The main responsibility of the Contracts & Procurement Department is to perform price inquiries, preliminary inquiries, calls for tenders, assess the offers and tenders received for their commercial adequacy, coordinate the Contracts Award Committee, place and follow-up the purchase orders and contracts in conformity with the ESO policy.

For information or questions, please contact cp@eso.org.

General Information

An Overview of the ESO Procurement Process

Industrial Liaison Officers Contact Details

The following documents govern the ESO procurement activities:

• General Conditions of Purchase Orders, Munich, May 2007
• General Conditions Governing Invitations to Tender and Tenders, Munich, May 2007
• General Conditions of ESO Contracts:
  • Version applicable as from 1 October 2011
    
  • Previous versions: Munich, December 2009
  •                                    Munich, May 2007
• Conditions Governing Calls for Proposals and Contracts for the VLT Instrumentation, Munich, December 2009
  
  • Annex 1: General Conditions Governing Invitations to Tender and Tenders, Munich, May 2007
  • Annex 2: General Conditions of ESO Contracts, Munich, December 2009
  • Annex 3: Copy of the Protocol on the Privileges and Immunities of ESO
  • Annex 4: Policy for Guaranteed Time Observations (GTO)

Advance Information on forthcoming Calls for Tenders/Preliminary Inquiries exceeding 150'000 EUR

• Calls for Tenders / Preliminary Inquiries announced but not yet issued;
  This document lists all calls for tenders expected to exceed 150'000 EUR and/or, when applicable, the preceding Preliminary Inquiries which are scheduled to be issued to companies from the ESO Member States and other selected countries as indicated.
  
• Calls for Tenders / Preliminary Inquiries issued from previous Advance Information on forthcoming Calls for Tenders/Preliminary Inquiries (one year reference period).