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Collection of used textiles and old shoes in parts of the Ennepe-Ruhr circle ...

Sammlung von Alttextilien und Altschuhen in Teilen des Ennepe-Ruhr-Kreises … — original title

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  1. Deadline: 10 November at 23:59 — 10 days left.
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What the buyer is looking for

Place of performance: Hauptstraße 92, 58332 Schwelm Type of service: Collection of used textiles and old shoes Scope of performance: The subject of the call for tenders is the collection of used textiles and shoes in the disposal areas of the participating district towns of Ennepetal, Gevelsberg, Hattingen and Herdecke. The order quantity is assumed to be approximately 900 mg/a.

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

Contract

TypeServices
Estimated valuenot published — common for below-threshold procedures
Published20 Oct 2026
ProcedureÖffentliche Ausschreibung
Place of performance58332 Schwelm

Clement What the numbers say about this buyer

  • The award came in at a median 47% of the estimated value (6 awards with both estimate and value) — pricing at the estimate is usually too high here. Country: 86%.n = 6
  • 35% of this buyer's awards went to companies that had already won here before (277 awards since 2018, spread over 180 companies). 65% went to new names.n = 277 awards since 2018
  • The median procedure drew 3 bids (192 procedures with a bid count); 30% ended with a single bidder. Country: median 3.1 bids.n = 192
  • 86% of the bids received came from small and medium-sized enterprises (14 procedures with a bid mix). Country: 75%.n = 14
  • Across 10 procedures with structured selection criteria, this buyer most often required: References: services (8 of 10), Professional liability insurance (8 of 10), Share of subcontractors (6 of 10), Special authorisation or membership required (4 of 10).n = 10

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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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
AHE GmbH142007–2026
JENOPTIK Robot GmbH72022–2025
Hoffmann Reisen GmbH · Waghäusel52014–2026
Heinrich Hellweg GmbH & Co. KG · Sundern42026
BTE Tourismus- und Regionalberatung · Hannover42025–2026
From the recorded awards · regular winners know this buyer's requirements — that is your competition.
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Deadline — Tuesday 10 November at 23:59

Tactics

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, 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.

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