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Catering services and service personnel for the Germany booth ITB 2027

Cateringleistungen und Servicepersonal für den Deutschland-Messestand ITB 2027 — original title

DEGermany · Frankfurt am MainBELOW THRESHOLD — NOT ON TED

Your path to submission

  1. Deadline: 16 November at 12:00 — 15 days left.
  2. You submit on e-Vergabe des Bundes — 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

As part of ITB Berlin 2027, the German National Tourist Board (DZT) is tendering for the provision of comprehensive catering services for the German stand. The aim of the tender is to select a high-performance, reliable caterer that ensures high-quality gastronomic supply throughout the entire duration of the trade fair. The contract includes the provision of food and beverages for different target groups as well as the provision of qualified service personnel for operational use at the stand.

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

Contract

TypeServices
Estimated valuenot published — common for below-threshold procedures
Published27 Oct 2026

Type of service

55 · Hotel & restaurant services
CPV 55520000

Clement What the numbers say about this buyer

  • 39% of this buyer's awards went to companies that had already won here before (47 awards since 2018, spread over 29 companies). 61% went to new names.n = 47 awards since 2018
  • The median procedure drew 2 bids (39 procedures with a bid count); 41% ended with a single bidder. Sector: median 3 bids.n = 39
  • 6% of awards went to companies from abroad (47 awards with a known winner country). Sector average: 0%.n = 47
  • From notice to award takes a median 79 days here (7 procedures). Sector: 90 days.n = 7

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
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Tender documents — direct download

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Annex
Further document

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
M.A.D. Public Relations GmbH · Düsseldorf42015–2022
Mindshare GmbH42020–2022
Conde Nast · New York32021
Florian Trykowski · Möhrendorf32022–2023
Singaporean-German Chamber of Industry and Commerce32016–2026
From the recorded awards · regular winners know this buyer's requirements — that is your competition.

Contracting authority contact

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Deadline — Monday 16 November at 12:00

Tactics

When contracts were awarded in this country and sector, usually about 3 bids came in. A normal field for this market. (Based on 3,884 completed awards — not a statement about this procedure.)

This procedure allows 20 days between publication and deadline — typical in this country is 32 (median of 20,496 procedures). Much tighter than usual: the first week counts.

The deadline falls on a Monday — your last full working day is the Friday before. Have evidence and guarantees together by Thursday.

Foreign bidders

In Germany · Hotel & restaurant services, 5 contracts went to foreign companies over the last 3 years (of 4,106 recorded awards).

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

How to bid

Guide: how to apply on e-Vergabe des Bundes (evergabe-online.de) → Registration, signature, fees — from the operator's bidder manual.

Read the full notice — Original + documents
Official notice at the German public procurement data service; specification, annexes and submission on e-Vergabe des Bundes.
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Put together the evidence
Certificates, references and your price — as set out in the notice.
Submit via e-Vergabe des Bundes before the deadline
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