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

Name: Finance Committee - Three-Hundred-and-Eighty-Seventh Meeting
Start: 2023-10-04T09:00:00+02:00
End: 2023-10-04T16:15:00+02:00
Location: CERN

Wednesday 4 Oct 2023, 09:00 → 16:15 Europe/Zurich

503/1-001 - Council Chamber (CERN)

503/1-001 - Council Chamber

CERN

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- 1
  Adoption of the agenda
  - CERN/FC/6711/Rev.
  English
  
  French
- 2
  Approval of the draft minutes of the three-hundred-and-eighty-sixth meeting
  - CERN/FC/6712/RA
  English
  
  French
- 3
  
  Matters arising from the previous meeting
- 4
  
  Briefing by the President of Council (Oral)
- 5
  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)
    
    CERN/FC/6713/RA
    
    English
    
    French
    
    Slides
- 6
  Financial and budgetary matters for 2024 and beyond
  - a) Information on the Cost-Variation Index for 2024 (Dr F. Sonnemann)
    
    CERN/FC/6685/RA/Rev.
    
    English
    
    French
    
    Slides
- 7
  Audit Committee (AC) (Professor J. Schieck)
  - a) Report on the AC meeting held on 20 September 2023 (Oral)
    
    Slides
  - b) Questions from the Finance Committee to the Audit Committee
- 8
  Pension Fund matters
  - a) Report by the Chair of the Pension Fund Governing Board (Mr O. Malmberg - Oral)
    
    Slides
  - b) Investment performance report and other Pension Fund activities (Mr D. Heron - Oral)
    
    Slides
  - c) Actuarial dashboard as at 1 July 2023 (Buck)
    
    CERN/FC/6714/RA
    
    English
    
    French
- 10:35
  
  - - - COFFEE BREAK - - -
- 9
  
  Update on the site maintenance and consolidation and new buildings programme (Dr M. Capeans - Oral)
  
  Slides
- 10
  CERN’s third environment report (Mr B. Delille)
  - CERN/SPC/1215/RA CERN/FC/6715/RA CERN/3752/RA
  English
  
  Slides
  
  SPC Report-FC Interventions
- 11
  NextGen Triggers Project (Professor J. Mnich)
  - CERN/SPC/1216/RA CERN/FC/6716/RA CERN/3753/RA
  English
  
  French
  
  Slides
- 12:30
  
  - - - LUNCH - - -
- 12
  Status of accelerators and experiments
  - a) Status of the accelerator complex and upgrades (Dr M. Lamont - Oral)
    
    Slides
  - b) Status of the experiments and computing (Prof. J. Mnich - Oral)
    
    Slides
- 13
  
  Update from the ILO Forum (Mr J. Visser, Chair of the ILO Forum - Oral)
  
  Slides
- 14
  New contract adjudications (Mr C. Hartley)
  
  Slides
  - a) Proposal for the award of a contract for the transport of a detector cryostat warm structure for DUNE/LNBF
    
    CERN/FC/6717/RA
    
    English
    
    French
  - b) Proposal for the award of a contract for the supply of fastening elements for the two DUNE/LBNF detector cryostats
    
    CERN/FC/6718/RA
    
    English
    
    French
  - c) Proposal for the negotiation of a Power Purchase Agreement for the supply of electricity from renewable sources
    
    CERN/FC/6719/RA
    
    English
    
    French
  - d) Proposal for the negotiation of a Power Purchase Agreement for the supply of electricity from renewable sources
    
    CERN/FC/6720/RA
    
    English
    
    French
  - e) Proposal to negotiate an extension of an existing service contract, without competitive tendering, for the maintenance of Borri-branded uninterruptible power supply units on the CERN site
    
    CERN/FC/6721/RA
    
    English
    
    French
  - f) Proposal for the award of a contract for water treatment services for cooling circuits and for demineralised water production on the CERN site
    
    CERN/FC/6722/RA
    
    English
    
    French
  - g) Proposal for the award of a contract, without competitive tendering, for the supply of tungsten heavy-alloy blocks for HL-LHC collimators
    
    CERN/FC/6723/RA
    
    English
    
    French
  - h) Proposal for the award of a contract for the supply of a 66/18 kV air-insulated electrical substation for HL-LHC
    
    CERN/FC/6724/RA
    
    English
    
    French
  - i) Proposal for the award of a contract for the provision of cleaning services on the Swiss part of the CERN site
    
    CERN/FC/6725/RA
    
    English
    
    French
  - j) Proposal for the award of a contract, without competitive tendering, for the disposal of the first-generation target of n_TOF
    
    CERN/FC/6726/RA
    
    English
    
    French
  - k) Request to agree to the tendering of two supply contracts on a best-value-for-money basis
    
    CERN/FC/6727/RA
    
    English
    
    French
  - l) Proposal to negotiate a collaboration agreement for the development of iron based superconducting wire for the high-field magnet R&D programme
    
    CERN/FC/6728/RA
    
    English
    
    French
  - m) Proposal for the negotiation of an extension of an existing service contract, without competitive tendering, for the maintenance and operation of cryogenic installations at CERN
    
    CERN/FC/6729/RA
    
    English
    
    French
  - n) Proposal for the award of a contract for the supply of energy extraction systems based on vacuum switches for the HL-LHC superconducting magnet circuits
    
    CERN/FC/6730/RA
    
    English
    
    French
  - o) Proposal for the award of a blanket purchase contract for the supply of telecom radiating cables for telecommunications
    
    CERN/FC/6731/RA
    
    English
    
    French
- 15
  Finance Committee’s assessment of the mid-term review of the FCC Feasibility Study - 20-21 November 2023
  - CERN/FC/6732/RA
  English
  
  French
  
  Slides
  
  English - Documents for information
  
  CERN/SPC/1161-CERN/3588 FCC-Feasibility Study-Main deliverables and milestones
  
  CERN/SPC/1183/Rev.2-CERN/3654/Rev.2 FCC-Feasibility Study-Plans and deliverables-2023 Mid-Term review
  
  FCC Brochure
  
  French - Documents pour information
  
  Brochure FCC
  
  spc-f-1161-c-f-3588_FCC_MainDeliverables
  
  spc-f-1183-Rev2-c-f-3654-Rev2_FCC_Mid_Term_Review
- 16
  
  Confirmation of the access status of the documents on the agenda
- 17
  
  Other business
  
  For information: Revised 2024 timetable (CERN/3698/Rev.2)