BERNMOBIL Städt. Verkehrsbetriebe Bern (SVB)

How to win their contracts

Measured from BERNMOBIL Städt. Verkehrsbetriebe Bern (SVB)'s own published record — no estimates, no generic advice.

• Plan for about 46 days to prepare a bid — that is the median gap between publication and deadline across 5 of their tenders.
• They publish about 2.5 tenders a month, measured over 2 months of history.
• Half of their 18 awarded contracts are worth CHF1.4m or less — size your bid to that range.
• Most of their buying falls in transport equipment and auxiliary products to transportation, construction structures and materials; auxiliary products to construction, it services: consulting, software development, internet and support.
• Their most frequent suppliers are Livesystems dooh AG (2) — expect to bid against incumbents who already know this buyer.