Procurement

Open calls and Invitations to Tender for contracts involving ESS projects are listed here. We offer open and fair competition in all our procurement activities.

The ESS has developed mechanisms to ensure that the highest level of integrity is respected in all of its activities, including Procurement.

The ESS ERIC General Conditions of Purchase document is available to download:

European Social Survey ERIC General Conditions of Purchase | pdf, 212.41 KB

Services and goods for the official use of the ESS ERIC may be subject to VAT zero rating and a relevant Certificate will be issued by the ESS ERIC Director.

Notice to suppliers

Update of the address of the ESS ERIC Headquarters (HQ)

Following a merger between City, University of London and St George’s, University of London, the address of ESS ERIC Headquarters (HQ) has been changed.

ESS ERIC
c/o ESS ERIC HQ, City St George’s, University of London
Northampton Square
London EC1V 0HB
United Kingdom

Calls

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Submission of calls

Calls should be submitted to:
[email protected]

CST Members – Call for Proposals: Analysis and Training

A Call for Proposals has been published by the European Social Survey European Research Infrastructure Consortium (ESS ERIC) for an institution to provide survey analysis and training expertise as part of the Core Scientific Team in the Work Programme 2025-29.

closed

CST Members – Call for Proposals: Impact

A Call for Proposals has been published by the European Social Survey European Research Infrastructure Consortium (ESS ERIC) for an institution to monitor and seek to improve the impact of the ESS as part of the Core Scientific Team in the Work Programme 2025-29.

closed

CST Members – Call for Proposals: Nonresponse

A Call for Proposals has been published by the European Social Survey European Research Infrastructure Consortium (ESS ERIC) for an institution to provide nonresponse methodological expertise as part of the Core Scientific Team in the Work Programme 2025-29.

closed

ESS Round 10 fieldwork

An Invitation to Tender (ITT) for European Social Survey (ESS) Round 10 fieldwork in Slovakia was launched in the OJEU on 27 October 2020. It closed on 30 November 2020. The contract was awarded to Go4insight s.r.o. and ACRC s.r.o, Slovakia.

closed

Invitation to Tender (ITT)

Electronic Questionnaire Device

An Invitation to Tender (ITT) for the development of an Electronic Questionnaire Device was issued by the European Social Survey ERIC on 1 July 2020 and published in the OJEU. The call closed on 5 August 2020. Contract awarded to NatCen Social Research, UK.

closed

Invitation to Tender (ITT)

ESS Round 10 Omnibus Testing

An Invitation to Tender (ITT) for European Social Survey (ESS) Round 10 Omnibus Testing was launched on 14 December 2018. The call closed on 21 January 2019. Contract awarded to Ipsos MORI UK Ltd.

closed

Invitation to Tender (ITT)

ESS Round 9 fieldwork

An Invitation to Tender (ITT) for European Social Survey (ESS) Round 9 fieldwork in Austria was launched on 21 May 2018. The call closed on 20 June 2018. Contract awarded to IFES – Institut für Empirische Sozialforschung GmbH, Austria.

closed

Invitation to Tender (ITT)

Methodology to Measure Media Context

An Invitation to Tender (ITT) for the Development of a Methodology to Mesaure Media Context in the European Social Survey (ESS) was published in the OJEU in October 2017. The call closed on 2 November 2017. Contract awarded to GESIS - Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences, Germany.

closed

Invitation to Tender (ITT)

Call for Chair – Sampling & Weighting Expert Panel

An Invitation to Tender (ITT) for the Chair of the European Social Survey ERIC Sampling and Weighting Expert Panel was published in the OJEU in February 2017. The call closed on 23 March 2017. Contract awarded to University of Essex, UK.

closed

Invitation to Tender (ITT)

ESS SUSTAINABILITY - "ESS SUSTAIN"

ESS SUSTAINABILITY - "ESS SUSTAIN" (Horizon 2020, Grant Agreement 676166) - European Social Survey (ESS) Impact Study. An open Invitation To Tender (ITT) was launched on 1 May 2016 and published in the Official Journal of the European Union (OJEU). The call closed on 7 June 2016. Contract awarded to Technopolis Group, UK.

closed

Invitation to Tender (ITT)