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Maintenance services of server and storage systems as well as switches
Wartungleistungen von Server- und Storagesystemen sowie Switchen — original title
Your path to submission
- Deadline: 9 November at 10:00 — 8 days left.
- You submit on HAD — Hessische Ausschreibungsdatenbank — not here and not by e-mail. ↗ Free bidder account on the state platform required; electronic submission, usually plain text form. 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 maintenance services of server and storage systems as well as switches outside the manufacturer's support · The state of Hessen operates server and storage systems of the manufacturers Dell, EMC2, Fujitsu, HP, IBM, Netapp and Oracle for the provision of its services. To a limited extent, switches from the manufacturers Alcatel, Cisco, HP, EMC and Brocade (<1%) are also supported in finished solutions. After the end of the manufacturer's maintenance for the above-mentioned components, these systems are usually reused. The aim of the tender is to conclude a maintenance contract for server and storage systems as well as switches outside the manufacturer's support. Further information can be found in the file "Service description" on the procurement platform.
Contract
Type of service
Clement What the numbers say about this buyer
- In this sector the buyer awards roughly every month (388 awards, most recently September 2026) — by that rhythm the next award was due around October 2026. The last award went to Gi Group Deutschland.n = 388
- 66% of this buyer's awards went to companies that had already won here before (555 awards since 2020, spread over 188 companies). That is well above the sector norm (49%) — newcomers have a harder time here than elsewhere.n = 555 awards since 2020
- The median procedure drew 2 bids (554 procedures with a bid count); 35% ended with a single bidder. Sector: median 2 bids.n = 554
- The award came in at a median 87% of the estimated value (141 awards with both estimate and value) — pricing at the estimate is usually too high here. Sector: 89%.n = 141
- Across 24 procedures with structured selection criteria, this buyer most often required: References: services (22 of 24), Minimum annual turnover (10 of 24), Minimum turnover in the contract field (4 of 24), Technical staff for execution (2 of 24).n = 24
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
In technischer und beruflicher Hinsicht wird von den Bietern zum Nachweis ihrer Leistungsfähigkeit Folgendes verlangt: Darstellung von mindestens 2 geeigneten Referenzen aus den letzten drei Jahren (Stichtag "Ablauf der Angebotsfrist"), die nach Art und Umfang… read in fullcollapse
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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 |
|---|---|---|
| SINC GmbH · Wiesbaden | 46 | 2020–2026 |
| Swiss IT Security Deutschland GmbH · Wiesbaden | 23 | 2020–2025 |
| SVA GmbH · Erfurt | 16 | 2020–2026 |
| CHG-Meridian AG · Weingarten | 15 | 2021–2025 |
| SThree Temp Experts GmbH · Frankfurt am Main | 13 | 2022–2026 |
How often this buyer tenders this kind of work
Tactics
When this buyer has awarded in this sector, usually only one or two bids came in. A solid bid has a real chance here. (Based on 404 completed awards — not a statement about this procedure.)
This procedure allows 31 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 · IT services, 597 contracts went to foreign companies over the last 3 years (of 22,964 recorded awards) — mostly from Switzerland, Netherlands, Austria.
Submission language: German.
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