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Replacement product for MACH Scan & Capture

Ersatzprodukt für MACH Scan & Capture — original title

DEGermany · BonnBELOW THRESHOLD — NOT ON TED

Your path to submission

  1. Deadline: 18 November at 12:00 — 17 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

Replacement product for MACH Scan & Capture The subject of the contract is the provision of standard software for text recognition and processing on a permanent basis (sale), the maintenance of the standard software as well as support services for introduction support, e.g. for the configuration and instruction of the client's department.

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

48 · Software & IT systems
CPV 48400000

Clement What the numbers say about this buyer

  • The median procedure drew 3 bids (347 procedures with a bid count); 24% ended with a single bidder. Sector: median 1 bid.n = 347
  • 52% of this buyer's awards went to companies that had already won here before (369 awards since 2018, spread over 178 companies). 48% went to new names.n = 369 awards since 2018
  • 40% of the bids received came from small and medium-sized enterprises (132 procedures with a bid mix). Sector: 51%.n = 132
  • Across 4 procedures with structured selection criteria, this buyer most often required: References: services (4 of 4), Professional liability insurance (3 of 4), Average minimum annual turnover (1 of 4).n = 4
  • 9% of the bids received came from other countries (132 procedures with a bid mix) — all bidders, not just the winners. Sector: 6%.n = 132

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 7 comparable contracts (same sector), 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.

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
FiBL Projekte GmbH · Frankfurt am Main192011–2025
R. Thomsen · Wankendorf122020–2025
GEFA Exportservice GmbH · Berlin112017–2025
NORDFROST GmbH & Co. KG · Schortens92023–2026
R. Thomsen EG -Tiefkühl-Lagerhaus GmbH & Co. KG · Schortens82025–2026
From the recorded awards · regular winners know this buyer's requirements — that is your competition.

How often this buyer tenders this kind of work

3
2021
1
2022
1
2023
11
2024
1
2026
17 procedures in this category since 2019. Public procurement repeats itself — those who know the rhythm prepare instead of reacting.

Contracting authority contact

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Deadline — Wednesday 18 November at 12:00

Tactics

When this buyer has awarded in this sector, there was usually a single bid in the end. A solid bid has a real chance here. (Based on 7 completed awards — not a statement about this procedure.)

This procedure allows 22 days between publication and deadline — typical in this country is 32 (median of 20,496 procedures). Much tighter than usual: the first week counts.

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.

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.
This procedure is published on 3 portals
Several sources carry the same notice.
Put together the evidence
Certificates, references and your price — as set out in the notice.
Submit via e-Vergabe des Bundes before the deadline
Electronic submission — allow time for the portal registration the first time.
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