1. TowerJazz : 18 July 2017 Charles Carayon (Procurement Officer)
Introduction to procurement at CERN　
TowerJazz : 18 July 2017
Charles Carayon (Procurement Officer)

3. Who are we? 22 Member States
Enrique Blanco, CERN
17-Feb-2010
Who are we? 　　
CERN: Conseil Européen pour la Recherche Nucléaire World largest Particle Physics Laboratory founded in 1954 by 12 European Countries as Science for Peace Initiative
22 Member States
Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Italia, Israel, Hungary, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, UK
3 Associates in Pre-stage of
Membership
Serbia, Cyprus, Slovenia
5 Associate Members
Pakistan, Turkey, Ukraine, India, Lithuania
Observers
India, Japan, Russia, USA; EU and UNESCO
Yearly Budget: ~1.1 BCHF. Every member contributes in proportion to its GDP

4. Approved and Recognized experiments
Approved experiments i.e. LHC experiments:
ALICE: 37 countries, 154 Institutes involving over 1500 scientists;
ATLAS: 38 countries, 180 institutes involving 5000 scientists;
CMS: 46 countries, 201 institutes involving over 3500 scientists;
LHCb: 16 countries, 69 institutes involving 770 scientists.
Recognised experiments i.e. experiments which complement CERN's scientific programme, typically in astrophysics or non-accelerator experiments:
AMS: Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer for Extraterrestrial Study of Antimatter, Matter and Missing Matter on the International Space Station…
users, 70 countries, 120 different nationalities – half of the world’s particle physicists – come to CERN for their research.

5. Accelerators and Technology Section
Anders UNNERVIK
Anders Unnervik
Lisa Bellini-Devictor
Fatima NAJEH
Cristina Lara
Accelerators and Technology Section
Admin & General Infrastructure Section
Information Technology and Purchase Orders Section, MICE, Stores
Research and Industrial Services Section
Purchases of supplies exceeding 200 kCHF for the Accelerators and Technology Sector
Purchases of supplies exceeding 200 kCHF for the Admin. and General Infrastructure Sector and the CERN Pension Fund, insurance and civil engineering contracts
Procurement of Contracts for Research exceeding 50kCHF (except gré à gré),
services exceeding 200kCHF,
EU-funded Projects
Purchases and price enquiries for supplies below 200kCHF (below 50kCHF and gré à gré for Research), Purchases for stores, Contracts for computing, hotels and conferences
Bjorn Jenssen
Ivo Lobmaier
Floris Bonthond
Jerome PIERLOT
Charles CARAYON
Laszlo Abel
Sebastien SONNERAT
Christophe VEYS
Stephanie BLANCHARD
Sandra BENOIT-GODET
Alexandre TABARY
Marine Gabrielle ROUSSET
Adam Horridge
Orane CANTONI
Gaelle Breuillaud
Dana Svanidze
Sandrine Magnan
Hiba GERSTER
Adrien FRAUENFELDER
Chafik EL GHAZOUANI
Nordine Azizi
Dominique Trolliet
Arielle Gaidon
Yannick TENDON
Pascal DROUX

6. Legal framework
CERN, an Intergovernmental Organization, was established in July 1953, by the “Convention for the establishment of a European Organization for Nuclear Research”.　
As an Intergovernmental Organization, CERN is not a legal entity under national law but governed by public international law.
CERN benefits from immunity from national jurisdiction and execution. Thus, legal disputes between CERN and its suppliers are not submitted to national courts but solved via international arbitration.
CERN is thus entitled to establish its own internal rules necessary for its proper functioning, such as the rules under which it purchases equipment and services.

7. Objectives of CERN procurement rules
to guarantee that contracts fulfil all the technical, financial and delivery requirements ;
to keep overall costs for CERN as low as possible ;
to achieve balanced industrial return for the Member States by setting out appropriate procedures including, but not limited to, alignment, splitting or limited tendering.
Note: the extent of application of CERN Procurement rules depends on the involvement of CERN funds.

8. CERN contribution >750kCHF : CERN Finance Committee approval is required (potentially +12 weeks)

9. Recurrent supplies – CERN Budget
What do we buy?　
Recurrent supplies – CERN Budget　

10. 2016 commitments - Experiments
Country of origin
Grand Total (rounded kCHF)
United Kingdom
7 243
Italy
6 511
Germany
6 432
France
4 351
Switzerland
4 119
Poland
2 385
Netherlands
2 093
Austria
811
Spain
793
Norway
718
Israel
653
Belgium
550
Sweden
539
Denmark
373
Slovakia
276
Czech Republic
273
Hungary
194
Finland
153
Greece
145
Bulgaria
132
Romania 24
Portugal 23
Turkey 5
Cyprus
Pakistan
Serbia
Other
16 387
Total
55 185

11. Supplies in Israel – 2015 (CERN budget + experiments)

12. Suppliers with the highest turnover in 2016 (origin IL)

13. Business opportunities
All opportunities >200kCHF are published: +
STREAM / ATLAS:
ALPIDE ….

14. Thank you !