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Sewage treatment plant Heepen Improvement of digested sludge dewatering

Kläranlage Heepen Ertüchtigung Faulschlammentwässerung — original title

DEGermany · BielefeldBELOW THRESHOLD — NOT ON TED

Your path to submission

  1. Deadline: 12 November at 11:00 — 11 days left.
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What the buyer is looking for

Type of service Replacement of centrifuges for drainage of sewage sludge Scope of service Dismantling of pipelines and gate valves Supply, install and commissioning of three (3) High-performance centrifuges Supply and install of three (3) Solid material discharges Supply and install of sound hoods Supply and install of substructures for centrifuges Supply and install of feed pumps, axial expansion joints and perforated disc shredders Supply and install of pipelines up to DN 300 Supply and install of spindle gate valves (partly with electric drive) Supply and install of measuring technology Supply, provision, operation and dismantling of a mobile, temporary sludge dewatering Maintenance contract for 5 years

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

Contract

TypeWorks
Estimated valuenot published — common for below-threshold procedures
Published24 Oct 2026
ProcedureÖffentliche Ausschreibung

Type of service

45 · Construction work
CPV 45232422

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 31/10/2026.

Clement
References and certificates from your home country count fully across the EU — that is what European procurement law is for.
Too big for you alone? Consortium or reliance on capacity: a partner's references and turnover count (Art. 63 Dir. 2014/24) — cross-border too.

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
Swarco Traffic Systems GmbH · Unterensingen52025–2026
R&W Gebäudereinigung · Ahlen52025
Elektro Beckhoff GmbH52025–2026
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 — Thursday 12 November at 11:00

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 19 days between publication and deadline — typical in this country is 32 (median of 20,071 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.

How to bid

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