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Software Assurance maintenance extension

Software Assurance Wartungsverlängerung — original title

DEGermanyBELOW THRESHOLD — NOT ON TED

Your path to submission

  1. Deadline: 4 November at 23:59 — 4 days left.
  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: Main street 92, 58332 Schwelm Type of service: Support extension for software means PBX Scope of performance: Support extension for software Mittel PBX

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

Contract

TypeServices
Estimated valuenot published — common for below-threshold procedures
Published21 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
References and certificates from your home country count fully across the EU — that is what European procurement law is for.
You don't need a GmbH or Ltd for this procedure — sole traders and freelancers may bid (Art. 19 Dir. 2014/24/EU). Eligibility counts, not legal form. More in the guide →

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 — Wednesday 4 November at 23:59

Tactics

This procedure allows 15 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.

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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