What a public body is actually buying when it buys consulting
A management consulting contract is unusual in public procurement because the thing being bought does not exist when it is priced. The buyer is purchasing a method and a named team, and the evaluation reflects that: technical scores in this category lean heavily on the proposed approach and on the curricula vitae of the individuals who will do the work, with price often weighted lower than it is for goods. That makes the key personnel clause the sharpest term in the contract. Bidders who win on the strength of named partners and then substitute juniors are the reason most of these contracts now bind the supplier to the individuals who were scored, and make replacement subject to the buyer's consent.
The commercial shape is usually a framework or a multi-supplier panel rather than a single award. The tender establishes rate cards by grade and a set of service areas, and individual assignments are then called off against it, sometimes competitively between the panel members. A bidder who reads only the headline notice and not the call-off mechanism can win a place on a panel worth nothing, because being admitted to a framework guarantees the right to compete and not a single day of work.
Two requirements catch first-time bidders. The first is conflict of interest: a firm that advises on a strategy is frequently barred from bidding for the implementation it recommends, and the declaration is made at bid stage, not at award. The second is deliverable-based payment. Public buyers increasingly refuse open-ended time and materials, tying payment to accepted reports, decision points or measured benefits, which moves the risk of an overrunning study onto the consultant. Reading the payment schedule before the scope is the faster way to understand what a given assignment will really cost to deliver.
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 management consulting in Denmark?
GlobalGov holds 471 management consulting records from 217 distinct buying organisations in Denmark. The most frequent publishers are Vejdirektoratet (78 records); A/S Øresund (10 records); Banedanmark (8 records); Aarhus Universitet (7 records); Region Sjælland (7 records); Energinet Eltransmission A/S (6 records). Between them the 6 largest account for 25% of everything published, so buying here is spread across many separate authorities.
| Buying organisation | Records | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Vejdirektoratet | 78 | 17% |
| A/S Øresund | 10 | 2.1% |
| Banedanmark | 8 | 1.7% |
| Aarhus Universitet | 7 | 1.5% |
| Region Sjælland | 7 | 1.5% |
| Energinet Eltransmission A/S | 6 | 1.3% |
What are management consulting contracts worth in Denmark?
369 of the 471 records publish a contract value. The median is $1.4M and the largest single published value is $331.5M. By size, 6 under $100k, 139 between $100k and $1M, 173 between $1M and $10M, 51 above $10M. The remaining 102 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 | 6 | 1.6% |
| between $100k and $1M | 139 | 38% |
| between $1M and $10M | 173 | 47% |
| above $10M | 51 | 14% |
How long do bidders get to respond to management consulting tenders in Denmark?
Across the 112 Denmark management consulting notices that publish both a publication date and a closing date, the median response window is 38 days. A quarter of them allowed 33 days or fewer and a quarter stayed open for more than 47. Not one of them closed within a fortnight of being published, so the window on this market is consistently workable.
How often are management consulting tenders published in Denmark?
Denmark publishes about 6 notices a month in this category, 69 in the last twelve months. That is 15% fewer than the 81 published in the twelve months before that. Over the last three years there were 237, spread across 63 separate months of activity since 31 May 2019. 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 Denmark compare with other management consulting markets?
Among the 66 countries where GlobalGov holds a comparable management consulting market, Denmark ranks 25th by number of records. The largest is France (14,828 records against 471 here). Within Denmark itself, management consulting is the 6th largest of the 43 procurement categories tracked here.
Where do the Denmark management consulting records on this page come from?
These 471 records are collected from 1 official source: TED (471). 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 Management Consulting 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 management consulting notice in Denmark is visible. Set an alert to be told when the next one opens.
Denmark – Civil engineering consultancy services – Begrænset udbud af totalrådgivning til Lille Birkholm I og II for Herlev Almennyttige Boligselskab, DAB-Lejerbo.
Denmark – Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security – Light-udbud af advokatydelser til Kredsløb-koncernen
Denmark – Architectural and related services – Project competition regarding advisory services to the Danish Treasury.
Denmark – Civil engineering consultancy services – Framework agreement on consultancy and assistance for the establishment of water resource centers
Denmark – Infrastructure works consultancy services – Skibsteknisk Totalrådgiver til elektrificering af Lolland Kommunes Færgefart 2.0
Denmark – Consultative engineering and construction services – Bygherrerådgivning til ombygning af renrum sygehusapotek i Region Nordjylland
Denmark – Infrastructure works consultancy services – Skibsteknisk Totalrådgiver til elektrificering af Lolland Kommunes Færgefart
Denmark – Engineering services – Teknisk rådgiveraftale til separatkloakering i Lumby
Denmark – Civil engineering consultancy services – Rammeaftale om rådgivning og bistand til etablering af vandressourcecentre
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