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Scientific Procurement

Plain-language definitions of every Scientific Procurement term that shows up in government tender work.


Scientific Procurement

CERN eProcurement Portal

CERN's mandatory online platform at procurement.cern.ch where registered suppliers receive tender invitations, submit bids, and manage orders for the laboratory's CHF 1.3-1.5 billion annual procurement programme.

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CERN Industrial Returns

The tracked ratio of contract value awarded to each CERN member state relative to that country's financial contribution, used to maintain approximate proportionality across CERN's CHF 1.3-1.5 billion annual procurement.

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CERN Member State Procurement Allocation

The framework by which CERN distributes contract value among its 24 member and associated member states in approximate proportion to each country's budget contribution, reserving 92 percent of direct contracts for member state suppliers.

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CERN Procurement Codes

CERN's internal classification system that categorises the goods and services it purchases, used to route tender invitations to correctly categorised registered suppliers on the CERN eProcurement Portal.

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Scientific ProcurementFCC

Future Circular Collider (FCC)

CERN's proposed next-generation particle accelerator, a 91-kilometre circular tunnel that would succeed the LHC and drive a new multi-decade procurement programme for advanced accelerator, magnet, and infrastructure components.

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Scientific ProcurementHL-LHC

High-Luminosity LHC (HL-LHC)

CERN's major upgrade programme for the Large Hadron Collider, driving a decade-long procurement wave for advanced superconducting magnets, cryogenics, and precision accelerator components through the mid-2030s.

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Scientific ProcurementHL-LHC

High-Luminosity LHC (HL-LHC)

CERN's major upgrade of the Large Hadron Collider, targeted for the late 2020s, that will increase collision rates by a factor of five to ten and is driving a sustained multi-year procurement programme for advanced accelerator components.

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Juste Retour (Industrial Return Policy)

The CERN principle that ties contract volumes awarded to a member state roughly to its share of the organisation's annual budget contribution, creating a quasi-guaranteed allocation across 24 member states.

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Scientific ProcurementLHC

Large Hadron Collider (LHC) Procurement

The specialised procurement programme run by CERN to source particle accelerator components, cryogenic systems, and engineering services for the Large Hadron Collider and its major upgrade programmes.

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Scientific ProcurementLHC

Large Hadron Collider (LHC) Procurement

The specialised procurement programme through which CERN sources the engineered components, superconducting magnets, cryogenics, and services required to operate and upgrade the world's largest particle accelerator.

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Particle Accelerator Components

The specialised engineered parts, including superconducting magnets, radiofrequency cavities, vacuum systems, and beam diagnostics, that CERN and other accelerator laboratories procure to build and operate particle colliders.

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Scientific Equipment Procurement

The specialised purchasing of research instruments, laboratory apparatus, and highly engineered components by international scientific organisations such as CERN, ESA, and ESO, governed by technical specifications that differ substantially from standard commercial procurement.

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