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Procurement of a parcel combine harvester for the Cologne site
Beschaffung eines Parzellenmähdreschers für den Standort Köln — original title
Your path to submission
- Deadline: 1 December at 10:00 — 30 days left.
- You submit on evergabe.NRW — 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
The North Rhine-Westphalia Chamber of Agriculture intends to procure a new parcel combine harvester for the harvesting of the crop, rape and legume tests of the plant protection service at the Cologne site.
Contract
Type of service
Clement What the numbers say about this buyer
- In this sector the buyer awards roughly every 17 months (3 awards, most recently September 2026) — the next award is due around January 2028 by that rhythm. The last award went to Michael van Laak.n = 3
- 43% of this buyer's awards went to companies that had already won here before (80 awards since 2018, spread over 46 companies). 57% went to new names.n = 80 awards since 2018
- The median procedure drew 2 bids (76 procedures with a bid count); 37% ended with a single bidder. Sector: median 2 bids.n = 76
- Across 5 procedures with structured selection criteria, this buyer most often required: Professional register enrolment (3 of 5), Minimum annual headcount (3 of 5), References: works (3 of 5), Minimum turnover in the contract field (2 of 5).n = 5
- 73% of the bids received came from small and medium-sized enterprises (13 procedures with a bid mix). Sector: 82%.n = 13
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.
Eligibility analysis from the tender documents
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Stadtwerke Kleve GmbH · Kleve | 5 | 2012–2018 |
| Menke Gebäudeservice GmbH & Co. KG | 4 | 2025–2026 |
| Stadtwerke Kempen GmbH · Kempen | 4 | 2012–2018 |
| GERSTEL GmbH & Co. KG | 4 | 2017–2025 |
| Coenen Neuss GmbH & Co. KG | 3 | 2025 |
How often this buyer tenders this kind of work
Tactics
When this buyer has awarded in this sector, usually only one or two bids came in. A solid bid has a real chance here. (Based on 3 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.
Foreign bidders
In Germany · Agricultural machinery, 9 contracts went to foreign companies over the last 3 years (of 1,511 recorded awards).
Submission language: German.
How to bid
Guide: how to apply on cosinex Vergabemarktplatz / DTVP → Registration, signature, fees — from the operator's bidder manual.
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