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Forklifts 2027 - Competition
Gabelstapler 2027 - Teilnahmewettbewerb — original title
Your path to submission
- Deadline for requests to participate: 12 November at 12:00 — 11 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
10 forklift trucks incl. full-service package for in-house handling, for 48 months for rent from 01.07.2027; number of operating hours are specified in the list of services.
Contract
Type of service
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Stadtwerke Wismar GmbH · Wismar | 2 | 2015–2019 |
| Kiesel Nord GmbH & Co. KG · Achim | 2 | 2018–2020 |
| Bietergemeinschaft Colcrete von Essen, AS Ückermünde/Heitkamp GmbH, NL Rostock · Torgelow | 1 | 2008 |
| Groth & Co. Bauunternehmung GmbH · Neustrelitz | 1 | 2008 |
| Cargotec Germany GmbH · Hamburg | 1 | 2016 |
How often this buyer tenders this kind of work
Contracting authority contact
Tactics
When this buyer has awarded in this sector, usually about 3 bids came in. A normal field for this market. (Based on 5 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.
Foreign bidders
In Germany · Industrial machinery, 230 contracts went to foreign companies over the last 3 years (of 6,872 recorded awards) — mostly from Switzerland, Italy, France.
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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