Doing business with the ILL
Business Opportunities
For any inquiry concerning the upcoming call for tenders, please contact the Purchasing department : tenders@ill.fr
To access the ILL's suppliers' portal : https://ebidding.ill.fr/oxalink/index.php
Upcoming call for tenders
| Sector | Purchase | Estimated semester of consultation | Desired delivery date |
| Building and site maintenance | Photovoltaic solar panels (excluding preparatory work) | First semester 2025 | 2025 |
| IT | Servers and server equipment | Second semester 2025 | 2025 |
| Science | Fermi chopper for the instrument PANTHER | Second semester 2025 | 2026 |
| IT | Science Building data centre network redundancy (optical fibre cabling) | Second semester 2025 | First semester 2026 |
| IT | New IT security layer project | Second semester 2025 | First semester 2026 |
| IT | Diesel generator for the Science Building data centre | Second semester 2025 | First semester 2026 |
| Administration | Travel agency services | Second semester 2025 | 2025 |
| Reactor | New sensor holder tooling for inclined beam tubes | First semester 2025 | Second semester 2025 |
| Reactor | Whole body contamination monitor | Second semester 2025 | First semester 2026 |
| IT | Firewalling | Second semester 2025 | Second semester 2025 |
| Communication | Impact study of ILL following external pre-studies carried out in 2024 | First semester 2025 | Second semester 2025 |
Procurement strategy
General procurement principles
The ILL purchases equipment and services in compliance with its procurement rules.
ILL’s procurement procedures are selective and its invitations to tender and price enquiry documents are designed to guarantee fair competition.
Contracts and orders will be awarded to the firm whose bid meets the technical, financial and delivery requirements and represents the best value for money.
Quality requirements
ILL complies with French nuclear regulations and applies specific purchasing rules for safety-related equipment or services.
These rules include quality specifications and controls. They require that the supplier possess good knowledge of quality systems such as the ISO Quality Assurance Standard 9001.
Mission & responsibilities
It is the Purchasing Service's main mission to manage the ILL's business with its suppliers, ensuring that its contracts and purchasing procedures guarantee both quality and overall compliance.
Regulatory framework
French regulations
Contractors working for the ILL must comply with French regulations for all on-site and civil engineering work. This includes
- Electrical certifications
- The provisions of the French "Code civile"
Nuclear regulations
Arrêté de sureté 2012 (in French)
Radiological work permits
Arrêté du 27 novembre 2013 relatif aux entreprises intervenant au sein d'établissements exerçant des activités nucléaires et des entreprises de travail temporaire concernées par ces activités (in French)
Suppliers with personnel working on the ILL site may need to be certified by CEFRI or QUALIANOR.
Purchasing Rules
Purchasing Process (EN) 
Purchasing policy (EN)
Procurement statistics
Case studies
CADINOX
"Thanks to the experience achieved in 2010 with ILL on the IN16B vacuum chamber, we are now participating in other challenging projects, such as the construction of the PANTHER helium vessel with high internal precision requirements, or the WASP helium chamber with high-precision machining."
IN16B ALUMINIUM VACUUM CHAMBER | PANTHER VACUUM CHAMBER | WASP HELIUM VESSEL |
Dimensions: 5,5 L x 3,7 W x 4 H / Vacuum: 1 x 10-3 mbar | Material: Aluminium AW-5083 | Material: Aluminium AW-5083 |
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DANFYSIK
"We are pleased to have the ILL as one of our valued customers; our expertise in power supplies has enabled us to deliver a robust product that will serve the ILL for many more years of research."
 | Electrical power supplies for the WASP precession coils and inner compensation coils Danfysik is proud to have been selected as the ILL's partner in the design and manufacturing of power supplies for the WASP main coils. Our well-proven switch mode power supply Model 859 was considered to be the best solution, since the precession coil required a massive 800A/500V 50ppm long-term-stability power supply, and the inner compensation coils required 480A/170V. |
SwissNeutronics
In 2017 SwissNeutronics was awarded the contract to produce neutron guides for the refurbishment of the ILL H1-H2 guide system (in-pile “Pink Carter“ and swimming pool sections). The high-precision interface features are directly machined into the neutron guides, mading guide installation and alignment easier. The parallel guide units at the departure of the guide system were combined with precision to enable accurate alignment within a constrained environment. The figure below shows the two triple guide units for the in-pile section of the H1-H2 guide system (one system mirrored in the other).
Contacts
ILL's Industrial Liaison Officers
Administration division contacts
Finance Service
If you need to reach us from a bank or an state administration, please use : invoice[at]ill.fr or comptafournisseur[at]ill.fr.
Alternatively:
1 - Please send us your invoices, either in paper format, or by email (pdf invoice) at the following address: invoice[at]ill.fr
Please note that invoices sent to any other ILL email address will not be processed.
Your email must respect the following rules
- The subject of the email must contain the ILL order n° to which the invoice relates (which you will find on your purchase order).
- The body of the email to which the invoice is attached must NOT contain any text, as this will invalidate the attached invoice. This is a fully automated mailbox which does not send out replies.
3- Overdue payment reminders relating to any of your invoices can be sent to the following address: comptafournisseur[at]ill.fr
Purchasing Service
The Purchasing Department activities include Purchasing, Contracts, Transport and Customs.
Buyers can be reached on the usual phone numbers or by email via tenders[at]ill.fr.