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Procurement of a TSF-W
Beschaffung eines TSF-W — original title
Your path to submission
- Deadline: 9 November at 10:00 — 8 days left.
- The submission point is stated in the notice (link on this page).
- 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
The tender is for the procurement of a portable spray vehicle water (TSF-W) for the volunteer fire brigade of the city of Rothenburg ob der Tauber. The invitation to tender consists of 4 lots (chassis/assembly/loading/respiratory protection). · For the fire brigade in the OT Bettenfeld, the fire brigade requirements plan provides for a water-carrying vehicle with the largest possible fire-fighting water tank with a maximum permissible total weight of 7,500 kg and respiratory protection equipment. The existing load-bearing syringe is to be loaded on the new vehicle to be procured. · For the fire brigade in the OT Bettenfeld, the fire brigade requirements plan provides for a water-carrying vehicle with the largest possible fire-fighting water tank with a maximum permissible total weight of 7,500 kg and respiratory protection equipment. The existing load-bearing syringe is to be loaded on…
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… the new vehicle to be procured. · For the fire brigade in the OT Bettenfeld, the fire brigade requirements plan provides for a water-carrying vehicle with the largest possible fire-fighting water tank with a maximum permissible total weight of 7,500 kg and respiratory protection equipment. The existing load-bearing syringe is to be loaded on the new vehicle to be procured. · For the fire brigade in the OT Bettenfeld, the fire brigade requirements plan provides for a water-carrying vehicle with the largest possible fire-fighting water tank with a maximum permissible total weight of 7,500 kg and respiratory protection equipment. The existing load-bearing syringe is to be loaded on the new vehicle to be procured.
Contract
Type of service
Clement What the numbers say about this buyer
- 99% of the bids received came from small and medium-sized enterprises (20 procedures with a bid mix). Sector: 57%.n = 20
- 43% of this buyer's awards went to companies that had already won here before (81 awards since 2018, spread over 47 companies). 57% went to new names.n = 81 awards since 2018
- The award came in at a median 88% of the estimated value (31 awards with both estimate and value) — pricing at the estimate is usually too high here. Sector: 71%.n = 31
- The median procedure drew 3 bids (80 procedures with a bid count); 31% ended with a single bidder. Sector: median 2 bids.n = 80
- 1% of the bids received came from other countries (20 procedures with a bid mix) — all bidders, not just the winners. Sector: 5%.n = 20
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Hochdanner Sanitär- und Heizungs-GmbH · Bechhofen | 5 | 2025–2026 |
| REKO GmbH · Sachsenheim | 4 | 2024–2025 |
| Vestner Aufzüge GmbH · Aschheim, Ortsteil Dornach | 3 | 2025 |
| Morgenstern Gebäudetechnik GmbH & Co. KG · Windelsbach | 3 | 2025 |
| Seufert-Niklaus GmbH · Bastheim | 3 | 2025 |
How often this buyer tenders this kind of work
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Tactics
When contracts were awarded in this country and sector, usually only one or two bids came in. A solid bid has a real chance here. (Based on 36,120 completed awards — not a statement about this procedure.)
This procedure allows 33 days between publication and deadline — typical in this country is 32 (median of 20,496 procedures). A normal window for this market.
The deadline falls on a Monday — your last full working day is the Friday before. Have evidence and guarantees together by Thursday.
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.
How to bid
Guide: how to apply on cosinex Vergabemarktplatz / DTVP → Registration, signature, fees — from the operator's bidder manual.
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