🇩🇪 Germany · Government procurement
How to find and win government tenders in Germany.
Germany's public procurement market operates through a federal structure: above-threshold contracts appear on TED (EU-level) and the national portal evergabe-online.de, while individual German states maintain their own platforms such as Vergabe.de. This guide explains how to navigate that multi-platform landscape from registration to award.
Four steps to your first Germany government contract.
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Register on evergabe-online.de and state portals
Create a supplier account on evergabe-online.de (the federal e-procurement platform) and, where relevant, on the state platform covering your target buyers. A valid tax number or EU business registration is required.
2
Search tenders by CPV code, state, and contracting authority
Filter by procurement category, federal state, and contract value. Above EU thresholds, notices appear on both TED and German platforms; below-threshold contracts are published locally, often only on state or municipal portals.
3
Submit a fully electronic, compliant bid
Germany mandates e-procurement for most contracts. Download the tender documents, prepare your offer to the stated format requirements, and upload before the closing deadline through the relevant portal's submission module.
4
Monitor award notices and request feedback
Contracting authorities publish contract award notices on the portal where the tender was listed. Unsuccessful bidders are entitled to a standstill period notification and can request reasons for the award decision.
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Germany's procurement system reflects its federal structure: the federal government uses evergabe-online.de, while each of the 16 Länder operates or mandates its own platform — including DTVP, subreport, and Vergabe.de among others. Above EU thresholds, all notices must also appear on TED. This distributed architecture means no single portal covers the full German market.
EU suppliers can bid on German public contracts on the same terms as domestic firms under EU directives. Non-EU suppliers are generally permitted but should verify sector-specific restrictions. German procurement law (GWB, VgV, VOB/A) sets detailed rules on form, timelines, and documentation that bidders must follow precisely.
Tracking the German market manually across federal and 16 state portals is a significant operational burden. Sell to State aggregates publicly available German procurement data, with plain-English search and saved tender searches with a daily email alert.
Frequently asked questions
What is TED / Vergabe.de and where are German tenders published?
Above-threshold German contracts must appear on TED (the EU's official journal supplement) and national portals such as evergabe-online.de. Below-threshold contracts are published on state and municipal platforms, including Vergabe.de, DTVP, and others — no single portal covers the entire market.
Who can bid on German government tenders?
Any EU-registered business can bid on German public contracts. Non-EU suppliers are generally eligible but should check for sector-specific restrictions. Compliance with German form requirements (VOB/A, VgV) is mandatory regardless of origin.
Is access to evergabe-online.de and Vergabe.de free?
Viewing published notices is free on most German platforms. Some state portals and commercial aggregators charge a subscription fee for enhanced features such as document access or automated matching.
How can Sell to State help me track German tenders?
Sell to State lets you search across German government procurement data in plain English and save tender searches with a daily email alert.
What German procurement data does Sell to State cover?
Sell to State indexes publicly available German tender and award data drawn from official procurement sources. You can search by buyer, supplier, contract type, or keyword across the dataset.
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