For construction companies, skilled trades businesses and planning offices. validait finds suitable tenders under the VOB/A and reviews selection criteria, deadlines and evidence against your profile.
validait searches 54 procurement portals every day, from the EU's Official Journal and the German public procurement data service (Datenservice Öffentlicher Einkauf) to the platforms of federal states and cities, and filters the results against your company profile. New procedures can arrive in your inbox every morning.
Learn moreEvery requirement is matched against your profile, and for every assessment you see the source reference and the quote. Open questions appear as points to clarify.
Learn moreOfficial contract award data shows you who wins in your market, with which contracting authorities and with which partners.
Learn moreUpload concepts, price sheets and certificates as you already have them. validait uses them in every review.
Learn more
Site_setup.docx✓
Bill_of_quantities.xlsx✓
PQ_certificate.pdf✓
Market volume and trends, sub-markets, federal states, contracting authorities and procedures, intensity of competition, leading contractors, contract values, European comparison and concrete recommendations. Based on 34,120 tenders from the EU Official Journal.
Download the study (German)Source: EU Official Journal (TED), own analysis, October 2025 to September 2026, place of performance Germany. Methodology in the study.
Construction works follow their own rules. Above the EU threshold, the second section of the Construction Contract Procedures (VOB/A) applies, below it the first section. This affects deadlines, value limits and the way suitability is proven. Anyone coming from supplies and services who knows the Public Procurement Regulation (VgV) regularly trips over details here.
One example: the VOB/A counts in calendar days, the VgV does not. The VOB/A has a regulated bid validity period of usually 60 calendar days, the VgV does not. And in cases of extreme urgency in the negotiated procedure without prior call for competition, the VOB/A prescribes at least ten calendar days, while since July 2026 the VgV no longer has any minimum period at all.
On 1 January 2026, the value limits in the first section of the VOB/A were raised significantly. This changes which contracts you actually see put out to tender:
| Procedure | previously | since 1 January 2026 |
|---|---|---|
| Restricted tender without prior call for competition | graded €50,000 to €150,000 | uniformly €150,000 |
| Negotiated award without further justification | €10,000 | €100,000 |
| Direct award | €3,000 | €50,000 |
In practice, this means that a considerable share of smaller construction contracts will in future be awarded without a public tender. The lever lies less in the application itself than in being known to the contracting authorities in your region.
Basis: Section 3a VOB/A in the version applicable since 1 January 2026. Below these limits, contracts may be awarded without a public tender.
With an entry in the prequalification register for construction companies (PQ-VOB), you prove your suitability once a year instead of again with every application. The entry replaces the individual certificates, and the information is only questioned in justified cases. Since July 2026, it has also been the rule that proof via a prequalification system must be accepted.
The principle of dividing contracts into trade lots is the reason medium-sized firms can win large projects at all. Since July 2026, it has had its own section, Section 97a of the Act against Restraints of Competition (GWB). What is new, however, is that for large infrastructure projects contracts may also be awarded to a general contractor for reasons of time. If your business relies mainly on trade lots, you should seek contact with potential general contractors.
Source: EU Official Journal (TED), own analysis, as of 10/2026. Procedures below the EU thresholds are published nationally and come on top.
For companies of any size that take part in public tenders regularly or want to start doing so. The criteria catalogue adapts to your profile, and you start with three free analyses per week.
From 54 connected procurement portals: the EU's Official Journal (TED), the German public procurement data service (Datenservice Öffentlicher Einkauf) with procedures below the EU thresholds, national platforms in five further countries and 44 portals of federal states, cities and public companies. You will find the full overview under Portal search. More on this under Finding tenders.
Usually within a few minutes. You receive a recommendation with source references and quotes that you can use directly in your bid preparation.
They are stored encrypted in Frankfurt am Main, strictly separated by company, and are never used to train AI models. Details on the security page.
validait compares the requirements with your company profile and shows you, with source references, where you already convince and what still needs to be clarified. Three analyses per week are free.
Try for free