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Plant care of hydroponics and earth cultures in Hamburg
Pflanzenpflege von Hydrokulturen und Erdkulturen in Hamburg — original title
Your path to submission
- Deadline: 12 November at 12:00 — 11 days left.
- You submit on Vergabemarktplatz (cosinex) — 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 object of the service is the plant care at the locations of the Techniker Krankenkasse in Hamburg with the aim of maintaining healthy hydroponic plants indoors. On the roof terraces of the company headquarters, additional earth cultures with the same goal are to be cultivated. This is to be ensured by a regular care service provided by an external service provider. · In total, there are approximately 2,124 indoor hydroponics (large buckets) to be maintained at a total of 7 locations in accordance with the terms of reference and 20 outdoor soil crops (12 Illex bushes in buckets and 8 cherry laurel buckets) at the location of the TK headquarters (Bramfelder Straße 140 in Hamburg). The hydroponic plants are to be cultivated in a 4-week rhythm. The earth-cultivated plants should be cultivated weekly, possibly several times a week depending on the weather.
Contract
Type of service
Clement What the numbers say about this buyer
- 56% of this buyer's awards went to companies that had already won here before (1,519 awards since 2013, spread over 581 companies). 44% went to new names.n = 1,519 awards since 2013
- The median procedure drew 5 bids (1,364 procedures with a bid count); 27% ended with a single bidder. Sector: median 6 bids.n = 1,364
- 61% of the bids received came from small and medium-sized enterprises (21 procedures with a bid mix). Sector: 91%.n = 21
- From notice to award takes a median 150 days here (238 procedures). Sector: 69 days.n = 238
- Across 198 procedures with structured selection criteria, this buyer most often required: Share of subcontractors (138 of 198), Quality control by institutes (30 of 198), Minimum annual turnover (13 of 198), References: services (12 of 198).n = 198
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Computacenter AG & Co. oHG | 76 | 2006–2026 |
| Siehe im Feld "Allgemeine Informationen" | 59 | 2023–2026 |
| Hexal AG · Holzkirchen | 43 | 2011–2026 |
| Aliud Pharma GmbH · Laichingen | 39 | 2011–2026 |
| Aristo Pharma GmbH · Berlin | 33 | 2012–2026 |
How often this buyer tenders this kind of work
Tactics
When contracts were awarded in this country and sector, usually 5 or more bids came in. Many compete here — price and references decide. (Based on 12,206 completed awards — not a statement about this procedure.)
This procedure allows 17 days between publication and deadline — typical in this country is 32 (median of 20,496 procedures). Much tighter than usual: the first week counts.
Foreign bidders
In Germany · Agricultural services, 222 contracts went to foreign companies over the last 3 years (of 12,697 recorded awards) — mostly from Austria, Poland, Netherlands.
Submission language: German.
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