Operations

What We're Buying

In fiscal year 2012, Argonne procured nearly $100 million in goods and services from small businesses in the categories listed below. While we do purchase other supplies and services, these categories generally reflect the current needs of the laboratory.

If you represent a small business that provides a service or product within these areas, please fill out our Supplier Information Form or create a one-page capabilities statement and send it to Argonne’s Small Business Liaison Officer.

Small business success story: Lindblad ConstructionMarch 27, 2013

Based in Joliet, Ill., Lindblad Construction has been performing construction services in the Chicagoland area for more than 60 years.

Construction Contractor Checklist

For small businesses seeking contracting opportunities with Argonne in the construction/demolition field, please be sure you have taken the following steps in advance of receiving a contract solicitation to ensure you are in a position to make a successful bid:

Getting Started

By completing the following steps, you can ensure your small business is prepared to respond to contracting opportunities from Argonne:

Argonne and CalBattery strike deal for silicon-graphene anode materialFebruary 25, 2013

Argonne and California Lithium Battery, Inc., a Los Angeles Cleantech Incubator portfolio company, announced that they have signed a licensing agreement for an Argonne-developed, silicon-graphene composite anode material for high-energy lithium batteries.

Poster: Environmental Policy

Argonne’s Environmental Policy details the facility’s commitment to supporting our scientific mission by ensuring that all activities are conducted in an environmentally safe and sound manner. Since 2009, Argonne has maintained accreditation by an independent third party registrar to the internationally recognized Environmental Management System standard, ISO 14001:2004.

Brochure: Technology Development & Commercialization

Describes how Technology Development and Commercialization works at Argonne, including 12+ innovative technologies for commercialization that were developed at Argonne.

Argonne Site Environmental Reports

Since 1972, Argonne's has monitored the environment of its Illinois site and each year issued public reports on its findings.

The latest reports are available here. An archive of reports since 1972 is also available on request.

The research bench meets industry: New facility scales up production of battery materialsAugust 21, 2012

The path between technology discovery and commercialization can be so treacherous that it has been dubbed the “Valley of Death.” Not all products survive the test — and batteries are no exception. Cue Argonne’s new Materials Engineering Research Facility, which allows researchers to safely determine fast and economical ways of producing large quantities of advanced battery materials for commercial testing.