Exporting movies from FCP to go into Avid

I've just been told that the guy making the actual DVD of my current programme is using Avid - so I need to export my finished movies in the best format for him to import.
Which format should I choose for maximum quality and minimum hassle at his end?
Tom

No this is just a miniDV project - Corporate website thing.
Obviously I want to give him the highest spec possible (the clips are edited and finished, just need putting into the dvd and web version).
I'm assuming Export > Quicktime Movie is the best quality, but this makes a file called Final Cut Pro Movie, with the FCP icon and with no .mov on the end.
I'm fairly sure that other systems can't read these. (They are what I use when I'm making DVDs myself, however).
I can use Quicktime with Conversion of course, where I think MPEG-4 is the best available, but he now tells me he wants Quicktime files.
Now. If I open a 339.4 MB Final Cut Pro Movie in Quicktime, then Save As a Quicktime, it makes a 'proper' Quicktime movie, with the correct icon and .mov on the end - but the file is now only 12 KB, so obviously it's been compressed.
I need to send him QT movies at the best res, that he can open on an Avid.
Tom

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