Summary
Machine-generated summaryThe Freiburg University of Education (Pädagogische Hochschule Freiburg) is procuring a firewall through direct purchase. The contract covers two Palo Alto Networks PA-3530 next-generation firewalls with redundant AC power supplies, together with five-year subscriptions for each unit: Advanced URL Filtering and Advanced Threat Prevention. Two maintenance contracts from circular for the Palo Alto equipment are also included. The purchase consists of hardware, software subscriptions and maintenance services for the university's network security infrastructure.
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Source: TED - Tenders Electronic Daily (Publications Office of the EU)
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Expected award price
- likely award for this notice, from its published estimate of €500,000
- €460,000 to €510,000
Comparable awards in this country and sector came in at a median of 100% of their published estimate, half of them between 92% and 102%, based on 66 awards of the last 3 years.
Each award is compared with the estimate of the same lots, framework agreements excluded. A published estimate may include options and renewals, so an award under it is not always a discount.
What this market pays
The buyer has too few awards of its own in this sector, so this is the range of the last 592 awards for Software & IT systems in Germany.
- This notice
- €500,000
- Median award
- €410,166
- Middle half of past awards
- €242,771 to €919,862
The estimate sits inside the usual range.
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 profilePädagogische Hochschule Freiburg
This buyer has no award history in this sector yet. Usual winners, Software & IT systems - Germany
| Company | Wins | Total awarded | Last win |
|---|---|---|---|
| SVA System Vertrieb Alexander GmbH | 94 | €66.0M | Oct 2026 |
| SoftwareONE Deutschland GmbH | 70 | €29.3M | Oct 2026 |
| Computacenter AG & Co. oHG | 34 | €43.2M | Sep 2026 |
| CANCOM GmbH | 33 | €8.3M | Sep 2026 |
| Bechtle GmbH | 29 | €16.7M | Sep 2026 |
Based on 1847 awards with a linked company profile over the last 2 years.
Market context
Larger than 47% of the open notices in Software & IT systems across Europe.
- open now in Software & IT systems
- 3,194
- median open notice
- €550,000
Who wins in this market
Many suppliersGermany · Software & IT systems
- different companies won awards here
- 998
- of the awards went to the three most frequent winners
- 11%
- buyers awarded contracts here
- 817
Based on 1,847 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)
- 3.1
- of those lots received a single tender
- 31%
- of the awards went to companies based in another country
- 5%
- of the tenders came from another country
- 6%
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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