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Award of refrigerants
Vergabe Kältemittel — original title
Your path to submission
- Deadline for requests to participate: 30 November at 10:00 — 29 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: 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
Implementation of an EU-wide negotiated procedure with public competition for the award of refrigerants for Deutsche Bahn AG.
Contract
Type of service
Clement What the numbers say about this buyer
- The median procedure drew 30 bids (3,341 procedures with a bid count); 3% ended with a single bidder. Sector: median 2 bids.n = 3,341
- 64% of this buyer's awards went to companies that had already won here before (3,572 awards since 2019, spread over 1,276 companies). That is well above the sector norm (48%) — newcomers have a harder time here than elsewhere.n = 3,572 awards since 2019
- The award came in at a median 50% of the estimated value (22 awards with both estimate and value) — pricing at the estimate is usually too high here. Sector: 83%.n = 22
- From notice to award takes a median 196 days here (708 procedures). Sector: 72 days.n = 708
- Across 16 procedures with structured selection criteria, this buyer most often required: Security of supply required (15 of 16), Quality management (1 of 16), Product samples (1 of 16), Staff qualifications (1 of 16).n = 16
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.
What you must prove — eligibility criteria
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 |
|---|---|---|
| DB Engineering & Consulting GmbH · Berlin | 35 | 2021–2026 |
| Vössing Ingenieurgesellschaft mbH · Düsseldorf | 29 | 2022–2026 |
| Spettmann + Kahr Rodzinski . Grunwa - Lagemann GmbH & Co. KG · Altenbeken | 22 | 2021–2026 |
| GTU Mobility GmbH & Co. KG · Hannover | 22 | 2021–2026 |
| Technischer Handel - Industriebedar - MROSE GmbH | 22 | 2024–2026 |
How often this buyer tenders this kind of work
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 1,862 completed awards — not a statement about this procedure.)
This procedure allows 31 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 · Chemical products, 43 contracts went to foreign companies over the last 3 years (of 1,943 recorded awards) — mostly from Italy, Switzerland, Belgium.
Submission language: German.
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