Public tenders in
Germany
Germany is the EU's largest economy and has the continent's biggest public procurement market by absolute value. The market is highly fragmented: ~80% of procurement is conducted by Länder (states) and municipalities, not the federal government, meaning there is no single dominant platform. Digital maturity is improving following the 2025 Public Procurement Acceleration Act, but the complexity of 16 federal states with their own portals creates a significant data collection challenge — and an opportunity for aggregators like Tendios.
Legal framework
GWB (Part 4) + VgV; below-threshold via UVgO / VOB/A
e-procurement
high
Portal type
Fragmented — federal + 16 state portals + ~50 private platforms
Sources
Every authoritative portal for Germany — under one search
We continuously ingest official publications and deduplicate cross-posted notices so your team sees each opportunity exactly once.
Scope: Federal + national
Major private e-procurement platform
Scope: National aggregator
Aggregates multiple state portals
Scope: Multiple Länder
Joint platform for several states
Scope: Bavaria
Regional Bavaria portal
Scope: EU-wide above threshold
All above-threshold German notices
Scope: Regional
Per-Bundesland portals
What's out there right now
Representative Germany tenders
A snapshot of the types of opportunities Tendios indexes across Germany. Create a free account to see the live feed, filtered to your company profile.
- DE·Germany Ministry
Maintenance services — Germany national authority
Budget ·€1MDeadline · 9 Jun - DE·Regional Council of Germany
IT consulting — cloud migration
Budget ·€680KDeadline · 20 Jun - DE·Municipality
Construction works — public school retrofit
Budget ·€2MDeadline · 6 Jun - DE·Public Hospital
Medical equipment procurement
Budget ·€450KDeadline · 15 Jun - DE·Germany Public Agency
Legal advisory services framework
Budget ·€320KDeadline · 1 Jun - DE·University
Catering services, 3-year contract
Budget ·€2MDeadline · 28 Jun
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See real-time Germany resultsThe problem
Procurement in Germany is harder than it should be
Every EU market has its own quirks. Here's what makes Germany tricky — and why generic procurement tools fall short.
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plitting of lots (Losaufteilung)**: Like France, default is to divide into lots — critical for data model
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VgO vs. VOB/A**: Two separate rule sets for services/supplies vs. construction works — must both be covered
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ektorenauftrag** (utility sector procurement) regulated under SektVO — distinct procedures
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bove-threshold** (EU thresholds) governed by Part 4 GWB + VgV; below-threshold by UVgO/VOB/A section 1
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ergabevermerk** (procurement record): detailed documentation required at each stage — potential Create product feature
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025 reforms raised direct award thresholds and reduced documentation burdens — market is becoming more SME-friendly
How Tendios helps in Germany
Built for Germany, connected to the rest of the EU
Local depth, cross-border reach. Tendios turns Germany's fragmented public data into one clean, AI-searchable workspace.
Unified cross-portal discovery — no existing German tool aggregates all 50+ portals cleanly
AI-powered relevance scoring and tender summarisation in German
Create product: digitisation of Vergabeunterlagen creation for Vergabestellen (contracting authorities)
AI search in plain language
Ask «IT consulting projects over €500K in Germany». No CPV codes, no local jargon required.
Real-time alerts
The moment a matching tender is published on any Germany portal, your team is notified — email, Slack, webhook.
Local law aware
Our data model preserves Germany's procedure types, thresholds, and document taxonomies — not a lowest-common-denominator view.
Market intelligence
The Germany procurement market at a glance
Top procurement categories in Germany
Browse tenders by CPV division — each leads to a filtered search.
Construction works
15,120 active
IT services
10,080 active
Architectural & engineering services
7,560 active
Medical equipment
6,720 active
Repair & maintenance
5,880 active
Business services
5,040 active
Transport services
4,200 active
Transport equipment
3,360 active
FAQ
Germany — questions bid teams ask
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