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Procurement of servers and FC switches

Beschaffung von Servern und FC-Switchen — original title

DEGermanyBELOW THRESHOLD — NOT ON TED

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Deadline: 5 November at 11:00 — 4 days left.
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Contract

BuyerStadt Osterholz-Scharmbeck c/o Landkreis Osterholz - Zentrale Vergabestelle →

TypeSupplies

Estimated valuenot published — common for below-threshold procedures

Published15 Oct 2026

ProcedureÖffentliche Ausschreibung (UVO)

Type of service

48 · Software & IT systems

CPV 48800000 · 48820000

Clement What the numbers say about this buyer

64% of this buyer's awards went to companies that had already won here before (34 awards since 2019, spread over 13 companies). That is well above the sector norm (45%) — newcomers have a harder time here than elsewhere.n = 34 awards since 2019
The median procedure drew just one bid (34 procedures with a bid count); 50% ended with a single bidder. Sector: median 1 bid.n = 34
Not one of the 34 awards with a known winner country has gone to a foreign company so far. Sector average: 2%.n = 34
From notice to award takes a median 55 days here (13 procedures). Sector: 80 days.n = 13

From this buyer's documented awards; comparison values from the same sector and country. Not a forecast, not legal advice. As of 25/10/2026.

Clement

In comparable contracts in this sector nationwide (15,898 with a known bid count), usually only a single offer 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.

Company	Awards	Period
MAN Truck & Bus Deutschland GmbH	10	2022–2026
Ziegler Feuerwehrgerätetechnik GmbH&Co KG	8	2025–2026
Scania Bremen, Scania Vertrieb & Service GmbH	4	2026
Architekten_FSB	2	2024
Gottfried Stehnke Bauunternehmung GmbH & Co. KG · Bremen	2	2026

From the recorded awards · regular winners know this buyer's requirements — that is your competition.

Deadline — Thursday 5 November at 11:00

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 15,898 completed awards — not a statement about this procedure.)

This procedure allows 21 days between publication and deadline — typical in this country is 32 (median of 20,071 procedures). Much tighter than usual: the first week counts.

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Foreign bidders

In Germany · Software & IT systems, 347 contracts went to foreign companies over the last 3 years (of 16,515 recorded awards) — mostly from Switzerland, Italy, Austria.

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

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