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✓The invitation letter also sets procedural timelines: end of tender period (Angebotsfrist) 06.11.2026, 09:00; end of award and binding period (Zuschlags- und Bindefrist) 30.11.2026; and the latest date for questions (Auskünfte über Vergabeunterlagen) 30.10.2026.

✓The award criteria are very simple and purely price‑based.

✓Such as: CSX 42 states that the chosen evaluation method is that “für die Wirtschaftlichkeit ist allein der niedrigste Preis entscheidend,” and that under this method no additional qualitative criteria are foreseen.

✓Thus, among admissible offers that meet the technical and formal requirements, the contract is awarded to the bidder with the lowest price in the Excel bill of quantities.

✓The documents outline several risks and special conditions for bidders and future contractors.

✓Such as: the Brandenburg minimum‑wage and procurement rules require a binding commitment to pay at least the applicable minimum hourly wage (MiLoG currently higher than BbgVergG minimum, 13.90 EUR from 1.1.2026) to all employees involved in delivery, installation, and service; and to ensure monthly bank transfer of wages, provide anonymised/pseudonymised payroll evidence, allow Stichprobenkontrollen (spot checks) including access to business premises and interviews with employees.

✓Violations can lead to reporting to the Zollbehörde, entry in a central Sperrliste, and exclusion from competitions for up to three years, with contractual penalties possible.

✓The contractor must also flow down identical obligations to subcontractors and labour providers and obtain corresponding declarations (Form 5.4 if subcontracting occurs).

✓The Landes‑Vertragsbedingungen (VOL/B with ZVB‑Bbg) introduce standard clauses on delays, contractual penalties (Vertragsstrafe) for exceeding deadlines, capped at 5% of the value of the non‑usable part of the performance (exceptionally up to 8%), security (Sicherheitsleistung) possibly from 50,000 EUR contract value upward, warranty and limitation periods, abatement, termination rights, and dispute resolution at the court chosen by the contracting authority under § 38 ZPO.

✓There is also a specific clause granting the contracting authority a Kündigungsrecht if the minimum labour standards obligations are breached.

✓The validity period of the offer is up to the end of the Bindefrist; offers may be withdrawn electronically via the Vergabemarktplatz only until the end of the Angebotsfrist.

✓Questions may be submitted only via the portal’s communication function and not by email or fax; no site visit is mentioned in the text.

✓Potential contradictions or corrections are addressed by the hierarchy and explanatory notes in the contractual conditions.

✓Such as: in case of conflicting provisions, § 1 VOL/B with ZVB‑Bbg establishes a ranking: the Leistungsbeschreibung prevails, followed by special contract conditions, any supplementary or additional conditions, and finally VOL/B general conditions.

✓The text clarifies that the BbgVergG minimum wage provisions are only applicable when higher than the federal minimum; as long as the MiLoG remains higher, the Brandenburg-specific minimum‑entgelt rules in Section 5.3 “finden keine Anwendung” and re‑apply only once the BbgVergG level exceeds the MiLoG.

✓It is also clarified that Form 5.3 (Mindestanforderungen) is already integrated in the THB‑Angebotsformulare‑UVgO‑Bietererklaerungen, so bidders should not attach a separate 5.3; instead, they must correctly complete and sign the unified form set.

✓Where documents might appear duplicative (e.g. the DSGVO information, contractual conditions, and Russia‑relations declaration), the invitation letter explicitly states which documents are for information only and which must be submitted, thereby resolving any ambiguity about submission obligations.