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Your path to submission
- Deadline: 6 November at 10:00 — 5 days left.
- You submit on evergabe.NRW — not here and not by e-mail. ↗ Free bidder account on the cosinex platform required (created instantly); offers go through the bidding tool, usually plain text form suffices — no qualified signature. 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
The rku.it GmbH operates IT infrastructures and provides IT services in particular for companies in the municipal energy supply and public transport. The subject of this tender is the procurement of a VMware Cloud Foundation subscription including production support for long-term licensing and support of rku.it's virtualization and private cloud platform. The procurement serves the long-term licensing and support of rku.it's virtualization and private cloud platform. Operational use also includes the provision of services to existing and future customers in shared cluster environments, insofar as these customers are covered by the agreed affiliates regulation. The contractor must offer all license and support services described below in a complete and manufacturer-compliant manner. The requirements of these specifications are decisive. Deviations must be explicitly and completely named…
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… in the offer. Product / Manufacturer VMware Cloud Foundation / Broadcom Manufacturer Item Number VCF-CLD-FND License Scope 3,472 Cores Contract Model Subscription including Production Support Term 36 Months Payment Method Annual Payment Additional License Request Consideration of the Affiliates List agreed with Broadcom and rku.it · Scope of Services rku.it GmbH operates IT infrastructures and provides IT services in particular for companies of municipal energy supply and public transport. The subject of this tender is the procurement of a VMware Cloud Foundation subscription including production support for long-term licensing and support of rku.it's virtualization and private cloud platform. The procurement serves the long-term licensing and support of rku.it's virtualization and private cloud platform. Operational use also includes the provision of services to existing and future customers in shared cluster environments, insofar as these customers are covered by the agreed affiliates regulation. The contractor must offer all license and support services described below in a complete and manufacturer-compliant manner. The requirements of these specifications are decisive. Deviations must be explicitly and completely named in the offer. Product / Manufacturer VMware Cloud Foundation / Broadcom Manufacturer Item Number VCF-CLD-FND License Scope 3,472 Cores Contract Model Subscription including Production Support Term 36 Months Payment Method Annual Payment Additional License Request Consideration of the Affiliates List 1.1 Subscription and Production Support agreed with Broadcom and rku.it Offer is a subscription valid for the entire contract term of 36 months for a total of 3,472 Cores VMware Cloud Foundation (Manufacturer No. VCF-CLD-FND), including the associated Production Support. The provision must be made in accordance with the manufacturer's conditions applicable to the offered product. -Full license permission for the advertised Core number during the entire term of the contract. -Inclusion of production support for the entire term without interruption in time or quantity. -Provision and comprehensible proof of license and support rights in the Broadcom/VMware customer account or entitlement system provided for this purpose. -Start and end of subscription and support must be clearly indicated in the offer. -A fixed price or a binding price per contract year as well as the total price over 36 months must be shown. Invoicing and payment shall be made annually; a full advance payment for three years is not foreseen. 1.2 Affiliates Rules and Shared Cluster Usage E
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Type of service
Clement What the numbers say about this buyer
- 0% of this buyer's awards went to companies that had already won here before (12 awards since 2019, spread over 12 companies). That is well below the sector norm (45%) — this buyer switches suppliers more often than others.n = 12 awards since 2019
- The median procedure drew just one bid (11 procedures with a bid count); 55% ended with a single bidder. Sector: median 1 bid.n = 11
- Not one of the 12 awards with a known winner country has gone to a foreign company so far. Sector average: 2%.n = 12
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.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| CRIMSON Technology | 1 | 2026 |
| interface systems GmbH · Dresden | 1 | 2024 |
| Wortmann AG · Hüllhorst | 1 | 2019 |
| HRB509532 Erfurt | 1 | 2024 |
| ACP IT Solutions GmbH · München | 1 | 2024 |
How often this buyer tenders this kind of work
Tactics
When contracts were awarded in this country and sector, there was usually a single bid in the end. A solid bid has a real chance here. (Based on 15,901 completed awards — not a statement about this procedure.)
This procedure allows 10 days between publication and deadline — typical in this country is 32 (median of 20,071 procedures). Much tighter than usual: the first week counts.
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.
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