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MPI for Radio Astronomy, Refrigeration Equipment Upgrades: Building Automation

MPI für Radioastronomie, Ertüchtigung der Kälteanlagen: Gebäudeautomation — original title

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  1. Deadline: 12 November at 10:00 — 11 days left.
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What the buyer is looking for

MPI for Radio Astronomy, Refrigeration Equipment Upgrades: The existing automation systems of the brands JCI, Schneider and Saia are outdated and have been discontinued by the manufacturer for a long time. Furthermore, the control cabinets are partly in a disorderly state, as several adjustments and extensions have been carried out in the past. The operational safety of the existing technology is not guaranteed in the medium term. The aim of the measure described here is to replace the main installations. Depending on the age and condition of the plants, an individual concept was created for each ISP. For some systems, only the existing automation station is to be replaced (retaining the control cabinet), while for other systems a complete replacement of the control cabinet including the AS is provided. Brief description of the scope: - Replacement of AS in 3 available ISP (order of…

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… magnitude 20 to 180 phys. I/O) - New construction of 4 ISP, control cabinet and AS (size range 75 to 300 phys. I/O) Simultaneously with the upgrading of the GA, major changes are planned in the field of refrigeration technology. The new or changed functions required by this must be taken into account and implemented in the new GA system. CONTRACT NOTICE - 1/4 In order to ensure the compatibility and production of a homogeneous overall system, all new automation systems must be manufactured in the Saia Burges factory. Schematic diagrams must be created using the EPLAN software. All new automation systems must be fully connected to the existing INGA iBMS management system. Note on product specifications: - Saia Burgess Controls, PCD3 Power CPU and EPLAN: To ensure compatibility with the measurement and control systems in place at the Institute

Machine translation (EU eTranslation) — official wording via the PDF link.

Contract

TypeWorks
Estimated valuenot published — common for below-threshold procedures
Published14 Oct 2026
ProcedureÖffentliche Ausschreibung (VOB)

Type of service

45 · Construction work48 · Software & IT systems
CPV 45311200 · 45315700 · 48921000

Clement What the numbers say about this buyer

  • In this sector the buyer awards roughly every 2 months (17 awards, most recently December 2023) — by that rhythm the next award was due around January 2024. The last award went to Holm Stahl-Metallbau GmbH & Co. KG.n = 17
  • 24% of this buyer's awards went to companies that had already won here before (39 awards since 2020, spread over 30 companies). That is well below the sector norm (40%) — this buyer switches suppliers more often than others.n = 39 awards since 2020
  • The median procedure drew 3 bids (38 procedures with a bid count); 18% ended with a single bidder. Sector: median 4 bids.n = 38
  • Not one of the 39 awards with a known winner country has gone to a foreign company so far. Sector average: 0%.n = 39

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.

Clement
In this buyer's last 17 comparable contracts (same sector), 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.

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.

CompanyAwardsPeriod
tp management GmbH · Dresden32021–2025
Klett Ingenieur GmbH22025
Holm Stahl-Metallbau GmbH & Co. KG22023
phase eins · Berlin22024–2025
WPW Leipzig GmbH · Leipzig22025
From the recorded awards · regular winners know this buyer's requirements — that is your competition.

How often this buyer tenders this kind of work

6
2020
40
2021
12
2022
17
2023
13
2024
32
2026
120 procedures in this category since 2019. Public procurement repeats itself — those who know the rhythm prepare instead of reacting.
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Deadline — Thursday 12 November at 10:00

Tactics

When this buyer has awarded in this sector, usually only one or two bids came in. A solid bid has a real chance here. (Based on 17 completed awards — not a statement about this procedure.)

This procedure allows 29 days between publication and deadline — typical in this country is 32 (median of 20,496 procedures). A normal window for this market.

Foreign bidders

In Germany · Construction work, 687 contracts went to foreign companies over the last 3 years (of 244,229 recorded awards) — mostly from Austria, France, Poland.

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

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