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Fuel oil procurement
Heizölbeschaffung — original title
Your path to submission
- Deadline: 30 November at 10:00 — 29 days 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.
What the buyer is looking for
Fuel oil procurement for properties of the city of Elsdorf 2027-2028 · see specifications
Contract
Type of service
Clement What the numbers say about this buyer
- 24% of this buyer's awards went to companies that had already won here before (59 awards since 2018, spread over 45 companies). That is well below the sector norm (54%) — this buyer switches suppliers more often than others.n = 59 awards since 2018
- 100% of the bids received came from small and medium-sized enterprises (10 procedures with a bid mix). Sector: 43%.n = 10
- The median procedure drew 3 bids (59 procedures with a bid count); 31% ended with a single bidder. Sector: median 2 bids.n = 59
- 0% of the bids received came from other countries (10 procedures with a bid mix) — all bidders, not just the winners. Sector: 5%.n = 10
- Not one of the 59 awards with a known winner country has gone to a foreign company so far. Sector average: 1%.n = 59
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.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Carl Henkel GmbH & Co. KG · Bielefeld | 5 | 2015–2025 |
| GREENBOX Landschaftsarchitekten PartG mbB Schäfer/Pieper/Patzelt/Theidel/Wiegard | 5 | 2024–2025 |
| FÄKA Umweltschutz Abfallbeseitigungs GmbH · Neunkirchen-Seelscheid | 4 | 2021–2026 |
| KÉCO MODULE GmbH · Wackernheim | 3 | 2024 |
| Rudi Henn, Bauunternehmung GmBH&CoKG · Simmerath | 3 | 2025 |
How often this buyer tenders this kind of work
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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 9,799 completed awards — not a statement about this procedure.)
This procedure allows 32 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 · Petroleum & fuels, 66 contracts went to foreign companies over the last 3 years (of 10,064 recorded awards) — mostly from Netherlands, Austria, United Kingdom.
Submission language: German.
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