Public tenders in Germany, one live feed.

It is very large and has recently re accelerated on service.bund.de, with around 12.3K tenders published in the last 120 days, or roughly 3,067 per month. The total announced value is EUR 8,547.8M, but the market is strongly skewed toward a smaller number of very large notices.

The average announced value is EUR 3.3M, while the median is EUR 309K. That gap shows that a few outsized opportunities lift the average, while most notices are in the mid to low value range. Suppliers should expect broad volume but uneven value.

Activity is buyer led rather than centrally controlled, with around 4.5K active organisations. The biggest issuers include DB InfraGO AG, the Saxon state building and real estate authority, Hamburg school construction, the federal procurement office, and Munich’s building department.

The official portal is service.bund.de. That is the place to monitor for notices across the full German public procurement market, including construction, engineering, transport, waste and cleaning, maintenance, IT, and software.

Construction works dominate with 5,569 tenders. After that come architecture and engineering with 1,344, vehicles and transport equipment with 525, waste and cleaning services with 522, and repair and maintenance services with 519. The pipeline is still anchored in the built environment.

Competition is broad but not closed. Around 2,659 companies won contracts in the last 120 days, and 89% of winners took exactly one contract. At the same time, value is concentrated, with the top 5 winners holding 48% of awarded value.

Yes. The market is unusually newcomer friendly because most winners took only one contract. That said, the largest value is concentrated in a few major awards, so newcomers may find it easier to enter through smaller or mid sized notices before targeting the biggest deals.

Foreign suppliers can often participate if they meet the legal and technical requirements set by the notice. The practical point is to read each tender carefully for language, qualification, and submission rules on service.bund.de, since requirements vary by buyer and category.

The time available depends on each notice, so suppliers need to check the specific deadline in the tender documents on service.bund.de. Because the market is highly active and monthly volume is high, good monitoring matters if you want enough time to prepare a compliant bid.

Otnox can help you track service.bund.de, filter the large volume of notices, and focus on the categories and buyers most relevant to your offer. It is especially useful in a market that is broad, fast moving, and skewed toward both many smaller opportunities and a few very large ones.