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Provision of an AI competency platform and implementation of AI baseline and AI build-up skills

Bereitstellung einer KI-Kompetenzplattform sowie Durchführung von KI-Grundlagen- und KI-Aufbauqualifizierung — original title

DEGermany · Heppenheim

Your path to submission

  1. Deadline: 3 November at 23:59 — 3 days left.
  2. 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.
  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 Jobcenter Neue Wege Kreis Bergstraße is owned by the Kreis Bergstraße. It carries out the KI_Hub Kommunal funding project for the district, which is funded by state funds as part of the Hesse strong homeland funding programme. KI_Hub Kommunal is a joint project of municipal job centres and K4K eG as implementation partner. Within the framework of the project "KI_Hub Kommunal", an inter-municipal community of municipal organizations, in particular municipal job centers, is supported in the systematic development of competences in the field of artificial intelligence (AI). The project community includes several municipal sponsors who, with the lead participation of the municipal job center Neue Wege, jointly establish standards, structures and opportunities in the use of AI. With the increasing spread of AI applications in administrative and consulting work, there is a considerable…

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… need for qualification in the breadth of the workforce. At the same time, Article 4 of Regulation (EU) 2024/1689 ("EU AI Regulation" or "EU AI Act") imposes specific obligations on the organisations involved to ensure an adequate level of AI competence of their staff. The aim of the procurement is to establish a sustainable, jointly usable qualification architecture, consisting of a central AI competence platform and a basic and advanced qualification based on it. The solution should be scalable, data protection-compliant and workable beyond the project term and make an effective contribution to fulfilling the AI competency obligation under Article 4 of the EU AI Regulation. The subject of the service is the provision and operation of an AI competence platform and the implementation of qualification offers based on it. The performance comprises the following three coordinated components: 1.AI competency platformfor: Provision of a multi-tenant SaaS learning platform as a technical basis for qualification offers 2. Basic AI qualification: On-demand learning programme for the development of broad basic AI skills, including a compulsory share in accordance with Article 4 of Regulation (EU) No 3 on AI. AI Build-Up Qualification: Moderated online workshops for in-depth competence development with knowledge base and community approach The three components are to be provided as a total performance ("from a single source"). The AI competency platform is the technical basis on which both basic and advanced qualification are provided, used and administered.

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

Contract

TypeServices
Estimated valuevalue not published
Published28 Oct 2026
ProcedureOpen procedure
Contract period15 Feb 2027 → 14 Feb 2028
Place of performanceHeppenheim
Reserved for SMEs

Type of service

80 · Education & training72 · IT services
CPV 80522000 · 72268000

Clement What the numbers say about this buyer

  • 67% of this buyer's awards went to companies that had already won here before (64 awards since 2018, spread over 22 companies). 33% went to new names.n = 64 awards since 2018
  • The median procedure drew 2 bids (64 procedures with a bid count); 23% ended with a single bidder. Sector: median 3 bids.n = 64
  • 71% of the bids received came from small and medium-sized enterprises (20 procedures with a bid mix). Sector: 51%.n = 20
  • From notice to award takes a median 16 days here (8 procedures). Sector: 84 days.n = 8
  • Across 8 procedures with structured selection criteria, this buyer most often required: References: services (8 of 8), Quality management (5 of 8), Quality control by institutes (4 of 8), Average minimum annual turnover (4 of 8).n = 8

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
References and certificates from your home country count fully across the EU — that is what European procurement law is for.

What you must prove — eligibility criteria

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Quality management
Zur Beurteilung der Eignung sind vom Bieter in den Vordrucken D.1, D.2, D.2.1, D.2.2 sowie in der Anlage Eigenerklärung zu Russlandsanktionen, Angaben und Erklärungen zur Fachkunde, Leistungsfähigkeit und Zuverlässigkeit zu machen und abzugeben. Bei Bietergeme… read in fullcollapse
Zur Beurteilung der Eignung sind vom Bieter in den Vordrucken D.1, D.2, D.2.1, D.2.2 sowie in der Anlage Eigenerklärung zu Russlandsanktionen, Angaben und Erklärungen zur Fachkunde, Leistungsfähigkeit und Zuverlässigkeit zu machen und abzugeben. Bei Bietergemeinschaften sind die Eignungsnachweise zur Fachkunde je Mitglied nach Leistungsanteil gefordert. Hinsichtlich der Leistungsfähigkeit kommt es auf die der Bietergemeinschaft insgesamt zur Verfügung stehende Kapazität an. Die Zuverlässigkeit muss bei allen Beteiligten gegeben sein.
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References: services
Fachkundig ist ein Bieter, der umfassende und aktuelle Erfahrungen, Kenntnisse und Fertigkeiten für die zu erbringende Leistung mit mindestens zwei Referenzen nachweist, um diese fachgerecht vorzubereiten und auszuführen. Der Nachweis der Fachkunde ist erbrach… read in fullcollapse
Fachkundig ist ein Bieter, der umfassende und aktuelle Erfahrungen, Kenntnisse und Fertigkeiten für die zu erbringende Leistung mit mindestens zwei Referenzen nachweist, um diese fachgerecht vorzubereiten und auszuführen. Der Nachweis der Fachkunde ist erbracht, wenn 1. die ausgeschriebenen oder vergleichbaren Leistungen innerhalb der letzten drei Jahre durchgeführt wurden oder dass mit der Angebotserstellung und / oder der Ausführung bzw. der Leitung der Ausführung befasste Personal die ausgeschriebene und / oder eine vergleichbare Leistung bereits ausgeführt hat. Vergleichbare Leistungen sind Bereitstellungen einer digitalen Lernplattform und/oder die Durchführung von Qualifizierungsmaßnahmen in ähnlichem Umfang. Eine Referenz aus dem öffentlichen Sektor ist wünschenswert.
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Other economic requirement
Fachkundig ist ein Bieter der einen aktuellen Nachweis der Eintragung in das Berufs- oder Handelsregister des Sitzlandes oder ein gleichwertiger Nachweis mit einreicht.
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Average minimum annual turnover
Der Nachweis ist erbracht, wenn • der Gesamtumsatz des Unternehmens sowie über den Umsatz für vergleichbare Leistungen, jeweils bezogen auf die letzten drei Geschäftsjahre nachweist. (Teil D 3.2 der Vergabeunterlagen) Bei der späteren Wertung der Angebote findet eine Berücksichtigung der bereits festgestellten Eignung nicht mehr statt.
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Trade register enrolment
Fachkundig ist ein Bieter der einen aktuellen Nachweis der Eintragung in das Berufs- oder Handelsregister des Sitzlandes oder ein gleichwertiger Nachweis mit einreicht.
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
Bildungswerk der Hessischen Wirtschaft e.V. · Frankfurt am Main172017–2026
SRH Berufsbildungswerk Neckargemünd GmbH · Neckargemünd122021–2026
Softdoor GmbH · Bensheim122016–2025
Merkur-Schule Private Schulgesellschaft mbH · Mörlenbach52023–2026
USS GmbH · Sinsheim42018–2024
From the recorded awards · regular winners know this buyer's requirements — that is your competition.

Contracting authority contact

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Deadline — Tuesday 3 November at 23:59

Tactics

When contracts were awarded in this country and sector, usually about 3 bids came in. A normal field for this market. (Based on 14,826 completed awards — not a statement about this procedure.)

This procedure allows 7 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 · Education & training, 58 contracts went to foreign companies over the last 3 years (of 15,117 recorded awards) — mostly from Spain, United Kingdom, Austria.

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

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