Germany tender market report, October 2026
Month to date, updated 22 Oct 2026 · computed by FreeTender from 14,806 notices
- Notices published
- 14,806
- -0% vs September 2026 (month to date)
- Still open
- 13,023
- at the time of this report
- Median bid window
- 30 days
- middle half: 20–33 days
- With a stated value
- 413
- 3% of notices
Summary
So far in October 2026, FreeTender recorded 14,806 new procurement notices from buyers in Germany (-0% on September 2026, comparing a part month with a full one). The largest sector was Construction & Infrastructure with 7,485 notices (51% of the total). Half of all notices gave bidders 30 days or less to respond. Thursday was the busiest publishing day (26% of notices).
Notices by sector
- Construction & Infrastructure7,485 notices-1%
- IT & Telecom1,085 notices-6%
- Transport & Logistics913 notices+2%
- Water & Environment754 notices-22%
- Manufacturing & Supply677 notices+4%
- Facility Management & Cleaning667 notices+1%
- Healthcare & Pharma586 notices+10%
- Financial & Professional Services534 notices-2%
- Energy & Power391 notices-2%
- Agriculture & Food376 notices+24%
- Real Estate & Facilities292 notices+59%
- Defence & Security220 notices-12%
- Education & Training178 notices+37%
- Sports, Recreation & Events121 notices-3%
- Mining & Metals48 notices-13%
Change is against September 2026.
How buyers tendered
- Open tender10,017 notices
- Invitation to bid4,656 notices
- Standing arrangement124 notices
- Grant / funding call5 notices
- Contract award2 notices
- Request for proposal1 notices
- Request for quotation1 notices
Publishing day
- Monday1,215 notices
- Tuesday2,441 notices
- Wednesday2,457 notices
- Thursday3,784 notices
- Friday2,836 notices
- Saturday1,100 notices
- Sunday973 notices
Most active buyers in Germany
- Hochsauerlandkreis70 notices
- Landeshauptstadt München, Baureferat69 notices
- Berliner Wasserbetriebe68 notices
- Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft - Einkauf B1255 notices
- SBH | Schulbau Hamburg50 notices
Stated values
413 of 14,806 notices stated an estimated value. Figures are in the currency the buyer used.
| Currency | Priced notices | Median | Largest | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EUR | 413 | 486 thousand | 114.3 million | 1.2 billion |
Largest notices of the month
- Germany – Software programming and consultancy services – Rahmenvertrag Personaldienstleistungen für Digital- und IT-Projekte · EUR 114.3 million · closes 2 Nov 2026
- Germany – Software programming and consultancy services – Rahmenvertrag Personaldienstleistungen für Digital- und IT-Projekte · EUR 114.3 million · closes 2 Nov 2026
- Germany – Portable computers – Nachhaltige Notebooks (produktneutral) der Kategorie Standard und Zusatzleistungen Los 1: ITZBund · EUR 55.2 million · closes 27 Oct 2026
- Germany – Portable computers – Nachhaltige Notebooks (produktneutral) der Kategorie Hohe Leistung und Zusatzleistungen Los 3: ITZBund · EUR 53.5 million · closes 27 Oct 2026
- Germany – Software package and information systems – Software Airlock und produktnahe Dienstleistungen · EUR 36.0 million · closes 22 Oct 2026
Other months
Method: counts are notices first published in the month, by the buyer's country, across all sources FreeTender reads. Bid window means days from publication to the deadline. Coverage grows as we add sources, so part of any rise can be new coverage rather than new demand. You may quote these figures with a link to this page. The underlying rows are in our open dataset.