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Refurbishment of an in-house printing company
Neuausstattung einer Hausdruckerei — original title
Your path to submission
- Deadline: 30 November at 09:00 — 29 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
Refurbishment of an in-house printer · The Märkische Kreis is planning to refurbish its in-house printer in the Kreishaus in Lüdenscheid with a new solution for the production of black/white and color documents. The in-house printing company is an in-house service provider that provides copying and printing services for all institutions in the district (including the district's own vocational and special-needs schools). The planned solution consists of various software and hardware components and must cover the requirements described below. Two high-performance colour printing systems will be phased out of the contract in 2027 and will be replaced by comparable colour systems. Accordingly, the new contract is to begin on 01.07.2027 for 60 months with an extension option. Volume development in in-house printing is fluctuating. This shows a shift from b/w printing to color printing, which…
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… is expected to continue in the coming years. However, the future volume development is not foreseeable. The last few years have already shown that print jobs are becoming more demanding, which is reflected both in the equipment of the systems and in the required software. Further information can be found in the procurement documents
Contract
Type of service
Clement What the numbers say about this buyer
- 42% of this buyer's awards went to companies that had already won here before (32 awards since 2022, spread over 19 companies). 58% went to new names.n = 32 awards since 2022
- The median procedure drew 2 bids (32 procedures with a bid count); 38% ended with a single bidder. Sector: median 1 bid.n = 32
- Not one of the 32 awards with a known winner country has gone to a foreign company so far. Sector average: 3%.n = 32
- Across 16 procedures with structured selection criteria, this buyer most often required: References: supplies (7 of 16), Trade register enrolment (7 of 16), Quality control by institutes (6 of 16), Average minimum annual turnover (6 of 16).n = 16
- From notice to award takes a median 69 days here (7 procedures). Sector: 69 days.n = 7
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.
What you must prove — eligibility criteria
Patronatserklärung (Mit dem Angebot; Keine oder anderweitige Formerfordernis): Bieter, die nicht Hersteller der Systeme sind, ist eine Patronatserklärung des Herstellers für die Aufrechterhaltung der Betriebsbereitschaft des Systems über die gesamte Vertragsla… read in fullcollapse
Referenzen zu bestimmten Arbeiten (Mit dem Angebot; Keine oder anderweitige Formerfordernis): Der Bieter muss mindestens drei Referenzen der letzten drei Jahre über die Lieferung und Betreuungen (Wartungsleistung) von Output-Lösungen vergleichbarer Art angeben… read in fullcollapse
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 |
|---|---|---|
| stepIT.net GmbH · Hagen | 5 | 2023–2025 |
| Ev. Jugendhilfe Iserlohn-Hagen gGmbH · Iserlohn | 3 | 2023–2026 |
| Bramey.Bünermann Ingenieure GmbH · Dortmund | 3 | 2025 |
| Medialine Eurotrade AG · Bad Sobernheim | 3 | 2025 |
| Die Brücke Südwestfalen gGmbH | 2 | 2026 |
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 6,656 completed awards — not a statement about this procedure.)
This procedure allows 33 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 · Industrial machinery, 230 contracts went to foreign companies over the last 3 years (of 6,872 recorded awards) — mostly from Switzerland, Italy, France.
Submission language: German.
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