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Maintenance of Sanitary Technology, Smoke Detectors and Fire Protection Technology

Wartung Sanitärtechnik, Rauchwarnmelder und Branschutztechnik — original title

DEGermanyBELOW THRESHOLD — NOT ON TED

Your path to submission

  1. Deadline: 6 November — 6 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.
  2. You submit on Deutsche eVergabe — not here and not by e-mail. ↗
  3. 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

Fraunhofer is tendering out a maintenance contract for sanitary technology and fire protection technology for the period from 01.01.2027 to 31.12.2029, with the option of an extension of 1 year twice each, with a maximum total term of 4 years, without the need for termination.

Excerpt from the tender documents (01_Leistungsbeschreibung.pdf), machine-translated — the original is under “Documents”.

Contract

BuyerFraunhofer-Institut für Entwurfstechnik Mechatronik IEM →
TypeServices
Estimated valuenot published — common for below-threshold procedures
Published28 Sept 2026
ProcedureÖffentliche Ausschreibung (UVO)

Type of service

50 · Repair & maintenance
CPV 50711000
Clement
In comparable contracts in this sector nationwide (10,795 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.

Tender documents — direct download

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LV_420778.pdf
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04_AEB-SPT_04-26.pdf
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How often this buyer tenders this kind of work

1
2024
2
2026
3 procedures in this category since 2019. Public procurement repeats itself — those who know the rhythm prepare instead of reacting.
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Deadline — Friday 6 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 10,795 completed awards — not a statement about this procedure.)

This procedure allows 40 days between publication and deadline — typical in this country is 32 (median of 20,496 procedures). Much more generous than usual — time for a thorough bid rather than a quick one.

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Foreign bidders

In Germany · Repair & maintenance, 74 contracts went to foreign companies over the last 3 years (of 12,861 recorded awards) — mostly from Austria, Netherlands, Poland.

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

How to bid

Read the full notice — Original + documents
Goes directly to this tender on Deutsche eVergabe. The full specification and all annexes are there.
Put together the evidence
Certificates, references and your price — as set out in the notice.
Submit via Deutsche eVergabe before the deadline
Electronic submission — allow time for the portal registration the first time.
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