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 Denmark?
GlobalGov holds 162 agricultural equipment records from 81 distinct buying organisations in Denmark. The most frequent publishers are Naturstyrelsen (15 records); Banedanmark (14 records); Vejdirektoratet (8 records); Odense Kommune (6 records); Rudersdal Kommune (5 records); Fællesindkøb Midt (4 records). Between them the 6 largest account for 32% of everything published, so buying here is spread across many separate authorities.
| Buying organisation | Records | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Naturstyrelsen | 15 | 9.3% |
| Banedanmark | 14 | 8.6% |
| Vejdirektoratet | 8 | 4.9% |
| Odense Kommune | 6 | 3.7% |
| Rudersdal Kommune | 5 | 3.1% |
| Fællesindkøb Midt | 4 | 2.5% |
What are agricultural equipment contracts worth in Denmark?
136 of the 162 records publish a contract value. The median is $1.6M and the largest single published value is $162.0M. By size, 1 under $100k, 46 between $100k and $1M, 70 between $1M and $10M, 19 above $10M. The remaining 26 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 | 1 | 0.7% |
| between $100k and $1M | 46 | 34% |
| between $1M and $10M | 70 | 51% |
| above $10M | 19 | 14% |
How long do bidders get to respond to agricultural equipment tenders in Denmark?
Across the 55 Denmark agricultural equipment notices that publish both a publication date and a closing date, the median response window is 36 days. A quarter of them allowed 32 days or fewer and a quarter stayed open for more than 41. Short turnarounds are the exception rather than the rule here: only 1 (1.8%) closed within a fortnight of being published.
How often are agricultural equipment tenders published in Denmark?
Denmark published 14 notices in this category in the last twelve months. That is 67% fewer than the 42 published in the twelve months before that. Over the last three years there were 91, spread across 55 separate months of activity since 11 December 2020. December 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 Denmark compare with other agricultural equipment markets?
Among the 37 countries where GlobalGov holds a comparable agricultural equipment market, Denmark ranks 22nd by number of records. The largest is France (4,262 records against 162 here). Within Denmark itself, agricultural equipment is the 19th largest of the 43 procurement categories tracked here.
Where do the Denmark agricultural equipment records on this page come from?
These 162 records are collected from 2 official sources: TED (161), UN Global Marketplace (1). 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 Denmark
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 Denmark is visible. Set an alert to be told when the next one opens.
Global LTA for Supply of Agricultural Tractors and Construction Machineries
Denmark – Horticultural services – Udbud af kontrakt vedr. indvendigt og udvendigt gartnerarbejde (inkl. vinterforanstaltninger) ved Esbjerg Sygehus
Denmark – Weed-killing services – Udbud af ukrudtsbekæmpelse i Rudersdal Kommune
Denmark – Agricultural, forestry, horticultural, aquacultural and apicultural services – Pleje af grønne områder mm samt vintertjeneste - Alabu Bolig
Denmark – Grounds maintenance services – Drift og vedligeholdelse af veje og grønne områder , vandløb og idrætsanlæg, samt vintertjeneste til Tønder Kommune
Denmark – Forestry services – Udbud af kontrakt vedrørende flishugning af stakke
Denmark – Planting and maintenance services of green areas – DK_Arealvedligehold_26-34_FA
Denmark – Planting and maintenance services of green areas – Udbud af kontrakt om havedrift på delaftale 1 Frederiksborg Slotshave og delaftale 2 Kronborg Slot og Anlæg
Denmark – Horticultural services – Udbud af grøn arealpleje - Silkeborg Spildevand & Silkeborg Vand 2025 - Offentligt udbud
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