Finance Committee - Four-Hundredth Meeting

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

503/1-001 - Council Chamber

CERN

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    • - - - NORMAL SESSION - - -
      • 1
        Adoption of the agenda
      • 2
        Approval of the draft minutes of
        • a) the three-hundred-and-ninety-eighth meeting
        • b) the three-hundred-and-ninety-ninth meeting
      • 3
        Matters arising from the previous meeting
      • 4
        Briefing by the President of Council (Oral)
      • 5
        Financial and budgetary matters
        • a) Status of payment of the contributions by the Member and Associate Member States and Status of 2025 budget and actual expenses (Mr R. Bello)
        • b) The Cost-Variation Index for 2026 (Dr F. Sonnemann)
        • c) Final budget of the Organization for the seventy-second financial year 2026 (Dr F. Sonnemann)
      • 6
        Audit Committee (AC)
        • a) Report on the AC meeting held on 18 and 19 November 2025 (Professor J. Schieck - Oral)
        • b) Questions from the Finance Committee to the Audit Committee
      • 7
        Tripartite Employment Conditions Forum (TREF) - Report on the meeting held on 13 November 2025 (Ms S. Verth - Oral)
      • 8
        Revision of the Staff Rules and Regulations in the context of the reform of internal justice (Ms K. Hewitt)
      • 10:50
        Coffee break
      • 9
        Pension Fund matters
        • a) Report by the Chair of the Pension Fund Governing Board (Dr F. Buzatu)
        • b) Investment performance report and other Pension Fund activities (Mr D. Heron)
      • 10
        CERN’s main objectives for 2021-2025: achievement report (Directorate)
      • 11
        Council Working Group on the Rights and Obligations of the CERN Council Office-Holders (Dr J.-M. Favre)
        • a) Status report on the implementation of the recommendations made by the Council Working Group on the Rights and Obligations of the CERN Council Office-Holders
        • b) CERN Pension Fund: Amendment to Article I 2.05 of the Rules of the CERN Pension Fund
    • - - - CLOSED SESSION - - -
      • 12
        Approval of the draft minutes of the three-hundred-and-ninety-ninth meeting - Closed session
      • 13
        Update of the Associate Member State contribution arrears (Ms C. Warakaulle)
    • 12:50
      Lunch
    • - - - NORMAL SESSION - - -
      • 14
        CERN and Host State tripartite collaboration for the FCC studies (Mr R. Bello - Oral)
      • 15
        Status of accelerators and experiments
        • a) Status of the accelerator complex and upgrades (Dr M. Lamont)
        • b) Status of the experiments and computing (Prof. J. Mnich)
      • 16
        Minor modification to the strategy and framework applicable to knowledge transfer by CERN for the benefit of medical applications (Mr C. Hartley)
      • 15:20
        Tea break
      • 17
        New contract adjudications (Mr C. Hartley)
        • a) Proposal to negotiate two contracts, without competitive tendering, for the overhaul of 28 helium screw compressors
        • b) Proposal for the award of a contract for the supply of 15 solid yokes for dipole magnets
        • c) Proposal for the award of a contract for the supply of a 60-wire planetary cabling machine
        • d) Proposal to negotiate a collaboration agreement with KFE for the development of Nb3Sn superconducting wire for the High-Field Magnet R&D programme
        • e) Proposal for the award of a contract for the supply of 20 waveguide junction circulators and 20 ferrite loads
        • f) Proposal for the award of a contract for the supply of three containerised diesel generator sets
        • g) Proposal for the award of a blanket purchase contract for the supply and maintenance of modular low-power uninterruptible power supply units in the range of 20 kVA to 200 kVA
        • h) Proposal for the award of two blanket purchase contracts for the supply of cooling systems on the CERN site and one supply contract for the replacement and upgrade of cooling plants
        • i) Proposal for the award of a blanket purchase contract for the supply of 3D stainless steel forged blanks for ultra-high vacuum applications
        • j) Proposal for the award of a contract for the provision of cleaning services on the French part of the CERN site
        • k) 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
        • l) Proposal for the award of a contract for the provision of wooden joinery services on the CERN site
        • m) Proposal for the award of a contract for the supply of electricity to CERN
        • n) Proposal for the award of a contract for the provision of occupational medicine services on the CERN site
        • o) Proposal for the award of a blanket purchase contract for the supply and installation of audiovisual equipment in CERN conference rooms
        • p) Proposal for the negotiation of an amendment of an existing contract, without competitive tendering, for the supply, maintenance and support of high-performance network firewalls
        • q) Proposal to negotiate an extension of an existing contract for the provision of licences, maintenance and support for engineering simulation software tools
      • 18
        Timetable for Council Sessions and committee meetings in 2027
      • 19
        Confirmation of the access status of the documents on the agenda
      • 20
        Other business