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Sewage treatment plant Sennestadt - Renewal of the combined heat and power plant

Kläranlage Sennestadt - Erneuerung des Blockheizkraftwerks — original title

DEGermany · BielefeldBELOW THRESHOLD — NOT ON TED

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What the buyer is looking for

Type of power Renewal of the combined heat and power plant Scope of power The Bielefeld-Sennestadt sewage treatment plant is currently operated for about 18,000 population values and has an expansion size of about 33,000 p.e. The plant was built in 1995. The current CHP plant is located in the centre of the plant and is fed from the biogas production of the sewage treatment plant. 600m3 of gas with a calorific value of about 6kWh/m3 is generated per day. The current design provides 50kW of electrical power and 100kW of thermal power. This is to be taken over for the exchange.

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

Contract

TypeWorks
Estimated valuenot published — common for below-threshold procedures
Published16 Oct 2026
ProcedureÖffentliche Ausschreibung

Type of service

45 · Construction work
CPV 45251000

Clement What the numbers say about this buyer

  • In this sector the buyer awards roughly every month (121 awards, most recently October 2026) — the next award is due around December 2026 by that rhythm. The last award went to Kathe Holzbau GmbH.n = 121
  • 54% of this buyer's awards went to companies that had already won here before (331 awards since 2025, spread over 148 companies). That is well above the sector norm (40%) — newcomers have a harder time here than elsewhere.n = 331 awards since 2025
  • The median procedure drew 3 bids (323 procedures with a bid count); 35% ended with a single bidder. Sector: median 4 bids.n = 323
  • Across 47 procedures with structured selection criteria, this buyer most often required: Minimum annual headcount (35 of 47), Quality management (31 of 47), Professional register enrolment (31 of 47), References: works (25 of 47).n = 47
  • 1% of awards went to companies from abroad (331 awards with a known winner country). Sector average: 0%.n = 331

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
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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.

CompanyAwardsPeriod
Safe T Service e.K. · Hövelhof82025–2026
Elektro Beckhoff GmbH52025–2026
R&W Gebäudereinigung · Ahlen52025
Swarco Traffic Systems GmbH · Unterensingen52025–2026
Dirk Dangel · Bielefeld52025–2026
From the recorded awards · regular winners know this buyer's requirements — that is your competition.

How often this buyer tenders this kind of work

1
2024
437
2025
364
2026
802 procedures in this category since 2019. Public procurement repeats itself — those who know the rhythm prepare instead of reacting.

Contracting authority contact

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Deadline — Tuesday 10 November at 10:00

Tactics

When this buyer has awarded in this sector, usually about 3 bids came in. A normal field for this market. (Based on 121 completed awards — not a statement about this procedure.)

This procedure allows 25 days between publication and deadline — typical in this country is 32 (median of 20,496 procedures). Much tighter than usual: the first week counts.

Foreign bidders

In Germany · Construction work, 687 contracts went to foreign companies over the last 3 years (of 244,229 recorded awards) — mostly from Austria, France, Poland.

Measured from linked award data; foreign winners bidding through a local subsidiary count as domestic — the true share is higher.

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