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RV Helmfunk
Your path to submission
- Deadline: 23 November at 06:00 — 22 days left.
- You submit on HAD — Hessische Ausschreibungsdatenbank — not here and not by e-mail. ↗ Free bidder account on the state platform required; electronic submission, usually plain text form. 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
Framework agreement for the supply of Bluetooth-enabled helmet radios (headset and handheld radios) including wearing parts, hygiene and audio accessories · The state of Hessen, represented by the state enterprise HessenForst, awards the service described in more detail below. The subject of the open procedure according to the procurement regulations (VgV) is the conclusion of a framework agreement on the supply of Bluetooth-enabled helmet radios (headset and handheld radios) including wear parts, hygiene and audio accessories. The articles to be procured serve to equip the following employment groups in the currently 39 forestry offices of HessenForst as required. - Employees according to TV-Forst Hessen with regular use in wood harvesting - Employees according to TVA-Forst Hessen as part of their forestry training. The helmet radios are used under the specific and difficult conditions…
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… of forestry operation. They must be fully suitable for the intended areas of use in forestry and the associated special requirements. The intended use of helmet radios in forestry operations requires certain minimum functional and technical requirements. These are necessary to fulfil the intended purpose of the service and are finally described in more detail in the specification / price sheet. Quantities refer to the maximum contract period of four years.
Contract
Type of service
Clement What the numbers say about this buyer
- The median procedure drew 51 bids (736 procedures with a bid count); 2% ended with a single bidder. Sector: median 2 bids.n = 736
- 61% of this buyer's awards went to companies that had already won here before (736 awards since 2020, spread over 287 companies). That is well above the sector norm (41%) — newcomers have a harder time here than elsewhere.n = 736 awards since 2020
- 93% of the bids received came from small and medium-sized enterprises (326 procedures with a bid mix). Sector: 62%.n = 326
- 2% of awards went to companies from abroad (736 awards with a known winner country). Sector average: 1%.n = 736
- 4% of the bids received came from other countries (326 procedures with a bid mix) — all bidders, not just the winners. Sector: 2%.n = 326
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.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Sailer Baumschulen GmbH · Mertingen | 13 | 2021–2025 |
| Forst Service Herbart · Friedewald | 8 | 2023–2025 |
| Buchholz GmbH · Wolfach | 8 | 2024–2026 |
| Grube KG | 7 | 2024–2025 |
| Matthias Möller · Willingen | 7 | 2023–2025 |
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 6,147 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 · Radio, TV & communications, 50 contracts went to foreign companies over the last 3 years (of 6,378 recorded awards) — mostly from Austria, Netherlands, Italy.
Submission language: German.
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