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Summary
Machine-generated summaryBielefeld University Library regularly awards binding contracts to external bookbinderies. The services consist mainly of binding printed journals, with a growing share of new bindings and repairs of damaged monographs. The library intends to conclude a framework agreement with two different companies. The estimated annual total volume is around 1,500 volumes, comprising approximately 1,400 journal volumes and about 100 repairs. Work is distributed over the year in 10 individual orders. The buyer is Bielefeld University Library, and the place of performance is the University Library in Bielefeld. The contract is aimed at bookbinding businesses able to handle recurring library binding work.
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Source: Vergabemarktplatz NRW (open data satellites)
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What this market pays
The buyer has too few awards of its own in this sector, so this is the range of the last 843 awards for Business services in Germany.
- Median award
- €376,080
- Middle half of past awards
- €101,400 to €1.1M
Vergabemarktplatz NRW (open data satellites) publishes no value for this notice, so it has no mark on the scale. The official documents may state one.
Award values as published by the official sources. Use them as a guide, not a rule: scope, lots and duration differ between contracts.
The buyer
Full buyer profileUniversität Bielefeld
- notices in the register
- 143
- awards
- 62
- awarded in total
- €11.9M
Who wins its contracts
Many suppliers- different companies won its awards
- 51
- of the awards went to the three most frequent winners
- 13%
- of its calls state an estimated value
- 1%
Based on 55 awards with a named winner over the last 3 years. Counted by award, not by value, because lot and framework amounts are not comparable. Concentrated means the three most frequent winners took 65% or more of the awards; many suppliers, under 35% with at least ten different winners.
Competition
- tenders per lot on average (open and restricted procedures)
- 5.0
- of those lots received a single tender
- 12%
- of the awards went to companies based in another country
- 0%
As the official award notices state them, over the last 3 years. Tenders per lot count open and restricted procedures only: in a negotiated procedure or a direct award a single tender is the procedure itself. The country is the one the notice gives for the winner.
One dot per award, on the day it was signed, sized by its value. A ring is an award with no published value.
Who usually wins this buyer's contracts in this sector
| Company | Wins | Total awarded | Last win |
|---|---|---|---|
| Franziska Feldmann | 1 | Sep 2026 | |
| Hochschule Niederrhein | 1 | Dec 2025 | |
| Institut für Gesundheits- und Bildungsforschung | 1 | Sep 2026 | |
| NEW CHAPTER Executive Search GmbH | 1 | Jul 2026 | |
| Orizon GmbH; Hays AG; High Office IT GmbH | 1 | Sep 2026 |
Based on 7 awards with a linked company profile over the last 5 years.
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Market context
Vergabemarktplatz NRW (open data satellites) publishes no value for this notice, so it cannot be placed among the open notices of its sector. The official documents may state one.
- open now in Business services
- 7,612
- median open notice
- €299,940
Who wins in this market
Many suppliersGermany · Business services
- different companies won awards here
- 1,843
- of the awards went to the three most frequent winners
- 3%
- buyers awarded contracts here
- 1,114
Based on 2,700 awards with a named winner over the last 3 years. Counted by award, not by value, because lot and framework amounts are not comparable. Concentrated means the three most frequent winners took 65% or more of the awards; many suppliers, under 35% with at least ten different winners.
Competition
- tenders per lot on average (open and restricted procedures)
- 8.6
- of those lots received a single tender
- 8%
- of the awards went to companies based in another country
- 3%
- of the tenders came from another country
- 5%
As the official award notices state them, over the last 3 years. Tenders per lot count open and restricted procedures only: in a negotiated procedure or a direct award a single tender is the procedure itself. The country is the one the notice gives for the winner.
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