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Shipping preparation and handling Periodicals

Versandvorbereitung und -abwicklung Periodika — original title

DEGermany · Köln

Your path to submission

Deadline: 12 November at 10:00 — 11 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.

Compiled automatically from notice and documents — no guarantee; the procedure's wording is binding.

What the buyer is looking for

Shipping preparation and processing of the periodicals of BG ETEM · The shipping of the recorded periodicals takes place according to the following schedule: 1. magazine "arbeit & gesundheit" (6x per year) 2. "Operational calendar" (1x per year) 3. magazine "etem" (6x per year) 4. annual report (1x per year) 5. Posters (4x per year - various motifs per shipment) 6. Newspaper "profi" (6x per year) Scope over term plus extension (= 4 years): approx. 100 shipping actions

Machine translation (EU eTranslation) — official wording via the PDF link.

Contract

BuyerBerufsgenossenschaft Energie Textil Elektro Medienerzeugnisse →

TypeServices

Estimated valuevalue not published

Published13 Oct 2026

ProcedureOpen procedure

Contract period1 Jan 2027 → 31 Dec 2028

Place of performanceKöln

Framework agreementReserved for SMEs

Type of service

64 · Post & telecom services

CPV 64000000 · 64111000

Clement What the numbers say about this buyer

33% of this buyer's awards went to companies that had already won here before (10 awards since 2020, spread over 5 companies). 67% went to new names.n = 10 awards since 2020
The median procedure drew just one bid (10 procedures with a bid count); 60% ended with a single bidder. Sector: median 2 bids.n = 10
Not one of the 10 awards with a known winner country has gone to a foreign company so far. Sector average: 3%.n = 10
Across 3 procedures with structured selection criteria, this buyer most often required: References: services (2 of 3), Professional liability insurance (1 of 3), Trade register enrolment (1 of 3).n = 3

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

In comparable contracts in this sector nationwide (3,800 with a known bid count), usually only 2 offers came in — a solid bid has real chances.

References and certificates from your home country count fully across the EU — that is what European procurement law is for.

What you must prove — eligibility criteria

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Trade register enrolment

Berufs- oder Handelsregister (Mit dem Angebot; Mittels Eigenerklärung):

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Professional liability insurance

Betriebshaftpflichtversicherung (Auf Anforderung der Vergabestelle; Mittels Dritterklärung):

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References: services

Referenzen (Mit dem Angebot; Mittels Eigenerklärung):

Requirement texts are quoted in the notice's original language — only the official wording is binding.

Tender documents — direct download

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Annex 1

Specifications and annexes at the buyer — usually viewable without registration

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Administrative conditions

The full notice, official wording

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
TVT.media GmbH	2	2026
five(9)s GmbH · Alzenau	2	2026
Sattler Media GmbH · Hornburg	2	2025–2026
Kienbaum Consultants International GmbH · Köln	2	2026
XFT GmbH · Berlin	1	2020

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

How often this buyer tenders this kind of work

2025

2026

5 procedures in this category since 2019. Public procurement repeats itself — those who know the rhythm prepare instead of reacting.

Contracting authority contact

Email[email protected]

Websitewww.bgetem.de

Deadline — Thursday 12 November at 10:00

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 3,800 completed awards — not a statement about this procedure.)

This procedure allows 30 days between publication and deadline — typical in this country is 32 (median of 20,496 procedures). A normal window for this market.

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Foreign bidders

In Germany · Post & telecom services, 127 contracts went to foreign companies over the last 3 years (of 3,928 recorded awards) — mostly from Poland, Italy, United Kingdom.

Submission language: German.

Measured from linked award data; foreign winners bidding through a local subsidiary count as domestic — the true share is higher.

How to bid

Guide: how to apply on cosinex Vergabemarktplatz / DTVP → Registration, signature, fees — from the operator's bidder manual.

Read the full notice — Original + documents

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This procedure is published on 2 portals

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TEDNoticeÖffentliche Vergabe (Datenservice)Notice

Put together the evidence — in German

The 3 criteria on the left, plus your price.

Submit via TED — Tenders Electronic Daily before the deadline

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