Finance Committee - Three-Hundred-and-Ninety-Fifth Meeting

Name: Finance Committee - Three-Hundred-and-Ninety-Fifth Meeting
Start: 2025-03-26T09:00:00+01:00
End: 2025-03-26T16:00:00+01:00
Location: CERN

Wednesday 26 Mar 2025, 09:00 → 16:00 Europe/Zurich

503/1-001 - Council Chamber (CERN)

503/1-001 - Council Chamber

CERN

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- 09:00 → 11:10
  - - - NORMAL SESSION - - -
  
  Zoom link - Normal session
  - 09:00
    Adoption of the agenda 5m
    
    CERN/FC/6881/Rev.
    
    English
    
    French
  - 09:05
    Approval of the draft minutes of the three-hundred-and-ninety-fourth meeting 5m
    
    CERN/FC/6882/RA/Draft
    
    English
    
    French
  - 09:10
    
    Matters arising from the previous meeting 10m
  - 09:20
    
    Briefing by the President of Council (Oral) 5m
  - 09:25
    Financial and budgetary matters 45m
    
    CERN Annual Progress Report 2024 (Dr F. Sonnemann) 35m
    
    CERN/SPC/1252/RA CERN/FC/6883/RA CERN/3886/RA
    
    English
    
    Slides
    
    Slides - SPC Chair
    
    Status of payment of the contributions by the Member and Associate Member States and Status of 2024 budget and actual expenses (Mr R. Bello) 10m
    
    CERN/FC/6884/RA
    
    English
    
    French
    
    Slides
  - 10:10
    Audit Committee (AC) (Professor J. Schieck) 15m
    
    Report on the AC meeting held on 25 February 2025 (Oral) 10m
    
    Slides
    
    AC – Annual activity report 2024 4m
    
    CERN/FC/6885/RA CERN/3889/RA
    
    English
    
    French
    
    Questions from the Finance Committee to the Audit Committee 1m
  - 10:25
    Pension Fund matters 45m
    
    Report by the Chair of the Pension Fund Governing Board (Dr F. Buzatu - Oral) 10m
    
    Slides
    
    Investment performance report and other Pension Fund activities (Mr D. Heron - Oral) 20m
    
    Slides
    
    Report of the Pension Fund Governing Board on the Definition of Full Funding (Mr D. Heron) 15m
    
    CERN/FC/6869/RA/Rev. CERN/3860/RA/Rev.
    
    English
    
    French
    
    Slides
- 11:10 → 11:30
  
  - - - COFFEE BREAK - - - 20m
- 11:30 → 12:05
  - - - CLOSED SESSION - - -
  - 11:30
    Associate Member States: possible measures in the event of contribution arrears 25m
    
    CERN/FC/6886/RA CERN/3895/C
    
    English
    
    French
    
    Slides
  - 11:55
    The financial contribution of Ukraine to CERN for 2025 10m
    
    CERN/FC/6887/RA CERN/3896/C
    
    English
    
    French
    
    Slides
- 12:05 → 13:35
  
  - - - LUNCH - - - 1h 30m
- 13:35 → 16:00
  - - - NORMAL SESSION - - -
  - 13:35
    Status of accelerators and experiments 50m
    
    Slides - SPC Chair
    
    Status of the accelerator complex and upgrades (Dr M. Meddahi - Oral) 25m
    
    Slides
    
    Status of the experiments and computing (Prof. J. Mnich) 25m
    
    Slides
  - 14:25
    Relations with industrial stakeholders 45m
    
    Update from the ILO Forum (Dr J. Visser - Oral) 10m
    
    Slides
    
    Report on knowledge transfer in 2024 (Dr G. Anelli - Oral) 15m
    
    Report on Knowledge Transfer in 2024
    
    Slides
    
    Report on procurement activities in 2024 (Ms C. Lara) 20m
    
    CERN/FC/6888/RA
    
    English
    
    French
    
    Slides
  - 15:10
    New contract adjudications (Mr C. Hartley) 35m
    
    Slides
    
    Proposal for the award of a blanket purchase contract for the supply of integrated, cabled power converters 2m
    
    CERN/FC/6889/RA
    
    English
    
    French
    
    Proposal to negotiate a collaboration agreement for the characterisation of HTS REBCO tape 2m
    
    CERN/FC/6890/RA
    
    English
    
    French
    
    Proposal to negotiate an extension of an existing contract for the provision of licences, maintenance and support for mathematical computing software 2m
    
    CERN/FC/6891/RA
    
    English
    
    French
    
    Proposal for the award of two blanket purchase contracts for the supply of desktops, laptops, monitors and accessories through punch-out catalogues 2m
    
    CERN/FC/6892/RA
    
    English
    
    French
    
    Proposal for the award of a contract for the maintenance and operation of cooling and ventilation systems on the CERN site 2m
    
    CERN/FC/6893/RA
    
    English
    
    French
    
    Proposal for the award of a contract for the civil engineering work required for the construction of a new 66/18 kV electrical substation at LHC Point 5 in Cessy (France) 2m
    
    CERN/FC/6894/RA
    
    English
    
    French
    
    Proposal to negotiate an extension of an existing contract for the provision of civil engineering consultancy services for site investigations for the Future Circular Collider study at CERN 2m
    
    CERN/FC/6895/RA
    
    English
    
    French
    
    Proposal for the award of two contracts for painting, plastering, false-ceiling and floor-covering services on the CERN site 2m
    
    CERN/FC/6896/RA
    
    English
    
    French
    
    Proposal for the award of a contract for decontamination work on the CERN site 2m
    
    CERN/FC/6897/RA
    
    English
    
    French
    
    Proposal for the award of a contract for metal carpentry, metalwork, metal joinery, roofing and cladding work on the CERN site 2m
    
    CERN/FC/6898/RA
    
    English
    
    French
  - 15:45
    
    Confirmation of the access status of the documents on the agenda 2m
  - 15:55
    
    Other business 5m