Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft e.V.

How to win their contracts

Measured from Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft e.V.'s own published record — no estimates, no generic advice.

• Plan for about 27 days to prepare a bid — that is the median gap between publication and deadline across 27 of their tenders.
• They publish about 7.6 tenders a month, measured over 5 months of history.
• Half of their 63 awarded contracts are worth €1 or less — size your bid to that range.
• Most of their buying falls in laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses), it services: consulting, software development, internet and support, medical equipments, pharmaceuticals and personal care products.
• Their most frequent suppliers are Carl Zeiss Microscopy Deutschland GmbH (4), attocube systems AG (3), WITec GmbH (2) — expect to bid against incumbents who already know this buyer.