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Based on 7 comparable awards by this buyer in this sector over 5 years. Every verdict is recorded before the outcome and graded against the award notice. How we score ourselves.
Summary
Machine-generated summaryA German contracting authority is procuring laboratory equipment for investigating nonlinear optical parameters. The tender covers two lots. Lot 1 is one factory-new femtosecond laser system with a Ti:Sapphire amplifier system, delivered, installed and commissioned with operator training. Lot 2 is one factory-new detection system, also delivered, installed and handed over with training. Both systems must verifiably meet the minimum technical requirements set out in the specification chapters referenced in the notice (2.1.1 and 2.1.2 for the laser system, 2.2.1 and 2.2.2 for the detection system). The scope explicitly includes supply, installation and instruction at the equipment.
Description
2 lots
- Lot 1
- Femtosekunden-Laser-Systems Laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses)
- Lot 2
- Detektionssystem Laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses)
- How tenders are scored
- Technische Eigenschaften: 50 percent; Preis: 50 percent
- Small firms
- The buyer does not mark this procedure as suitable for small and medium-sized firms.
- Tenders go to
- deutsches-ausschreibungsblatt.de/VN/X-IOM-2026-0011
As the official notice states them.
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Can I bid?
- Open procedure: any interested supplier may submit a bid. Above the EU threshold: open to companies from any EU country.
- The notice is written in German.
- Certificates from another EU country? Check the equivalents on eCertis
Official source
Source: TED - Tenders Electronic Daily (Publications Office of the EU)
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Last verified against TED - Tenders Electronic Daily (Publications Office of the EU) 15 hours ago
What this market pays
The buyer has too few awards of its own in this sector, so this is the range of the last 714 awards for Laboratory & precision equipment in Germany.
- Median award
- €310,732
- Middle half of past awards
- €216,000 to €537,458
TED - Tenders Electronic Daily (Publications Office of the EU) 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 profileLeibniz-Institut für Oberflächenmodifizierung e.V.
- notices in the register
- 29
- awards
- 12
- awarded in total
- €748,224
Who wins its contracts
Moderately concentrated- different companies won its awards
- 10
- of the awards went to the three most frequent winners
- 42%
- of its calls state an estimated value
- 0%
Based on 12 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)
- 2.4
- of those lots received a single tender
- 67%
- of the awards went to companies based in another country
- 17%
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.
Who usually wins this buyer's contracts in this sector
| Company | Wins | Total awarded | Last win |
|---|---|---|---|
| Light Conversion | 1 | €485,200 | Nov 2025 |
| Ultrafast Systems, s.r.o. | 1 | €263,024 | Nov 2025 |
| Carl Zeiss Microscopy Deutschland GmbH | 1 | Dec 2025 | |
| Fischer Solutions GmbH | 1 | Dec 2025 | |
| Hamamatsu Photonics Deutschland GmbH | 1 | Dec 2025 |
Based on 7 awards with a linked company profile over the last 5 years.
Market context
TED - Tenders Electronic Daily (Publications Office of the EU) 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 Laboratory & precision equipment
- 1,645
- median open notice
- €211,671
Who wins in this market
Many suppliersGermany · Laboratory & precision equipment
- different companies won awards here
- 800
- of the awards went to the three most frequent winners
- 9%
- buyers awarded contracts here
- 452
Based on 1,516 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)
- 2.0
- of those lots received a single tender
- 48%
- of the awards went to companies based in another country
- 16%
- of the tenders came from another country
- 18%
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.
Similar tenders
Open now
28
days left
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est. value
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est. value
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