ECOS 6 Physical Training Sessions at ESTEC
We are planning a 1-day physical training session for Industry at ESTEC on both 29 and 30 September.
Both days will cover the same material, so only plan to be on site for one of the days.
To do business with companies, ESA has developed a procedure and an associated ESA Costing Software tool called ECOS for aggregating and calculating the price elements of the financial proposals through the entire contractual chain.
By using ECOS, the price proposal work is partitioned through the industrial structure, and the proposals are generated and integrated to higher levels electronically.
The information presented conforms to the ESA standard costing and pricing requirements introduced in the ESA Conditions to Tender, and represented by the ESA Price Breakdown Forms (PBF) which replace Procedures, Standards and Specifications (PSS).
From 30 March 2026, the use of ECOS 6 is mandatory for all activities.
If you would like more training content in a written form, specially for contract and bid managers, please visit the Help section in esa-star ECOS.
More information about the ECOS Community and contact info can be found on the ECOS page.
Detailed Agenda (subject to change):
- 9:00 : Meet-up at ESTEC Security Gate
- 9:30 : Start of the training session
- 9:30 till 10:00 : General presentation about ECOS + Roundtable
- 10:00 till 13:30 : Use Case with ECOS 6, to present how to create a proposal from scratch (from How to access ECOS, How to create a Rate Form/WBS, How to manage Subcontractor and How to submit your proposal to ESA) => Each participant will be able to do it with their own computer
- 13:30 till 14:30 : Lunch Break
- 14:30 till 15:00 : Presentation of upcoming update/new features
- 15:00 till 16:00 : Open Q&A / Feedback session (users will be free to give us their feedback, ask questions and suggest improvement for future releases)
The Space Cost Engineering Conference 2026 will be taking place on 1 and 2 October, the days after the ECOS 6 course. If you plan to stay for the conference, please register separately at this link.
The course is free of charge. Participants are expected to cover their own travel, meal and accommodation costs.
To reach ESA/ESTEC, please feel free to use the practical guide.
People interested by this training needs to be identified as Bid or Contract manager in ESA-Star Registration at least 24h before the training (they will not have access to ECOS otherwise).
Please inform the organisers at your earliest convenience if you cannot take part in the course by sending an email to: ecos.community@esa.int.