Doing business with ESS
ESS welcomes new suppliers who can offer products and services at competitive prices. This page serves as an overview of the entry points to ESS, providing guidance on how companies can become suppliers to ESS.
How to become an ESS business partner
Companies interested in ESS business opportunities can register a business profile in the ESS Supplier Portal to enable matching of potential suppliers with ongoing procurements. The Supplier Portal is an electronic tendering system used to publish tenders and relevant documentation and to receive submitted bids for ongoing procurements.
Current and forthcoming business opportunities at ESS are posted in the Procurement Listings.
Completed tenders are published quarterly in the Contract Award Notices.
All procurement follows the European Spallation Source ERIC Procurement Rules, which align with the EU treaty principles of transparency, non-discrimination and competition.
Supplier guidelines are available to suppliers and potential suppliers to ESS to advise on the procurement process.
Please contact ESS Procurement for further support.
ILO Network
Companies are encouraged to contact their country’s Industrial Liaison Officer (ILO), listed below. The ESS ILO network representatives are located in the respective ESS Partner Country. They have first-hand knowledge of business and collaboration opportunities at ESS.
ILO Contacts
- Czech Republic
Jiri Janosec
Technology Centre Prague
Phone: +420 234 006 136
Email: janosec@tc.cz
- Denmark
Jonas Okkels Birk
Senior Specialist, Big Science
Danish Technology Institute (DTI)
Phone: +45 72 20 28 68
Email: jobo@teknologisk.dk
- Estonia
Ott Rebane
University of Tartu, Institute of Physics
Phone +37 256 299 145
Email: ott.rebane@ut.ee
- France
Dr Grégory Chaboussant
Department of Large-Scale Research Infrastructures
Directorate for General Research and Innovation
Ministry of Higher Education, Research and Innovation (MESRI)
Phone : +33 6 14 66 44 08
Email: gregory.chaboussant@recherche.gouv.fr
- Germany
Dr. Ghaleb Natour
Central Institute of Engineering, Electronics and Analytics
Forschungszentrum Jülich
Phone: +49 2461 61-5045
Email: g.natour@fz-juelich.de
- Hungary
Prof. Dr. Gábor Veres
Department Head, Fusion Technology Department
Phone: +36 1 392 2758
Email: veres.gabor@ek-cer.hu
- Italy
Mauro Morandin
INFN Padova
Phone: +39 320 923-2325
Email: ilo@pd.infn.it
Secretariat:
Cristina Miletti
Phone: +39 049 967-7080
email: ilo@pd.infn.it
- Norway
Ole Petter Nordahl
Norwegian Technology Group
Phone: +47 95223373
Email: opn@technologygroup.no
- Poland
Jacek Swierblewski
The Henryk Niewodniczanski Institute of Nuclear Physics - Polish Academy of Science
Division of Scientific Equipment and Infrastructure Construction
Phone: +48 12 6628463
Email: jacek.swierblewski@ifj.edu.pl or ilo-ess@ifj.edu.pl
- Spain
Javier Echávarri
CDTI - Centre for the Development of Industrial Technology
Phone: +34 91 581 0491 / 55 00
Email: javier.echavarri@cdti.es
- Sweden
Mike Olsson, PhD
Business developer & Project leader, Big Science Sweden
Phone: +46 708 309 795
Email: mike.olsson@bigsciencesweden.se or ilo@bigsciencesweden.se
- Switzerland
Michel Hübner
Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Phone: +41 21 693 34 91
Email: michel.hubner@epfl.ch
- United Kingdom
Carol Watts
STFC – Science & Technology Facilities Council
Phone: +44 7808 878 214
Email: carol.watts@stfc.ukri.org or tenderopportunities@stfc.ukri.org