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Precious metals for research applications in cleanrooms
Edelmetalle für Forschungsanwendungen im Reinraum — original title
Your path to submission
- Deadline: 5 November at 12:00 — 4 days left.
- The submission point is stated in the notice (link on this page).
- Offer and evidence in: German.
- Collect your evidence — the eligibility requirements are listed on this page; for many of them the analysis explains how to obtain them.
What the buyer is looking for
Delivery of the tendered quantities of precious metals (gold, palladium, platinum) to the ISTA campus for use in research under cleanroom conditions (e.g. Advanced electronics and semiconductor manufac-turing sector). Optional precious metal recycling can be offered.
Contract
Type of service
Clement What the numbers say about this buyer
- 14% of this buyer's awards went to companies that had already won here before (144 awards since 2015, spread over 64 companies). That is well below the sector norm (52%) — this buyer switches suppliers more often than others.n = 144 awards since 2015
- 58% of awards went to companies from abroad (144 awards with a known winner country). Sector average: 26%.n = 144
- The median procedure drew just one bid (92 procedures with a bid count); 73% ended with a single bidder.n = 92
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.
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.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Carl Zeiss GmbH | 6 | 2022–2026 |
| Eppendorf Austria GmbH | 4 | 2024–2025 |
| FEI Europe B.V. Branch Austria | 3 | 2025 |
| VWR International GmbH · Darmstadt | 3 | 2024–2026 |
| Quantum Design GmbH | 2 | 2022–2026 |
Tactics
This procedure allows 22 days between publication and deadline — typical in this country is 31 (median of 488 procedures). Much tighter than usual: the first week counts.
Foreign bidders
In Austria, 4,851 contracts went to foreign companies over the last 3 years (of 25,656 recorded awards) — mostly from Germany, Italy, France.
Submission language: German.
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