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Conclusion of non-exclusive discount agreements pursuant to § 130a para. 8 SGB V (Open-House Model)

Abschluss nicht-exklusiver Rabattvereinbarungen nach § 130a Abs. 8 SGB V (Open-House-Modell) — original title

DEGermany

Open-house procedure. Any company meeting the conditions can join the contract — there is no competition for an award. The date shown is the end of the joining phase or of the contract term.

Your path to submission

Deadline: 4 November — 3 days left. The source gives only the day, no time of day — on the portal the deadline is usually in the morning. Check the exact time there before you plan.
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.
Collect your evidence — the eligibility requirements are listed on this page; for many of them the analysis explains how to obtain them.

Compiled automatically from notice and documents — no guarantee; the procedure's wording is binding.

What the buyer is looking for

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Contract

BuyerAOK - Die Gesundheitskasse in Hessen →

TypeSupplies

Estimated valuevalue not published

Published18 Nov 2025

ProcedureVgV

Type of service

33 · Medical equipment & pharma

CPV 33000000

Clement

In comparable contracts in this sector nationwide (21,721 with a known bid count), 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.

How often this buyer tenders this kind of work

2024

2025

2026

13 procedures in this category since 2019. Public procurement repeats itself — those who know the rhythm prepare instead of reacting.

Deadline — Wednesday 4 November

Tactics

When contracts were awarded in this country and sector, usually only one or two bids came in. A solid bid has a real chance here. (Based on 21,721 completed awards — not a statement about this procedure.)

This procedure allows 351 days between publication and deadline — typical in this country is 32 (median of 20,071 procedures). Much more generous than usual — time for a thorough bid rather than a quick one.

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Foreign bidders

In Germany · Medical equipment & pharma, 270 contracts went to foreign companies over the last 3 years (of 22,355 recorded awards) — mostly from Austria, Netherlands, France.

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

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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Put together the evidence

Certificates, references and your price — as set out in the notice.

Submit via Vergabemarktplatz (cosinex) before the deadline

Electronic submission — allow time for the portal registration the first time.

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