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LC - Q - TOF - MS
Your path to submission
- Deadline: 5 November at 08:00 — 4 days left.
- 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
Procurement of a laboratory instrument LC-Q-TOF-MS · A measuring station for liquid chromatography flight time mass spectrometry (LC-Q-TOF-MS) is to be set up for the analytical measurement of purified and partly concentrated sample extracts. The system shall include the following functional units: - High-performance liquid chromatograph (HPLC) - Quadrupole flight time mass spectrometer (Q-TOF-MS) - Measurement and evaluation computer including all software and comprehensive pesticide database - all required peripheral units The requirements for the supplier include the LC-Q-TOF-MS complete system, any required peripheral units, computer unit, software and the other criteria specified in the specifications.
Contract
Type of service
Clement What the numbers say about this buyer
- In this sector the buyer awards roughly every 2 months (12 awards, most recently May 2026) — by that rhythm the next award was due around July 2026. The last award went to Thermo Fisher Scientific GmbH.n = 12
- 62% of this buyer's awards went to companies that had already won here before (14 awards since 2024, spread over 6 companies). That is well above the sector norm (40%) — newcomers have a harder time here than elsewhere.n = 14 awards since 2024
- The median procedure drew just one bid (14 procedures with a bid count); 64% ended with a single bidder. Sector: median 1 bid.n = 14
- The award came in at a median 99% of the estimated value (6 awards with both estimate and value) — pricing at the estimate is usually about right here. Sector: 98%.n = 6
- Not one of the 14 awards with a known winner country has gone to a foreign company so far. Sector average: 5%.n = 14
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.
Selection criteria — in the procurement documents
The buyer states in the notice that the selection criteria are in the procurement documents (link on this page), not in the EU form. The document analysis below extracts them from there — bid and evidence in German.
Eligibility analysis from the tender documents
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Agilent Technologies Deutschland GmbH | 4 | 2024–2026 |
| Thermo Fisher Scientific GmbH | 2 | 2026 |
| AB Sciex Germany GmbH | 2 | 2026 |
| Waters GmbH · Eschborn | 2 | 2026 |
| Burg Warberg e.V. | 2 | 2024 |
How often this buyer tenders this kind of work
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 12 completed awards — not a statement about this procedure.)
This procedure allows 34 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 · Laboratory & optical equipment, 578 contracts went to foreign companies over the last 3 years (of 12,560 recorded awards) — mostly from France, Netherlands, United Kingdom.
Submission language: German.
How to bid
Guide: how to apply on cosinex Vergabemarktplatz / DTVP → Registration, signature, fees — from the operator's bidder manual.
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