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Fraunhofer FHR - Ö - PR1290888 - Procurement of a PCB milling machine

Fraunhofer FHR - Ö - PR1290888 - Beschaffung einer Leiterplattenfräse — original title

DEGermanyBELOW THRESHOLD — NOT ON TED

Your path to submission

  1. Deadline: 20 November — 20 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.
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What the buyer is looking for

A high-precision, fully automatic PCB milling system is needed for the fast and flexible production of prototypes and small series. The new system is mainly needed for the production and machining of high-frequency circuits, flexible PCBs and RF multilayer boards with vias. In addition, it will be able to perform deep milling, such as frames, channels and cavities, as well as engraving of front panels, milling of SMD solder paste templates and machining of housings. It will also be used for material sample preparation for material parameter measurement. PCB milling for RF and microwave applications with fully automatic operation.

Excerpt from the tender documents (02.LB_Leistungsbeschreibung_PR1290888.pdf), machine-translated — the original is under “Documents”.

Contract

BuyerFraunhofer ITEM →
TypeSupplies
Estimated valuenot published — common for below-threshold procedures
Published14 Oct 2026
ProcedureÖffentliche Ausschreibung (UVO)

Type of service

42 · Industrial machinery
CPV 42637300
Clement
In comparable contracts in this sector nationwide (6,656 with a known bid count), usually only a single offer came in — a solid bid has real chances.
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Tender documents — direct download

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How often this buyer tenders this kind of work

14
2025
5
2026
19 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 20 November

Tactics

When contracts were awarded in this country and sector, there was usually a single bid in the end. A solid bid has a real chance here. (Based on 6,656 completed awards — not a statement about this procedure.)

This procedure allows 37 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 · Industrial machinery, 230 contracts went to foreign companies over the last 3 years (of 6,872 recorded awards) — mostly from Switzerland, Italy, France.

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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