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MPLS-TP

DEGermany · Köln

The buyer published only a reference number as the title. What is being procured is in the description or the documents.

Your path to submission

Deadline: 2 November at 12:00 — 1 day left.
The submission point is stated in the notice (link on this page).
Offer and evidence in: German.
Collect your evidence — the eligibility requirements are listed on this page; for many of them the analysis explains how to obtain them.

Compiled automatically from notice and documents — no guarantee; the procedure's wording is binding.

What the buyer is looking for

Supply and service agreement with a manufacturer-authorized provider for an MPLS-TP system including hardware, licenses, management software and five-year support. Belden XTran serves as a reference; equivalent solutions are allowed. Installation, configuration and commissioning are carried out by the client or the service recipient.

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

Contract

BuyerRheinEnergie AG -L →

TypeServices

Estimated valuevalue not published

Published29 Oct 2026

ProcedureOpen procedure

Reserved for SMEs

Type of service

72 · IT services

CPV 72000000

Clement

In comparable contracts in this sector nationwide (22,065 with a known bid count), usually only 2 offers came in — a solid bid has real chances.

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 German.

Tender documents — direct download

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Administrative conditions

The full notice, official wording

How often this buyer tenders this kind of work

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42 procedures in this category since 2019. Public procurement repeats itself — those who know the rhythm prepare instead of reacting.

Contracting authority contact

Email[email protected]

Websitewww.rheinenergie.com

Deadline — Monday 2 November at 12:00

Tactics

When contracts were awarded in this country and sector, usually only one or two bids came in. A solid bid has a real chance here. (Based on 22,065 completed awards — not a statement about this procedure.)

This procedure allows 5 days between publication and deadline — typical in this country is 32 (median of 20,496 procedures). Much tighter than usual: the first week counts.

The deadline falls on a Monday — your last full working day is the Friday before. Have evidence and guarantees together by Thursday.

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Foreign bidders

In Germany · IT services, 597 contracts went to foreign companies over the last 3 years (of 22,964 recorded awards) — mostly from Switzerland, Netherlands, 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

Read the full notice — Original + documents

Goes directly to this tender on TED — Tenders Electronic Daily. The full specification and all annexes are there.

This procedure is published on 2 portals

All known sources are notice services. The buyer names the submission point in the notice itself.

TEDNoticeÖffentliche Vergabe (Datenservice)Notice

Put together the evidence — in German

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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