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Excavator services

Grävmaskinstjänster — original title

SESweden · Malmö

Your path to submission

Deadline for requests to participate: 12 November at 23:59 — 12 days left. Two-stage procedure: by this deadline you submit a request to participate (proof of eligibility). Only shortlisted firms are then invited to submit a tender.
The submission point is stated in the notice (link on this page).
Offer and evidence in: Swedish.
Collect your evidence — the eligibility requirements are listed on this page; for many of them the analysis explains how to obtain them.

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What the buyer is looking for

Procurement of framework agreements for excavator services for VA SYD's operations. Different types and sizes of machines.

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

Contract

BuyerVA SYD →

TypeWorks

Estimated valueSEK 240,000,000

Published28 Oct 2026

ProcedureNegotiated procedure with prior publication

Contract period1 Mar 2027 → 28 Feb 2034

Place of performanceMalmö

Framework agreement3 lots

Type of service

45 · Construction work

CPV 45000000 · 45230000

Clement What the numbers say about this buyer

39% of awards went to companies from abroad (267 awards with a known winner country). Sector average: 3%.n = 267
The median procedure drew 3 bids (171 procedures with a bid count); 25% ended with a single bidder. Sector: median 8 bids.n = 171
2% of this buyer's awards went to companies that had already won here before (267 awards since 2017, spread over 27 companies). 98% went to new names.n = 267 awards since 2017
0% of the bids received came from other countries (33 procedures with a bid mix) — all bidders, not just the winners.n = 33
0% of the bids received came from small and medium-sized enterprises (33 procedures with a bid mix).n = 33

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.

Clement

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

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 Swedish.

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.

Company	Awards	Period
Pollex AB	2	2026
RAMBOLL	2	2026
Aarsleff Pipe Technologies AB	2	2026
Kristianstads Elektrotekniska AB	2	2026
Xylem Water Solutions Sweden AB	2	2026

From the recorded awards · regular winners know this buyer's requirements — that is your competition.

Contracting authority contact

Email[email protected]

Websitewww.vasyd.se/

Deadline — Thursday 12 November at 23:59

Deadline for requests to participate

Tactics

When this buyer has awarded in this sector, usually about 3 bids came in. A normal field for this market. (Based on 7 completed awards — not a statement about this procedure.)

This procedure allows 16 days between publication and deadline — typical in this country is 31 (median of 1,279 procedures). Much tighter than usual: the first week counts.

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Foreign bidders

In Sweden · Construction work, 6 contracts went to foreign companies over the last 3 years (of 839 recorded awards).

Submission language: Swedish.

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.

Put together the evidence — in Swedish

Certificates, references and your price — as set out in the notice.

Submit via TED — Tenders Electronic Daily before the deadline

Electronic submission — allow time for the portal registration the first time.

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