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Digital conference board
Digitales Konferenzboard — original title
Your path to submission
- Deadline: 6 November at 12:00 — 5 days left.
- 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 — use the eligibility analysis on this page: it lists the requirements and, for known certificates, how to get them.
Contract
Type of service
Clement What the numbers say about this buyer
- In this sector the buyer awards roughly every 15 months (6 awards, most recently June 2025) — by that rhythm the next award was due around September 2026. The last award went to Speedgoat GmbH.n = 6
- 53% of this buyer's awards went to companies that had already won here before (87 awards since 2016, spread over 41 companies). That is well above the sector norm (40%) — newcomers have a harder time here than elsewhere.n = 87 awards since 2016
- The median procedure drew just one bid (83 procedures with a bid count); 53% ended with a single bidder. Sector: median 2 bids.n = 83
- The award came in at a median 77% of the estimated value (13 awards with both estimate and value) — pricing at the estimate is usually too high here. Sector: 83%.n = 13
- 6% of awards went to companies from abroad (87 awards with a known winner country). Sector average: 1%.n = 87
From this buyer's documented awards; comparison values from the same sector and country. Not a forecast, not legal advice. As of 01/11/2026.
Tender documents at a glance
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The input text concerns a national public procurement procedure under the German Unterschwellenvergabeordnung (UVgO) for the Brandenburgische Technische Universität Cottbus-Senftenberg (BTU). The perspective is clearly that of a German public contracting authority, with references to German federal law (e.g. BGB, GWB, Mindestlohngesetz) and state law of Brandenburg, and the procurement is conducted via the “Vergabemarktplatz Brandenburg” (Germany).
Such as in the “Aufforderung zur Abgabe eines Angebotes”, the scope of the contract is the “Digitales Konferenzboard”. The place of performance / delivery is BTU, Platz der Deutschen Einheit 1, 03046 Cottbus (Germany), with “Liefer- / Leistungsort DELiefer- / Leistungsort” indicated. The time frame is specified: end of tender period 06.11.2026, 12:00; end of award and binding period 04.12.2026; delivery deadline “Lieferung bis spätestens zum 15.12.2026”. Quantities and technical requirements are contained in the separate “Leistungsbeschreibung.pdf”, which is referenced but not fully reproduced in the input.
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Such as in the “Zusammenstellung der einzureichenden Nachweise”, the bidder must submit with the offer: (i) the “BTU_Angebotsschreiben_Eigenerklärung Ausschlussgründe_national” (which combines the offer letter and the self-declaration on exclusion grounds), and (ii) an “inhaltliches Angebot mit Angebotspreis gemäß Leistungsbeschreibung”, i.e. a priced technical offer. The offer must be submitted electronically in simple text form via the Vergabemarktplatz Brandenburg using the Bietertool; submission via E‑Mail or the communication area leads to exclusion. The offer must use the BTU forms, be in German, contain all required declarations, prices in EUR (net, VAT separately) and must name the natural person giving the text-form declaration; omission or missing signature/signature type where required leads to exclusion. Minimum qualification is primarily addressed through self-declarations: no exclusion grounds (Straftaten, Insolvenz, schwere Verfehlungen, Verstöße gegen Mindestlohn-, Schwarzarbeit- und Lieferkettengesetz etc.), proper tax and social security compliance, and, on request, evidence of registration in the professional register and a BG/insurance carrier certificate. Prequalification in an official database (e.g. IHK directory) can replace individual evidence; access codes/registration numbers must be indicated.
Such as in the contract and procurement conditions (VOL/B plus ZVB Brandenburg and Bewerbungsbedingungen), risks and special conditions include: (i) strict prohibition of changes/annotations to the tender documents (leads to exclusion); (ii) binding period until 04.12.2026; (iii) questions must be submitted via VMP by 04.11.2026 only; (iv) submission and communication exclusively via VMP; (v) possibility of security (guarantee) above 50,000 EUR according to § 18 VOL/B; (vi) liability rules and extensive warranty/mängelansprüche, including obligation to comply with accident prevention, occupational safety rules and to remedy defects free of charge; (vii) rules on subcontracting (Unteraufträge) – subcontracted parts and intended subcontractors must be named, the client’s consent is required for substantial parts, and subcontractors must not receive worse conditions than the main contractor; (viii) rules for Bietergemeinschaften (joint bids) including joint and several liability and a jointly authorised representative; and (ix) obligation to comply with labour law (Mindestentgelt, AEntG, MiLoG, Schwarzarbeit) monitored under Brandenburg Vergabegesetz, with possible reporting to a central information office and exclusion (suspension list) in case of breaches. Penalties in the form of classic contractual remedies (Rücktritt, Kündigung, Schadensersatz, Minderung, Sicherheitsleistung, Rückgriff) apply via VOL/B and ZVB; explicit percentage-based contractual penalties are not stated in the excerpt.
Such as in typical award sections, award criteria and their weighting are not explicitly set out in the provided text. From the context (UVgO, VOL/B), one can infer that the economically most advantageous tender (usually price plus qualitative aspects) will be applied, but specific weights (e.g. 100 % price or mixed criteria) are not mentioned in the excerpts. It is, however, clear that Nebenangebote (variants) are not permitted and that skonto conditions are considered only if the payment period is at least 14 days; therefore, price and compliance with all formal and substantive requirements will be central.
Such as in the hierarchy of contractual documents, contradictions are resolved by the order stated in VOL/B § 1 as modified by the ZVB Brandenburg: in case of conflicting provisions, the applicable order is (a) Leistungsbeschreibung, (b) Besondere Vertragsbedingungen, (c) Ergänzende Vertragsbedingungen, (d) Zusätzliche Vertragsbedingungen, (e) allgemeine technische Vertragsbedingungen, (f) Allgemeine Vertragsbedingungen (VOL/B). Additionally, the BTU explicitly states that anderslautende Geschäfts-, Liefer- oder Zahlungsbedingungen des Auftragnehmers werden nicht Bestandteil des Vertrages. Thus, if the bidder’s own terms conflict with VOL/B or BTU conditions, the BTU/Brandenburg terms apply and the bidder’s conditions are ignored. Any clarification or correction to tender documents must be taken from updated documents/information uploaded by the BTU on the VMP; bidders are obliged to point out perceived ambiguities before bidding and to base their bids on the latest documents provided on the platform.
Only the contracting authority's tender documents are binding. As of: 29/10/2026
Eligibility analysis from the tender documents
Tender documents — direct download
Who has won at this buyer so far
Across all contract types of this buyer — not just this sector. A city buys software and fire engines through the same purchasing office.
| Company | Awards | Period |
|---|---|---|
| EOS GmbH · Stuttgart | 4 | 2026 |
| Systema Gesellschaft für angewandte Datentechnik mbH · Potsdam | 3 | 2021–2026 |
| Maschinenfabrik Berthold Hermle AG · Gosheim | 3 | 2025 |
| PSI Software SE | 3 | 2024–2025 |
| ICO Innenprojekt Cottbus GmbH | 3 | 2024–2025 |
How often this buyer tenders this kind of work
Tactics
When this buyer has awarded in this sector, there was usually a single bid in the end. A solid bid has a real chance here. (Based on 6 completed awards — not a statement about this procedure.)
This procedure allows 14 days between publication and deadline — typical in this country is 32 (median of 20,496 procedures). Much tighter than usual: the first week counts.
Foreign bidders
In Germany · Office & computing machinery, 100 contracts went to foreign companies over the last 3 years (of 13,262 recorded awards) — mostly from Austria, France, Estonia.
How to bid
Guide: how to apply on cosinex Vergabemarktplatz / DTVP → Registration, signature, fees — from the operator's bidder manual.
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