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Germany – Airport Equipment – Dynamic Procurement System - Ground Service Equipment GSE
Dynamisches Beschaffungssystem - Ground Service Equipment GSE — original title
Your path to submission
- Deadline for requests to participate: 6 August 2028 at 12:00 — 644 days left. Two-stage procedure: by this deadline you submit a request to participate (proof of eligibility). Only shortlisted firms are then invited to submit a tender.
- You submit on Vergabemarktplatz (cosinex) — not here and not by e-mail. ↗ Free bidder account on the cosinex platform required (created instantly); offers go through the bidding tool, usually plain text form suffices — no qualified signature. Sort out account and signature first — not on submission day.
- Offer and evidence in: German.
- Collect your evidence — use the eligibility analysis on this page: it lists the requirements and, for known certificates, how to get them.
What the buyer is looking for
A dynamic procurement system for the procurement of "Ground Service Equipment" (GSE) for Cologne/Bonn Airport is being tendered and operated. This will provide the appropriate equipment for the categories: 1. Vehicle tractor 2. Lifter and Transporter 3. Conveyor belts 4. De-icer 5. Fäka/Water trolley 6. Dollies & luggage trolleys 7. apron buses 8. Buses 9. Train vehicles & baggage tow tractors 10. Stairs 11. Tanker twelfth eGPU's purchased for Cologne/Bonn Airport.
Contract
Type of service
Clement What the numbers say about this buyer
- In this sector the buyer awards roughly every 5 months (17 awards, most recently August 2026) — the next award is due around January 2027 by that rhythm. The last award went to Rosenbauer Deutschland GmbH.n = 17
- 26% of this buyer's awards went to companies that had already won here before (127 awards since 2017, spread over 93 companies). That is well below the sector norm (51%) — this buyer switches suppliers more often than others.n = 127 awards since 2017
- 82% of the bids received came from small and medium-sized enterprises (7 procedures with a bid mix). Sector: 57%.n = 7
- The median procedure drew 2 bids (95 procedures with a bid count); 42% ended with a single bidder. Sector: median 2 bids.n = 95
- 0% of the bids received came from other countries (7 procedures with a bid mix) — all bidders, not just the winners. Sector: 5%.n = 7
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.
What you must prove — eligibility criteria
Gemäß § 19 Abs. 3 MiLoG müssen Öffentliche Auftraggeber für den Bewerber/ die Bewerberin beim Gewerbezentralregister Auskünfte über rechtskräftige Bußgeldentscheidungen wegen einer Ordnungswidrigkeit nach § 21 Abs. 1 oder 2 MiLoG anfordern oder von dies… read in fullcollapse
Tender documents — direct download
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kögel Bau GmbH & Co. KG | 5 | 2023–2024 |
| Rosenbauer Deutschland GmbH | 5 | 2007–2026 |
| DEKRA Automobil GmbH, Niederlassung Köln | 4 | 2026 |
| Jenbacher GmbH · Frankenthal | 3 | 2017–2021 |
| Swietelsky-Faber GmbH · Blomberg | 3 | 2015–2023 |
How often this buyer tenders this kind of work
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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 18 completed awards — not a statement about this procedure.)
This procedure allows 1454 days between publication and deadline — typical in this country is 32 (median of 20,496 procedures). Much more generous than usual — time for a thorough bid rather than a quick one.
Foreign bidders
In Germany · Transport equipment, 456 contracts went to foreign companies over the last 3 years (of 37,968 recorded awards) — mostly from Poland, Austria, Czechia.
Submission language: German.
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