We appreciate you wanting to collaborate with us! Becoming a supplier to LKAB takes place in a few clear and simple steps – here you will find more information about the entire process.
To become a supplier to us, you either contact our purchasing department directly or respond to an ongoing procurement via the Coupa Supplier Portal. You will then need to fill out a form with basic information about your company – this includes contact and payment details – before LKAB Purchasing evaluates whether you can become a supplier.
A basic requirement for becoming a supplier to LKAB is that you have read and agree to the following:
Your main contact person will be the primary contact person for the business relationship with LKAB and be the administrator in the Coupa Supplier Portal. If your company requires access to LKAB’s industrial areas, the main contact person will also need to register the company in Accessum, which is LKAB’s system for managing access permits.
LKAB uses the Coupa Supplier Portal for all supplier communication and may request additional information or documentation at a later time via the portal. You can log in to CSP at any time to update your details on your own initiative (e.g. change payment details or main contact person). By keeping your profile updated, you ensure that communication and payments flow without delay.
You can read more about our expectations and basic requirements in our Code of Conduct and Supplier Handbook. When you enter a procurement process, you must also agree to the basic or extended requirements specified in the specific process.
In Documents and Instructions, you will find additional instructions for our suppliers.
Please contact your immediate manager or client in the first instance. If you are already a supplier and are responsible for the relationship with LKAB, please contact your purchaser.
You can also contact LKAB’s sustainability department for specific questions about their area or send an email to sustainable-purchasing@lkab.com.
In order to be able to perform work within LKAB, all suppliers are required to comply with legal requirements and applicable regulations according to the Swedish Work Environment Authority and LKAB’s regulations. Our rules for work environment and safety apply to both LKAB’s personnel and suppliers.
Read and follow the supplier handbook and other prescribed procedures about what is expected of you and your colleagues. If you have any questions, please contact your immediate manager or the client in the first instance.
1. Email If a buyer has added you to the mailing list for a procurement, you will receive an email about this. You can then open the procurement directly from the aforementioned email invitation. See the video clip above (starting at 0.44 min) for step-by-step instructions on how to proceed.
2. Public procurement portal Similar to how you could find current procurements via a link from LKAB’s website, you can still access procurements that are published publicly via a direct link to our new supplier portal Coupa Supplier Portal. See the video clip above (starting at 4.27 min) for step-by-step instructions on how to proceed.
3. User account To submit bids for public procurements, you must have a user account where you log in to view procurements. If you have been invited to or bid on multiple procurements, you will see a table with all the procurements you have access to when you log in. When you click on a link to a procurement, details about that procurement are displayed. Above the table, the most recent procurement to which you have been invited is displayed.
