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Advisory services for the Coordination Office for the Digitalisation of Rail in the field of strategic advice on technical planning

Beratungsleistungen für die Koordinierungsstelle Digitalisierung der Schiene im Bereich strategische Beratung zur technischen Planung — original title

DEGermany · Berlin

Your path to submission

  1. Deadline: 24 November at 12:00 — 28 days left.
  2. The submission point is stated in the notice (link on this page).
  3. Offer and evidence in: German.
  4. Collect your evidence — use the eligibility analysis on this page: it lists the requirements and, for known certificates, how to get them.
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What the buyer is looking for

The contracting authority is the PD – consultant to the public sector (PD). The client operates the ERTMS coordination unit and needs advice in the context of the infrastructure and on-board rollout and other strategic issues related to the digitalisation of rail transport. The consulting company is available to the ERTMS coordination office as a technical contact for all strategic and technical-strategic issues in connection with the introduction of ERTMS and the development of a technical target image.

Machine translation (EU eTranslation) — official wording via the PDF link.

Contract

TypeServices
Estimated valuevalue not published
Published26 Oct 2026
ProcedureOpen procedure
Reserved for SMEs

Type of service

71 · Architecture & engineering79 · Business services
CPV 71311300 · 71311200 · 79410000

Clement What the numbers say about this buyer

  • The award came in at a median 250% of the estimated value (9 awards with both estimate and value) — pricing at the estimate is usually too low here. Sector: 88%.n = 9
  • In this sector the buyer awards roughly every 5 months (32 awards, most recently October 2026) — the next award is due around March 2027 by that rhythm. The last award went to hpm Henkel Projektmanagement GmbH.n = 32
  • 59% of this buyer's awards went to companies that had already won here before (150 awards since 2019, spread over 60 companies). That is well above the sector norm (44%) — newcomers have a harder time here than elsewhere.n = 150 awards since 2019
  • 44% of the bids received came from small and medium-sized enterprises (87 procedures with a bid mix). Sector: 91%.n = 87
  • The median procedure drew 5 bids (129 procedures with a bid count); 18% ended with a single bidder. Sector: median 3 bids.n = 129

From this buyer's documented awards; comparison values from the same sector and country. Not a forecast, not legal advice. As of 25/10/2026.

Clement
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What you must prove — eligibility criteria

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Other economic requirement
Berufshaftpflichtversicherung Berufshaftpflichtversicherung mit einer Deckungssumme i.H.v. 1.000.000 Euro pro Jahr.
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References: services
Mindestens drei Referenzen über vergleichbare Leistungen. Mindestens drei Referenzen über vergleichbare Leistungen. Als vergleichbare Leistungen werden Projektreferenzen in der Beratung von Eisenbahninfrastrukturunternehmen, Eisenbahnverkehrsunternehmen, Unter… read in fullcollapse
Mindestens drei Referenzen über vergleichbare Leistungen. Mindestens drei Referenzen über vergleichbare Leistungen. Als vergleichbare Leistungen werden Projektreferenzen in der Beratung von Eisenbahninfrastrukturunternehmen, Eisenbahnverkehrsunternehmen, Unternehmen der Eisenbahnindustrie, Eisenbahnbehörden oder vergleichbaren Organisationen akzeptiert, die entweder im Zusammenhang mit dem Rollout oder der Weiterentwicklung des European Rail Traffic Management System (ERTMS) oder darüber hinaus im Zusammenhang mit der Digitalisierung des Bahnbetriebs stehen. Die Projektreferenzen muss der Bieter innerhalb der letzten 5 Jahre vor Ablauf der Angebotsfrist abgeschlossen oder maßgeblich bearbeitet haben. Es gelten weiterhin folgende Mindestkriterien an die Referenzen, wobei Referenzen auch mehrere der Mindestkriterien abdecken können: • Mindestens eine Referenz muss ein Projektvolumen von mindestens 100 Personentagen umfassen. Der Bieter muss in dem Projekt selbst wesentliche und eigenverantwortliche Beratungsleistungen erbracht haben. • Mindestens eine Referenz muss im Schwerpunkt außerhalb Deutschlands in einem Mitgliedstaat der Europäischen Union oder einem sonstigen europäischen Staat erbracht worden sein („europäische Auslandsreferenz“). • Mindestens eine Referenz muss den Schwerpunkt im Rollout oder der Weiterentwicklung des European Rail Traffic Management System (ERTMS) aufweisen. • Mindestens eine Referenz muss den Schwerpunkt im Bereich Digitalisierung des Bahnbetriebs aufweisen. • Mindestens eine Referenz muss für eine Eisenbahnbehörde oder vergleichbaren Organisationen erbracht worden sein. • Mindestens eine Referenz muss für ein privates Unternehmen (Eisenbahninfrastrukturunternehmen, Eisenbahnverkehrsunternehmen, Unternehmen der Eisenbahnindustrie) erbracht worden sein.
Requirement texts are quoted in the notice's original language — only the official wording is binding.

Tender documents — direct download

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Annex 1
Specifications and annexes at the buyer — usually viewable without registration
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Administrative conditions
The full notice, official wording

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.

CompanyAwardsPeriod
BearingPoint GmbH · Frankfurt am Main92019–2025
P3 group GmbH · Aachen62025
T-Systems International GmbH · Düsseldorf52025
Drees & Sommer SE · Stuttgart52024–2026
Accenture GmbH52025
From the recorded awards · regular winners know this buyer's requirements — that is your competition.

How often this buyer tenders this kind of work

5
2019
2
2020
4
2021
1
2022
3
2023
17
2024
30
2025
50
2026
112 procedures in this category since 2019. Public procurement repeats itself — those who know the rhythm prepare instead of reacting.

Contracting authority contact

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Deadline — Tuesday 24 November at 12:00

Tactics

When this buyer has awarded in this sector, usually about 3 bids came in. A normal field for this market. (Based on 32 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 19,692 procedures). A normal window for this market.

Foreign bidders

In Germany · Architecture & engineering, 404 contracts went to foreign companies over the last 3 years (of 111,169 recorded awards) — mostly from Austria, Switzerland, Poland.

Submission language: German.

Measured from linked award data; foreign winners bidding through a local subsidiary count as domestic — the true share is higher.

How to bid

Read the full notice — Original + documents
Goes directly to this tender on TED — Tenders Electronic Daily. The full specification and all annexes are there.
This procedure is published on 2 portals
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Put together the evidence — in German
The 2 criteria on the left, plus your price.
Submit via TED — Tenders Electronic Daily before the deadline
Electronic submission — allow time for the portal registration the first time.
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