How to bid in this country: portals, deadlines, thresholds →
Measurement of the Ems river between Meppen and Papenburg
Vermessung des Fließgewässers Ems zwischen Meppen und Papenburg — original title
Your path to submission
- Deadline: 13 November at 10:00 — 12 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.
What the buyer is looking for
The Lower Saxony State Company for Water Management, Coastal Protection and Nature Conservation is to be awarded the survey of the river Ems between Meppen and Papenburg. · Further details on the nature and scope of the contract can be found in the Terms of Reference - Technical Part (Part B) including annexes.
Contract
Type of service
Clement What the numbers say about this buyer
- The award came in at a median 110% of the estimated value (8 awards with both estimate and value) — pricing at the estimate is usually too low here. Sector: 80%.n = 8
- 45% of this buyer's awards went to companies that had already won here before (592 awards since 2017, spread over 328 companies). 55% went to new names.n = 592 awards since 2017
- The median procedure drew 2 bids (583 procedures with a bid count); 35% ended with a single bidder. Sector: median 2 bids.n = 583
- 1% of the bids received came from other countries (110 procedures with a bid mix) — all bidders, not just the winners. Sector: 6%.n = 110
- Across 15 procedures with structured selection criteria, this buyer most often required: References: supplies (11 of 15), Professional liability insurance (3 of 15), Independent quality certificate (e.g. ISO 9001) (3 of 15), References: services (3 of 15).n = 15
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.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Volkswagen AG · Wolfsburg | 27 | 2011–2025 |
| CITIPOST GmbH · Hannover | 11 | 2014–2026 |
| Lyreco Deutschland GmbH · Barsinghausen | 9 | 2010–2024 |
| Aebi Schmidt Deutschland GmbH | 9 | 2015–2022 |
| Freytag Karosseriebau GmbH & Co.KG | 8 | 2025–2026 |
How often this buyer tenders this kind of work
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 1,782 completed awards — not a statement about this procedure.)
This procedure allows 16 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 · Culture & sport, 31 contracts went to foreign companies over the last 3 years (of 1,863 recorded awards) — mostly from Italy, Belgium, Spain.
How to bid
Guide: how to apply on cosinex Vergabemarktplatz / DTVP → Registration, signature, fees — from the operator's bidder manual.
Don't miss the next one
Friedrich finds tenders like this for you — every morning at 7:30, each one checked by Claude (Anthropic) for fit, and he learns from your feedback what your company really does.
Register now