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The German federal platform publishes national contract notices, including the many that sit below the EU threshold and therefore never appear on TED.
The German federal procurement platform
Germany, including below the EU threshold
For a German SME this matters more than TED
The EU threshold is high. Most contracts a smaller German company can realistically staff and deliver fall underneath it, which means they are advertised here and nowhere else at European level. If you have been watching TED alone, this is the half of the market you have not been seeing.
Above and below the EU threshold
Any contract above the EU threshold has to be advertised EU wide, and that is what TED carries. Everything below it is published nationally instead. The threshold is high enough that most of the work a smaller company can staff and deliver never reaches TED at all. That is the half of the market the national portals open up, and the reason they sit on the paid plans.
See what is open for your company
Setting up a profile takes a few minutes and your first matches are scored within the hour. The free plan covers every TED notice and needs no card.