposal for the award of a contract for the construction work for the extension of Building 184 on the French part of CERN's Meyrin site
      • o) Proposal for the award of a contract for the construction of Building 3195 at Point 1 in Switzerland
    • 19
      Overview of current service contracts (Mr C. Hartley)
    • 20
      Confirmation of the access status of the documents on the agenda
    • 21
      Other business

      Revised timetable for Council Sessions and committee meetings in 2023, including SPC and FC meetings of 20-22 November 2023 (CERN/3619/Rev.)