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RV maintenance crane systems

RV Wartung Krananlagen — original title

DEGermanyBELOW THRESHOLD — NOT ON TED

Your path to submission

  1. Deadline: 12 November — 12 days left. The source gives only the day, no time of day — on the portal the deadline is usually in the morning. Check the exact time there before you plan.
  2. The submission point is stated in the notice (link on this page).
  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

Place of performance: 00000 Cologne Urban area Cologne Type of service: RV maintenance crane systems Scope of performance: servicing contract testing crane systems , LAM and accessories

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

Contract

TypeServices
Estimated valuenot published — common for below-threshold procedures
Published15 Oct 2026
ProcedureÖffentliche Ausschreibung
Place of performance51109 Köln

Clement What the numbers say about this buyer

  • 40% of this buyer's awards went to companies that had already won here before (185 awards since 2018, spread over 105 companies). 60% went to new names.n = 185 awards since 2018
  • The median procedure drew 2 bids (168 procedures with a bid count); 24% ended with a single bidder. Country: median 3.1 bids.n = 168
  • 47% of the bids received came from small and medium-sized enterprises (19 procedures with a bid mix). Country: 75%.n = 19
  • Across 10 procedures with structured selection criteria, this buyer most often required: Professional register enrolment (10 of 10), Professional liability insurance (6 of 10), References: services (6 of 10), Minimum turnover in the contract field (3 of 10).n = 10
  • 0% of the bids received came from other countries (19 procedures with a bid mix) — all bidders, not just the winners. Country: 3%.n = 19

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
References and certificates from your home country count fully across the EU — that is what European procurement law is for.
Too big for you alone? Consortium or reliance on capacity: a partner's references and turnover count (Art. 63 Dir. 2014/24) — cross-border too.

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
Remondis Aqua GmbH & Co. KG · Mülheim an der Ruhr92008–2017
RheinEnergie AG · Köln72007–2019
Heitkamp IB GmbH · Wesseling72011–2020
REMONDIS Aqua Stoffstrom GmbH & Co. KG · Lünen62017–2024
Solenis Germany GmbH & Co. KG62019–2026
From the recorded awards · regular winners know this buyer's requirements — that is your competition.
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Deadline — Thursday 12 November

Tactics

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, 6,022 contracts went to foreign companies over the last 3 years (of 725,088 recorded awards) — mostly from Austria, Poland, Italy.

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

How to bid

Read the full notice — Original + documents
Goes directly to this tender on service.bund.de. The full specification and all annexes are there.
Put together the evidence
Certificates, references and your price — as set out in the notice.
Submit via service.bund.de before the deadline
Electronic submission — allow time for the portal registration the first time.
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