Why after-sales coverage decides these awards more often than price
Agricultural machinery is bought to be used a long way from a workshop, in a season that does not wait. That turns after-sales support into the dominant evaluation criterion in most of these competitions. Buyers ask for the location of dealer or service points relative to where the equipment will operate, guaranteed response times in the working season, the stock of fast-moving spares held in country, and a commitment to parts availability for a stated number of years. A machine that is cheaper and unsupported is scored as what it is: an asset that will stop and stay stopped.
Specification is written in performance terms rather than by model -- power output, implement compatibility and hitch category, working width, tank or hopper capacity, ground clearance, fuel consumption -- because the buyer wants competing manufacturers to be able to answer. Where the equipment is for smallholder or cooperative use, the specification frequently favours simplicity and field repairability over sophistication, and bidders who offer the most advanced machine can lose to one that a village mechanic can maintain.
Two practical requirements decide delivery. Operator and maintenance training, delivered in the working language with manuals to match, is normally a priced obligation rather than a courtesy, and acceptance can depend on it. And field demonstration is a real evaluation stage: buyers commonly require shortlisted machines to be demonstrated under local soil and crop conditions, which excludes bidders who cannot get a machine into the country for a trial. Delivery terms to rural destinations, including offloading at sites without handling equipment, belong in the price rather than in a later claim.
This section describes how this category is bought generally, across the public buyers that publish it. The figures elsewhere on this page are measured for this market alone.
Who buys agricultural equipment in Germany?
GlobalGov holds 2,651 agricultural equipment records from 846 distinct buying organisations in Germany. The most frequent publishers are Bayerische Staatsforsten AöR (144 records); Bundesanstalt für Immobilienaufgaben (90 records); Landesforstanstalt Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (63 records); Forst Baden-Württemberg AöR (36 records); Land Hessen, vertreten durch das Hessische Competence Center -Zentrale Beschaffung- (35 records); Forst Baden-Württemberg AöR - Betriebsleitung (33 records). Between them the 6 largest account for 15% of everything published, so buying here is spread across many separate authorities.
| Buying organisation | Records | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Bayerische Staatsforsten AöR | 144 | 5.4% |
| Bundesanstalt für Immobilienaufgaben | 90 | 3.4% |
| Landesforstanstalt Mecklenburg-Vorpommern | 63 | 2.4% |
| Forst Baden-Württemberg AöR | 36 | 1.4% |
| Land Hessen, vertreten durch das Hessische Competence Center -Zentrale Beschaffung- | 35 | 1.3% |
| Forst Baden-Württemberg AöR - Betriebsleitung | 33 | 1.2% |
What are agricultural equipment contracts worth in Germany?
517 of the 2,651 records publish a contract value. The median is $482,824 and the largest single published value is $41.0M. By size, 51 under $100k, 345 between $100k and $1M, 117 between $1M and $10M, 4 above $10M. The remaining 2,134 publish no value at all, so every figure here describes the priced subset only, and values are as stated by the buyer rather than as finally awarded.
| Contract size | Records | Share of priced |
|---|---|---|
| under $100k | 51 | 9.9% |
| between $100k and $1M | 345 | 67% |
| between $1M and $10M | 117 | 23% |
| above $10M | 4 | 0.8% |
How long do bidders get to respond to agricultural equipment tenders in Germany?
Across the 702 Germany agricultural equipment notices that publish both a publication date and a closing date, the median response window is 33 days. A quarter of them allowed 31 days or fewer and a quarter stayed open for more than 37. Short turnarounds are the exception rather than the rule here: only 1 (0.1%) closed within a fortnight of being published.
How often are agricultural equipment tenders published in Germany?
Germany publishes about 34 notices a month in this category, 402 in the last twelve months. That is 13% fewer than the 460 published in the twelve months before that. Over the last three years there were 1,422, spread across 62 separate months of activity since 19 April 2021. May is historically the busiest month. No new notice has been published in this category since 26 May 2026, 128 days ago, so treat the figures above as a record of the market rather than as this week's pipeline.
How does Germany compare with other agricultural equipment markets?
Among the 37 countries where GlobalGov holds a comparable agricultural equipment market, Germany ranks 3rd by number of records. The largest is France (4,262 records against 2,651 here). Within Germany itself, agricultural equipment is the 22nd largest of the 76 procurement categories tracked here.
Where do the Germany agricultural equipment records on this page come from?
These 2,651 records are collected from 1 official source: TED (2,651). GlobalGov is an independent aggregator and is not affiliated with any of them; each record links back to the notice on its issuing portal. The set is rebuilt nightly, and the counts on this page were taken on 2026-10-01.
Most recent Agricultural Equipment tenders in Germany
None of these are open for bids now — they are the most recent records GlobalGov holds for this market, kept here so the shape of a typical agricultural equipment notice in Germany is visible. Set an alert to be told when the next one opens.
Germany – Planting and maintenance services of green areas – SV-MAL-251107-003 - Arealpflegearbeiten
Germany – Agricultural services – Dienstleistungsprojekt Gemüse-Food-i
Germany – Horticultural services – BRUE - Gartenpflege Residenzen und Kanzler 4 Jahre
Germany – Planting and maintenance services of green areas – Leistungen der Vegetationspflege auf Flächen der RAG Aktiengesellschaft im Ruhrgebiet
Germany – Agricultural, forestry, horticultural, aquacultural and apicultural services – A060 SuedOstLink: Umsetzung von Ersatzaufforstungsmaßnahmen und deren Fertigstellungs- und Entwicklungspflege
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