How to bid in this country: portals, deadlines, thresholds →
Framework agreement for the purchase of lubricants
Rammeaftale for indkøb af smøremidler — original title
Your path to submission
- Deadline: 16 November at 12:00 — 15 days left.
- The submission point is stated in the notice (link on this page).
- Offer and evidence in: Danish.
- 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
DSB regularly maintains and repairs trains and other rolling stock at (at the time of publication of the tender) seven locations in Denmark. The present tender concerns 16 (up to) 8-year framework agreement for lubricants in the form of grease, oil and coolant for the maintenance of DSB’s rolling stock. The tender comprises a total of 16 lubricants. Each of these lubricants is considered a separate partial agreement and is evaluated separately and in isolation from the evaluation concerning the other lubricants. For each lubricant, a framework agreement is awarded to one successful tenderer. If the same tenderer wins two lubricants, a single agreement is drawn up covering both partial agreements.
Contract
Type of service
Clement What the numbers say about this buyer
- The median procedure drew 2 bids (101 procedures with a bid count); 14% ended with a single bidder. Sector: median 5 bids.n = 101
- 7% of this buyer's awards went to companies that had already won here before (167 awards since 2018, spread over 54 companies). That is well below the sector norm (19%) — this buyer switches suppliers more often than others.n = 167 awards since 2018
- 33% of awards went to companies from abroad (167 awards with a known winner country). Sector average: 14%.n = 167
- The award came in at a median 67% of the estimated value (12 awards with both estimate and value) — pricing at the estimate is usually too high here.n = 12
- Across 4 procedures with structured selection criteria, this buyer most often required: Average minimum annual turnover (3 of 4), Financial ratio required (2 of 4), References: supplies (2 of 4), Independent quality certificate (e.g. ISO 9001) (1 of 4).n = 4
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
Tilbudsgiver skal fremsende mindst tre referencer, hvor tilbudsgiver har leveret smøremidler svarende til de af udbuddet omfattede til en kunde inden for togindustrien. Referencerne må ikke være ældre end tre år målt fra leveringspunktet til ansøgningsfrist. T… read in fullcollapse
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Omnicom Media Group A/S | 4 | 2024–2025 |
| AARSLEFF RAIL A/S | 3 | 2025–2026 |
| MT Højgaard A/S | 2 | 2024–2025 |
| COWI A/S · Hamburg | 2 | 2025 |
| COWI A/S (Byggeri, brand, hospitaler) | 2 | 2023–2024 |
How often this buyer tenders this kind of work
Contracting authority contact
Tactics
When contracts were awarded in this country and sector, usually 5 or more bids came in. Many compete here — price and references decide. (Based on 73 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 309 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 Denmark, 2,186 contracts went to foreign companies over the last 3 years (of 14,314 recorded awards) — mostly from Germany, Sweden, Finland.
Submission language: Danish.
How to bid
Don't miss the next one
Friedrich finds tenders like this for you — every morning at 7:30, each one checked by Claude (Anthropic) for fit, and he learns from your feedback what your company really does.
Register now