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Germany - Translation services - Translation works and services from EN into DE, FR and IT

Open Germany Darmstadt Business services

Buyer European Central Bank

28 days left

Key facts

Closes
12:00 (UTC+1)
Estimated value
€2.3M
€2,300,000
Procedure
Open procedure
  1. Published
  2. Today
  3. Deadline open for 29 days
  4. Awarded pending

Bidding window

28 days from publication to deadline

Usual length

Notices of this kind (Germany, open procedure, above the EU threshold) give a median of 31 days, half of them between 28 and 34 days, based on 83,623 notices of the last two years.

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Summary

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The European Central Bank seeks translation services from English into German, French and Italian. Deliverables include translation of documents from scratch and full post-editing, covering amendments and subsequent versions. Where translation memory matches, machine translation or large language model output is provided, it serves as the basis for the work. Output must match the quality of a professional human translation and be suitable for publication without further revision. Services may also include revising translated texts, proof-reading after format conversion, and light post-editing of machine translation output.

Description

The main deliverables to be provided consist of translation of documents, including amendments to translated documents and any subsequent version, from EN (English) into DE (German), FR (French) and IT (Italian). Translation (including translation from scratch and full post-editing) shall mean the rendering of the meaning of a source text into the Target language, producing a text that is complete, accurate and faithful (in terms of grammar, usage, readability, register and style), uses the appropriate terminology consistently, and conforms with all instructions provided for the assignment. Where translation memory matches and/or machine translation and large language model (LLM) output are provided, these shall be used as a basis for the work. The delivered text shall in its entirety be of the same quality as a professionally produced human translation and shall be suitable for publication or further use without requiring additional revision by the ECB. The works and services may also consist of: • revising texts in the Target language; Revision shall mean the review and, where necessary, correction of a translated text by comparison with the source text to ensure that the translation is complete, accurate, consistent and fit for purpose, and that it faithfully conveys the meaning of the original text while complying with the applicable linguistic, terminological and style requirements. • proof-reading texts in the Target language; Proof-reading shall mean the review of a translated text after it has been converted into a new digital format, with a view to identifying and correcting minor textual, typographical, formatting and layout errors, and ensuring that no content has been lost, altered or corrupted during the conversion process. • post-editing of machine translation output in the Target language; Post-editing shall be understood as light post-editing and shall mean the process of reviewing and correcting machine translation and/or LLM output and, where applicable, translation memory matches to ensure that the target text accurately conveys the meaning of the source text. The target languages are tendered in separate lots. Tenderers can submit offers for one, several or all lots. Off-site/on-site assignments will be required for business continuity reasons and are always remunerated by the hour. An External translator providing off-site/on-site assignments supports or stands in for ECB staff translators by dealing with incoming translation, revision and proofreading jobs, and terminology work. Off-site/on-site assignments require close collaboration between the External translator and ECB staff. Off-site/on-site assignments may be for periods ranging from several hours to a few weeks and are arranged by prior agreement. Off-site assignments are carried out offsite, i.e. from the Contractor’s or External translator’s premises. External translators working on off-site assignments are required to use the ECB’s internal network for information technology by means of an ECB remote access token. On-site assignments require physical presence on the premises of the ECB in Frankfurt am Main, e.g. to cover for longer staff absences, or for projects where a high level of teamwork is required. On-site assignments are only required in exceptional cases.; Outsourcing assignments require the External translator(s) to work from their own premises or from the Contractor’s premises, translating, revising or proofreading a specific, stable text, which is usually not subject to further amendments by using their standard communication channels, e.g. e-mail. For “Quality Outsourcing assignments the focus lies on the quality of the delivered work.; Outsourcing assignments require the External translator(s) to work from their own premises or from the Contractor’s premises, translating, revising or proofreading a specific, stable text, which is usually not subject to further amendments by using their standard communication channels, e.g. e-mail. For “Capacity Outsourcing assignments” the focus lies on the Contractor’s capacity to deliver works rapidly.

Bid or no-bid?

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  1. In your favour:

    Do we meet every eligibility criterion?

    Open procedure: any interested supplier may submit a bid.

    Above the EU threshold: open to companies from any EU country.

  2. Your call:

    Can we deliver this with the team we have?

    Estimated at €2.3M.

  3. Your call:

    Do we have two comparable references?

    Comparable work is in Business services.

  4. In your favour:

    Is the deadline realistic for a proper offer?

    28 days left, 21 of them working days.

  5. Your call:

    Is there a margin at the likely winning price?

    In this country this kind of contract is usually awarded for between €101,400 and €1.1M.

  6. Your call:

    Do we know this buyer?

    The buyer has 98 notices in the register and no pattern of winners yet.

Can I bid?

  • Open procedure: any interested supplier may submit a bid. Above the EU threshold: open to companies from any EU country.
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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 823 awards for Business services in Germany.

This notice
€2.3M
Median award
€374,294
Middle half of past awards
€101,400 to €1.1M

The estimate is larger than three in four past awards.

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 profile

European Central Bank

Germany

notices in the register
98
awards
43
awarded in total
€8.2M

Who wins its contracts

Many suppliers
different companies won its awards
38
of the awards went to the three most frequent winners
13%

Based on 40 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.

One dot per award, on the day it was signed, sized by its value. A ring is an award with no published value.

This buyer has no award history in this sector yet. Usual winners, Business services - Germany

Company Wins Total awarded Last win
VD Services GmbH 25 €1,266 Sep 2026
SOMI Experts GmbH 22 €1,333 Sep 2026
EICS Group GmbH Engineering Solutions 21 €1,050 Oct 2026
Allgeier IT GmbH 20 €1,014 Sep 2026
PricewaterhouseCoopers GmbH Wirtschaftsprüfungsgesellschaft 15 €5.6M Jun 2026

Based on 2649 awards with a linked company profile over the last 2 years.

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Market context

Larger than 76% of the open notices in Business services across Europe.

open now in Business services
7,323
median open notice
€323,750

Who wins in this market

Many suppliers

Germany · Business services

different companies won awards here
1,817
of the awards went to the three most frequent winners
3%
buyers awarded contracts here
1,102

Based on 2,649 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.

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