Scheme details
Categories: Business support
Business stage: Start-up, Trading business
resource.category.help-with.label: Markets
Key contact: Allanah Bayliss
Telephone: (0)1793 442056
Contact email: allanah.bayliss@stfc.ac.uk
Page last updated: 22 August 2023
There are opportunities for UK companies to supply products and services to the international science facilities in which the UK is a member. These include CERN, ESO, ILL, ESRF, ESS, FAIR and the SKA.
Contract opportunities at these facilities exist in a wide range of sectors and across all technology levels; from civil engineering through to precision mechanical engineered parts. The Science and Technology Facilities Council helps businesses to access contracts from the large international science facilities that they fund on behalf of the UK.
Support available
The Business Opportunities team provide free assistance to help UK companies win contracts. They provide:
- Advanced notice of upcoming tenders from international science facilities
- Support and advice on the tenders processes for our international facilities
- Targeted events to link you with facility procurement specialists