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Qualification System for Submarine Cables

Qualifizierungssystem für Seekabel

Germany · Oldenburg · how to bid here →

Qualification system. Suppliers can qualify at any time; contracts are later awarded among qualified suppliers. The date shown is the end of the system, not a submission deadline.

Your path to submission

  1. Deadline: 30 May 2036 at 12:00 — 3523 days left.
  2. You submit on Vergabemarktplatz (cosinex) — not here and not by e-mail. ↗ Free bidder account on the cosinex platform required (created instantly); offers go through the bidding tool, usually plain text form suffices — no qualified signature. Sort out account and signature first — not on submission day.
  3. Offer and evidence in: DEU.
  4. Collect your evidence — use the eligibility analysis above: it lists the requirements and, for known certificates, how to get them.
Compiled automatically from notice and documents — no guarantee; the procedure's wording is binding.

Clement What the numbers say about this buyer

  • 42% of this buyer's awards went to companies that had already won here before (32 awards since 2018, spread over 19 companies). 58% went to new names.n = 32 awards since 2018
  • The median procedure drew 3 bids (17 procedures with a bid count); 18% ended with a single bidder. Sector: median 2 bids.n = 17
  • Not one of the 32 awards with a known winner country has gone to a foreign company so far. Sector average: 4%.n = 32
  • Across 11 procedures with structured selection criteria, this buyer most often required: Quality management (6 of 11), Professional liability insurance (3 of 11), References: works (3 of 11), Independent quality certificate (e.g. ISO 9001) (3 of 11).n = 11

From this buyer's documented awards; comparison values from the same sector and country. Not a forecast, not legal advice. As of 04/10/2026.

Clement
When comparable contracts were last awarded here, usually only 2 offers came in — a solid bid has real chances.
References and certificates from your home country count fully across the EU — that is what European procurement law is for.

Foreign bidders

In Germany · Electrical machinery, 221 contracts went to foreign companies over the last 3 years (of 5,931 recorded awards) — mostly from Italy, Austria, Netherlands.

Typical field: median 2 (from 6 awards).

Measured from linked award data; foreign winners bidding through a local subsidiary count as domestic — the true share is higher.

What the buyer is looking for

In this qualification system, the AG's demand for submarine cables for 7 islands in the German Wadden Sea is formulated (see questionnaire). Description of the procurement (type and scope of the service or indication of needs and requirements) In this qualification system, the AG's need for submarine cables for 7 islands in the German Wadden Sea is formulated (see questionnaire). Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system Duration in years Duration in years Duration in years 10 The contract can be extended Please wait... Further information on the extension The AG reserves the right to extend the qualification system once. Maximum extensions 1

Machine translation (EU eTranslation) — official wording via the PDF link.

What you must prove — eligibility criteria

From the notice of the same procedure on TED — Tenders Electronic Daily.

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Other economic requirement
technische, berufliche sowie wirtschaftliche und finanzielle Leistungsfähigkeit wie in unserem Fragebogen aufgeführt
Requirement texts are quoted in the notice's original language — the official wording is binding.

Contract

BuyerEWE Netz GmbH
TypeSupplies
Estimated valuevalue not published
Published31 May 2026
CategoryElectrical machinery · CPV 31321400

Who has won here before

CompanyAwardsPeriod
Quathamer GmbH · Bockhorn/Grabstede42024–2025
EGE Deutshland GmbH22024
Trench Austria GmbH · 4060 AT22024
Gartenbau Spiekermann22024–2025
TBD Technische Bau Dienstleistungen GmbH & Co. KG · Friedeburg22017–2023
From 18.0M documented awards · regular winners know this buyer's requirements — that is your competition.

How often this buyer tenders this

20191
202416
20255
20263

Who knows the rhythm prepares instead of reacting.

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days until the deadline — Friday, 30 May 2036 at 12:00

How to bid

Guide: how to apply on cosinex Vergabemarktplatz / DTVP → Registration, signature, fees — from the operator's bidder manual.

Read the full notice — Original + documents
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Tender documents — direct download

Specifications and annexes hosted by the buyer — usually accessible without registration.
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