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Antivirus TrendMicro Maintenance
Virenschutz TrendMicro Wartung — original title
Your path to submission
- Deadline: 18 November at 12:00 — 17 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.
- 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
In the district government of Cologne, the maintenance of the licenses of virus protection and existing protection mechanisms in virus protection ends on 11.12.2026. The following TrendMicro licenses are required: 1. Apex One on Premise Suite 3200 Licenses 2. Deep Security - Enterprise Perpetual - per server 329 licenses 3. Deep Discovery Email Inspector 3200 Licenses By replacing the old product "Smart Protection Complete", the following additional software must now be separately maintained: 4. TrendMicro ScanMail for MS Exchange Suite with DLP 3200 licenses You also need: 5. TrendMicro VisionOne Endpoint Security (Core) 200 licenses Scope of service Maintenance is expected to run for 18 months from 12/12/2026 to 11/06/2028. Optionally, 6 TAM days of consulting services (2 days per half-year) are to be offered.
Contract
Type of service
Clement What the numbers say about this buyer
- In this sector the buyer awards roughly every 9 months (11 awards, most recently July 2026) — the next award is due around May 2027 by that rhythm. The last award went to Sprengnetter Real Estate Services GmbH.n = 11
- 38% of the bids received came from other countries (8 procedures with a bid mix) — all bidders, not just the winners. Sector: 3%.n = 8
- The median procedure drew 6 bids (114 procedures with a bid count); 16% ended with a single bidder. Sector: median 2 bids.n = 114
- 92% of the bids received came from small and medium-sized enterprises (8 procedures with a bid mix). Sector: 41%.n = 8
- 42% of this buyer's awards went to companies that had already won here before (119 awards since 2017, spread over 65 companies). 58% went to new names.n = 119 awards since 2017
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.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Hansa Luftbild AG | 9 | 2011–2025 |
| BSF Swissphoto GmbH · Schönefeld | 9 | 2009–2024 |
| GeoFly GmbH | 6 | 2021–2025 |
| AVT Airborne Sensing GmbH · Greven | 6 | 2022–2026 |
| PRIMIS spol. s r. o. | 6 | 2024–2026 |
How often this buyer tenders this kind of work
Contracting authority contact
Tactics
When this buyer has awarded in this sector, there was usually a single bid in the end. A solid bid has a real chance here. (Based on 14 completed awards — not a statement about this procedure.)
This procedure allows 26 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 · IT services, 597 contracts went to foreign companies over the last 3 years (of 22,964 recorded awards) — mostly from Switzerland, Netherlands, Austria.
How to bid
Guide: how to apply on cosinex Vergabemarktplatz / DTVP → Registration, signature, fees — from the operator's bidder manual.
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