Procurement

Construction work, furniture & interior fittings and rent & leases, regardless of the amount, must be processed through the procurement office Real Estate Management department in the Public Real Estate Management department.

Services for operation and maintenance of buildings, regardless of the amount, must be processed through the procurement office Facility Management department.

Supply media, regardless of amount, must be processed through the procurement office Engineering and Systems department.

ICT goods and services from CHF 10,000 must be processed through the procurement office IT Services department, contract management and purchasing. Please use the procurement request on ETHIS for this.

Other goods and services include:

- Scientific goods and services
- Office supplies
- Laboratory supplies
- Raw materials
- Finished and semi-finished products
- Travel and business expenses
- any other

Procurements from CHF 10,000 must be processed through the procurement office Procurement and Export Services. The procurement request on ETHIS must be used for this.

For procurements from CHF 150,000, processing via the ETHIS procurement request can only take place if the corresponding award procedure has been carried out in advance, in cooperation with the purchasing coordination. More here.

Procurements of less than CHF 10'000 (excl. goods and services categories of the Real Estate, Facility Services, and Engineering and Systems departments) can be made under the sole responsibility of the unit requiring them, in compliance with the signing authorizations pursuant to the Financial Regulations, Art. 25ff. We recommend placing orders in writing (e.g. by means of the procurement request on ETHIS).

Wherever possible, procurement (purchases/loans) should be arranged through internal goods and services suppliers or ETH partner firms: 

• Laboratory material (ETHIS Beschaffungsplattform)
• Office material (ETHIS Beschaffungsplattform)
• Software
• Printed materials
• Catering
• external page Merchandise
• Workshops
• Postal services
• Information media
• Travel services

You'll find further information in the document protected page Procurement at ETH: what, where and how to procure

For purchasing from external suppliers, please refer first to the supplier conditions for ETH and members of KoBe ETH+