Win public contracts for education providers

For further training providers, providers of digital learning solutions and service providers for schools and universities. validait finds suitable tenders and reviews the concept, qualifications and evidence.

Education: illustration
New contract notice Qualification programme for skilled workers, two lotsRecommendation bid, all mandatory criteria evidenced with source references
1,480EU-wide calls for competition in twelve months
123new procedures per month on average
Dailyupdated from 54 procurement portals

How validait supports education providers

Find the right tenders

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.

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Further training and school IT · Germany
Qualification programme for skilled workersEmployment agency · Deadline in 19 days
Learning platform for secondary schoolsSchool authority · Deadline in 27 days
Language courses for employeesState authority · Deadline in 15 days

Decide in minutes, with evidence

Every 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.

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Recommendation: bid
Qualification programme for skilled workers
Provider accreditation under the AZAVmet
Trainer qualificationsmet
Data protection conceptcheck

Know your competition

Official contract award data shows you who wins in your market, with which contracting authorities and with which partners.

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Contract awards in your market, twelve months
Competitor A5
Competitor B3
Your company2

Work with your own documents

Upload concepts, price sheets and certificates as you already have them. validait uses them in every review.

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Programme_concept.docx✓
AZAV_certificate.pdf✓
Cost_calculation.xlsx✓
1,480EU-wide tenders in twelve months
+47.1%Change on the previous year
€475kmedian contract award value
2.8bids per lot on average
68%contract awards to small and medium-sized businesses
Where tenders are published
Tenders per federal state, the eight largest
North Rhine-Westphalia290
Lower Saxony172
Bavaria167
Baden-Württemberg135
Berlin133
Hesse113
Rhineland-Palatinate80
Brandenburg76
How strong the competition is
Lots by number of bids received, sample of 1,108 contract awards
1 bid823
2 bids537
3 bids308
4 bis 5 bids297
6 bis 10 bids151
mehr als 10 bids38
Cover of the validait market study Education (German)
Free market study · 15 pages · PDF (German)

Public contracts in Education

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 1,480 tenders from the EU Official Journal.

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Source: EU Official Journal (TED), own analysis, October 2025 to September 2026, place of performance Germany. Methodology in the study.

Schools, universities and further training as contracting authorities

Municipalities as school authorities, federal states, universities and the Federal Employment Agency (Bundesagentur für Arbeit) award contracts relating to education: further training and qualification programmes, digital equipment and learning platforms, language courses, school catering and school transport. For construction projects at schools, see the page on Construction and planning.

Further training as a procurement field of its own

Educational services count as social and other specific services under Section 130 of the Act against Restraints of Competition (GWB). A higher EU threshold and a more flexible procedure apply to them. For employment promotion measures, contracting authorities usually expect provider accreditation under the Accreditation and Licensing Ordinance for Employment Promotion (AZAV).

Data protection for digital solutions

For learning platforms and school IT, contracting authorities pay particular attention to protecting pupils' data. Hosting in the EU, a data processing agreement under Art. 28 GDPR and a clear deletion concept are often among the minimum requirements. Anyone who presents these points explicitly in their bid gains a clear advantage.

What should be in place before submission

A coherent programme or teaching concept, proof of the trainers' qualifications, the required accreditations and comparable references from public education.

Educational services, month by month
EU-wide calls for competition for general and vocational education (CPV 80) with place of performance in Germany
1,480calls for competition in twelve months
123monthly average
December 2025strongest month
155
112
195
116
114
180
117
118
97
80
90
106
OctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSep

Source: EU Official Journal (TED), own analysis, as of 10/2026. Procedures below the EU thresholds are published nationally and come on top.

Frequently asked questions

Which companies in Education is validait suitable for?

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.

Where do the tenders come from?

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.

How quickly is an assessment available?

Usually within a few minutes. You receive a recommendation with source references and quotes that you can use directly in your bid preparation.

What happens to our documents?

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.

Review your next tender

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.

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