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[John Parsons <parsons AT nevis.columbia.edu>]

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Subject: 	[Usatlas-hllhc-l2l3ics-l] ***CD-3a approved today; CD-2/3 
review date***
Date:   Fri, 11 Oct 2019 19:54:09 +0000
From:   Kotcher, Jonathan <kotcher AT bnl.gov>
To: 	usatlas-hllhc-l2l3ics-l AT lists.bnl.gov 
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All –

  * To bring everyone up to date, *the project’s CD-3a request for long
    lead procurements for the silicon strips and global mechanics
    projects was approved by the DOE Energy Systems Acquisition Advisory
    Board (ESAAB) this afternoon.*  This allows us to keep pace with
    international ITk production needs as the full suite of DOE designs
    advance sufficiently to support a baseline.  This authorization is a
    major step forward – we offer our congratulations to all involved.
    As a reminder, there should be no commitment of these funds without
    explicit approval from the PO.  We should all be keeping abreast of
    the status of the CD-3a procurements during our regular ~ weekly
    discussions.
  * After discussions within the PO and with the DOE L2 Managers and
    Deputies, and their consultation in turn with many of you, *we have
    set the date for a combined DOE CD-2/3 review for the week of
    December 7, 2020 at BNL.  Please mark your calendars.*   The DOE/OPA
    calendar, and our own, fill up very quickly, and they are taking
    stock early in order to accommodate what the various science
    projects will need during the coming year.  These reviews are
    generally held on Tuesday through Thursday –this can vary on
    occasion, so for now we ask that you block off the whole week.  The
    DOE review will be preceded by a Director’s Review to be held no
    later than early October, though we’ve not settled on a date for
    this just yet.  We will develop and distribute a task list/timeline
    for getting to CD-2/3 over the next few weeks.
    Combined 2/3 approval -- establishing a performance baseline (CD-2)
    and approving the start of construction/execution (construction
    readiness – CD-3) – is a fairly high bar.  It assumes not only that
    a sufficiently detailed and verifiably stable plan is in place, but
    also that procurement/production readiness can be clearly
    demonstrated.  The preparations over the coming months will focus on
    preparing this full package.  Working with our ATLAS colleagues to
    catalyze design convergence and technical decision-making will be
    essential elements of all of our roles moving forward.
Our congratulations once again on so successfully navigating DOE IPR and 
CD-3a and the NSF FDR reviews this past summer.  We look forward to 
putting together the case for this next phase, both within the US and 
with our ATLAS counterparts over the coming months.  The very strong 
project-wide showing we are making at all of these reviews, on both the 
DOE and NSF sides, is standing us in very good stead.

Best regards –

Jon, Gustaaf, Hal, Mike, George, Penka

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