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If you have questions on purchasing please contact the Purchasing unit at upphandling@slu.se
As a public authority SLU is obliged to comply with the law on public procurement, LOU. Purchases at SLU shall be coordinated on the basis of utility, cost awareness, business ethics and environmental considerations.
SLU procures goods and services for approximately SEK 1.7 billion annually. The central purchasing unit is responsible for signing framework agreements for the entire SLU and for carrying out major procurements. We also have an advisory function and provide information and training for SLU's employees.
SLU makes purchases in many different areas, such as instruments, chemicals and laboratory products, machines, analytical equipment, supplies and services of various kinds.
List of procurements currently announced by SLU (in Swedish only)
SLU has a Purchasing plan for planned procurements over the next two years.
The goal of the purchasing plan is to create predictability. The predictability facilitates the distribution of resources in the Purchasing unit and increases the understanding of the time-consuming procurement process.
All companies and organizations are welcome to submit tenders for our advertised tenders. We treat every tender equally, regardless of whether the tenderer has been a former supplier to SLU or is submitting a tender for the first time. One of the main purposes of public procurement is to promote competition.
In order to become a supplier to SLU, you must participate in the tender procedure and be awarded a contract in the procurement. In order to participate and submit tenders, it is important to keep track of the procurements advertised. Please see our current advertisements above.
Below you will find some practical tips that may be worth considering before submitting a tender.
According to a government regulation, SLU, as a government authority, has to make orders electronically. This will lead to purchases with lower prices, ), streamlining of internal purchasing processes, and increased quality, contract loyalty and service.
SLU uses the e-commerce system Proceedo from Visma Commerce. The entire purchasing process is electronic, from order to registration of delivery and invoice processing. For contracted suppliers information about agreements, products and prices is available in the system. When a purchase is registered, a purchase order is created that is approved and posted directly to the supplier. When the product/service is delivered, a delivery receipt is registered in the system, and when the invoice arrives, it will be matched automatically against purchase orders and delivery receipts. Thus, if everything is in agreement, the invoice can proceed directly to payment.
Handling of invoices is described under Sending invoices to SLU on the web page SLU:s company information
Contracted suppliers can be connected to the system in different ways:
The order is sent to the supplier either by e-mail to the agreed address, or directly into the supplier's ordering system (if integrated).
When tenders have been submitted via the TendSign procurement system, any questions regarding the current procurement are raised in TendSign.
For other questions about purchasing, you are welcome to contact us, see contact information below.
If you have questions on purchasing please contact the Purchasing unit at upphandling@slu.se