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Micro Focus/OpenText Fulfillment Agent
Your path to submission
- Deadline: 16 November at 11:00 — 15 days left.
- You submit on e-Vergabe des Bundes — not here and not by e-mail. ↗
- 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 order of a fulfillment agent for the processing of software services from OpenText (formerly Micro Focus) with maintenance services together with troubleshooting and, if necessary, assignment by means of a framework agreement. The framework agreement includes maintenance services together with troubleshooting for various software products from OpenText (formerly Micro Focus, legal successor OpenText) as well as the permanent assignment of further new licenses together with maintenance services and troubleshooting for a total period of a maximum of two years by commissioning a fulfillment agent. The terms and conditions result from an existing MLA contract. The framework agreement has a term of 12 months with a one-off, active renewal option for a further 12 months and therefore also starts with the award of the contract, but at the earliest on 1 December 2026. Estimated purchase…
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… quantities: The total number of existing licenses of various Micro Focus software products is currently 41.254 pieces. The estimated need for maintenance services plus troubleshooting for the existing licenses is therefore also 41.254 pieces per year.
Contract
Type of service
Clement What the numbers say about this buyer
- In this sector the buyer awards roughly every 3 months (27 awards, most recently August 2026) — the next award is due around December 2026 by that rhythm. The last award went to Bureau van Dijk Electronic Publishing GmbH.n = 27
- 65% of this buyer's awards went to companies that had already won here before (1,847 awards since 2017, spread over 637 companies). That is well above the sector norm (45%) — newcomers have a harder time here than elsewhere.n = 1,847 awards since 2017
- The median procedure drew 2 bids (1,754 procedures with a bid count); 34% ended with a single bidder. Sector: median 1 bid.n = 1,754
- From notice to award takes a median 146 days here (301 procedures). Sector: 80 days.n = 301
- 66% of the bids received came from small and medium-sized enterprises (534 procedures with a bid mix). Sector: 51%.n = 534
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
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 |
|---|---|---|
| BMW AG | 77 | 2018–2026 |
| Ford-Werke GmbH | 58 | 2020–2026 |
| Schiffswerft von Cölln GmbH & Co. · Hamburg | 56 | 2016–2026 |
| Opel Automobile GmbH · Rüsselsheim | 46 | 2017–2026 |
| Volkswagen AG · Wolfsburg | 46 | 2016–2026 |
How often this buyer tenders this kind of work
Tactics
When this buyer has awarded in this sector, there was usually a single bid in the end. A solid bid has a real chance here. (Based on 35 completed awards — not a statement about this procedure.)
This procedure allows 32 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 · Software & IT systems, 347 contracts went to foreign companies over the last 3 years (of 16,515 recorded awards) — mostly from Switzerland, Italy, Austria.
Submission language: German.
How to bid
Guide: how to apply on e-Vergabe des Bundes (evergabe-online.de) → Registration, signature, fees — from the operator's bidder manual.
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