Procurement & Contract Management Training on Industrial Services

Wednesday 12 Nov 2025, 08:30 → 17:30 Europe/Zurich

593/R-004 (CERN)

Charles Carayon (CERN)

08:30 → 08:35 Introduction

Speaker: Charles Carayon (CERN)

08:35 → 09:35 Introduction to service contracts

• Definition of pluriannual service contracts
• Procurement lifecycle for service contracts: Schedule, BVFM, questionnaires and criteria, calculation of quality points, bidder’s conference, tests, letter of intent.
• Contract types, remuneration, FTEs vs heads

Speaker: Charles Carayon (CERN)

09:35 → 10:50 Case study 1 – BVFM

Speaker: Charles Carayon (CERN)

10:50 → 11:00 Coffee Break

11:00 → 11:30 Applicable rules

• Applicable rules (CERN rules, 4P, WOCS)
• “délit de marchandage”.

Speaker: Angela Goehring-Crinon (CERN)

11:30 → 12:00 Safety aspects

• Safety rules
• Responsibilities: Technical Officer vs HSE vs contractor
• Prevention plan
• VIC

Speaker: Olivier Bernard Prouteau (CERN)

12:00 → 13:00 Lunch

13:00 → 13:45 How to follow-up a service contract

-Presentation of RACI (start-up to termination)
-Ethics, gift policy (with examples)
-Behavioural tips

Speaker: Charles Carayon (CERN)

13:45 → 14:00 Break

14:00 → 15:30 Case study 2 – Contract management

Speaker: Charles Carayon (CERN)

15:30 → 15:45 Icebreaker

Questions about general procurement rules (applicable to services) and BVFM/4P webinars

Speaker: Charles Carayon (CERN)

15:45 → 16:00 Procurement website and conclusion

Speaker: Charles Carayon (CERN)

16:00 → 16:15 General conclusion

Speaker: Charles Carayon (CERN)