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DFG-GZ: EXC 3094_1_4 (A 204) Sequencing platform

DFG-GZ: EXC 3094_1_4 (A 204) Sequenzierplattform — original title

DEGermanyBELOW THRESHOLD — NOT ON TED

Your path to submission

Deadline: 25 November at 23:59 — 25 days left.
The submission point is stated in the notice (link on this page).
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.

Contract

BuyerDeutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft e.V. →

TypeSupplies

Estimated valuenot published — common for below-threshold procedures

Published29 Oct 2026

ProcedureÖffentliche Ausschreibung

Place of performanceFrankfurt

Clement What the numbers say about this buyer

The median procedure drew just one bid (200 procedures with a bid count); 75% ended with a single bidder. Country: median 3.1 bids.n = 200
46% of this buyer's awards went to companies that had already won here before (223 awards since 2018, spread over 118 companies). 54% went to new names.n = 223 awards since 2018
15% of the bids received came from other countries (72 procedures with a bid mix) — all bidders, not just the winners. Country: 3%.n = 72
The award came in at a median 97% of the estimated value (5 awards with both estimate and value) — pricing at the estimate is usually about right here. Country: 86%.n = 5
55% of the bids received came from small and medium-sized enterprises (72 procedures with a bid mix). Country: 75%.n = 72

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.

Company	Awards	Period
attocube systems AG · Haar	10	2023–2026
Carl Zeiss Microscopy Deutschland GmbH	10	2022–2025
Thermo Fisher Scientific GmbH	6	2021–2026
Oxford Instruments GmbH	5	2019–2024
Rapp OptoElectronic GmbH · Hamburg	5	2024–2025

From the recorded awards · regular winners know this buyer's requirements — that is your competition.

Deadline — Wednesday 25 November at 23:59

Tactics

This procedure allows 28 days between publication and deadline — typical in this country is 32 (median of 20,496 procedures). Much tighter than usual: the first week counts.

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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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