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Procurement of remotely operated vehicles (ROV) for the DFKI Robotics Innovation Center

Beschaffung von ferngesteuerten Unterwasserrobotern (ROV) für das DFKI Robotics Innovation Center

Germany · Kaiserslautern · how to bid here →

Your path to submission

  1. Deadline: 9 October at 10:00 — 5 days left.
  2. The submission point is stated in the notice (link on the right).
  3. Offer and evidence in: DEU.
  4. Collect your evidence — use the eligibility analysis above: it lists the requirements and, for known certificates, how to get them.
Compiled automatically from notice and documents — no guarantee; the procedure's wording is binding.
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Foreign bidders

In Germany · Industrial machinery, 229 contracts went to foreign companies over the last 3 years (of 6,799 recorded awards) — mostly from Switzerland, Italy, France.

Typical field: median 1 (from 6,569 awards).

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

What the buyer is looking for

The contractor shall deliver at least: • a fully operational ROV system in accordance with the minimum technical requirements set out in point 2; • a topside/operator unit including video display, telemetry display and recording function, • Transport and protective packaging (boxes/cases), • complete technical documentation in German or English (operating manual, maintenance manual, interface/API documentation), To be offered as an option and to be priced separately: • Manipulator arm per system, • At least one additional payload slot/sensor holder, • On-site instruction/training of operators (one day for up to three experienced DFKI team members) • equipment with spare and wear parts, which usually have to be replaced in the course of system maintenance in the first three years and/or after 100 operating hours.

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

What you must prove — eligibility criteria

From the notice of the same procedure on TED — Tenders Electronic Daily.

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Other economic requirement
Nachweis einer bestehenden Produkthaftpflichtversicherung über mindestens EUR 5 Mio. oder die Zusage des Produkthaftpflichtversicherers, dass im Falle der Auftragserteilung die Versicherungssumme auf EUR 5 Mio. angehoben wird.
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Other economic requirement
Bestätigung eines zugelassenen Kreditinstituts, aus der hervorgeht, dass das Kreditinstitut bereit ist, im Falle der Zuschlagserteilung eine selbstschuldnerische Vorauszahlungsbürgschaft zugunsten des Auftraggebers entsprechend dem den Vergabeunterlagen beigef… ▸▾
Bestätigung eines zugelassenen Kreditinstituts, aus der hervorgeht, dass das Kreditinstitut bereit ist, im Falle der Zuschlagserteilung eine selbstschuldnerische Vorauszahlungsbürgschaft zugunsten des Auftraggebers entsprechend dem den Vergabeunterlagen beigefügten Bürgschaftsmuster (Anlage V1) zu übernehmen. Die Kosten der Bürgschaftsstellung trägt der jeweilige Auftragnehmer.
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References: supplies
Nachweis von hinreichender Erfahrung bei der Lieferung von vergleichbaren Produkten durch Vorlage von mindestens drei Referenz (Kundenübersicht, Vertragsleistungen und Vertragsvolumen (Einheiten/Umsatz) aus den letzten drei Jahren.
Requirement texts are quoted in the notice's original language — the official wording is binding.

Contract

BuyerDeutsches Forschungszentrum für Künstliche Intelligenz GmbH (DFKI)
TypeSupplies
Estimated valuevalue not published
Published18 September 2026
CategoryIndustrial machinery · CPV 42900000
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days until the deadline — Friday 9 October at 10:00

How to bid

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