For all contract types: once a draft of the MS documents is agreed with the Technical Officer, send the draft MS documents by email, together with the list of firms and the start-up meeting report, to the technical auditing.

Warning: For the Accelerators sector, EN/ACE is in charge of the circulation and will chair the simplified technical auditing process. The detailed circulation process can be found here: https://edms.cern.ch/ui/file/1460860/1.1/Technical_auditing_phase.pdf 

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The technical auditing committee will be composed of the Technical Officer, his or her management including the DH, HSE, an external technical expert with proven competence in the field as well as any other representative, as necessary. 

For the start-up meeting, prepare a few slides describing briefly the scope of supply, project requirements as well as the risks identified.

Update the MS technical documents taking into consideration the comments received during the technical auditing procedure and send the final documents to the Procurement Officer as well as EN/ACE team, where applicable.

Dispatch the MS, notify ILOs as well as technical managers.

Tips: The publication process usually takes two to four working days.