ITDZ Berlin’s €19.7m network framework

IT-Dienstleistungszentrum Berlin (AöR) has opened BeLa MSN 2026, a €19.7m networking framework call with a 2026-10-23 deadline. The figure is a framework ceiling for future purchases, not a single committed order, but it is the week’s largest new open call.

A second specific hardware opportunity comes from Dopravní podnik hl. m. Prahy, akciová společnost, which is seeking renewal of F5 BIG-IP hardware for load balancing and application firewall functions. Its €658,387 call closes on 2026-11-05, placing an explicit F5 requirement alongside the much larger Berlin framework.

Where this market is going

Networking accounted for 10.79% of all classified notices in the week to 2026-09-28, compared with 12.41% across the 84 comparable days from 2026-06-30. That is a fall of 1.62 percentage points.

The weekly share has been uneven: 13.51% on 2026-07-13, 9.54% on 2026-07-20, 13.61% on 2026-07-27 and 14.36% on 2026-08-03. It then moved through 12.53%, 15.26%, 11.6% and 11.56% in the following weeks, before reaching 13.4% on 2026-09-07, 11.27% on 2026-09-14, 10.84% on 2026-09-21 and 10.79% on 2026-09-28.

How hard the competition is

Competitive awards reporting bid counts averaged 2.1 bids across 30 awards, with a median of 2. Single-bid awards accounted for 40% of that sample, or 12 awards. SMEs supplied 68% of bids. The four direct awards sit outside this competition measure because they were awarded without a call.

Poland recorded 2.1 bids on 10 measured awards, while Ukraine also recorded 2.1 on 12. Where bid fields become crowded, technical quality and differentiation must decide the bid; where they remain thin, qualification and delivery capacity are the more immediate constraint.

Bids are counted on contract awards from competitive procedures only. Direct awards (negotiated without a call, single-source) have one bidder by design and are counted separately. Shown only when at least 10 awards reported a bid count. Direct awards this window: 4.

What shifted this week

Whose technology is being named

Cisco was named in 3 notices, comprising 2 calls and 1 award, which is 55% less often than the vertical’s usual mix would predict. F5 also appeared in 3 notices, with 2 calls and 1 award; its appearances include the Prague transport operator’s open F5 BIG-IP renewal call. Fortinet, Nokia and Starlink each appeared in 2 notices. Starlink was named 8% less often than the usual mix would predict.

Alcatel Lucent, APC by Schneider Electric, AvengeAngel, TP-Link and Ubiquiti each appeared in 1 notice. These are notice-text mentions across calls and awards, not evidence that the named vendor won. Urząd Komunikacji Elektronicznej was a repeat buyer with 2 calls, including modernisation of its existing F5 device cluster.

Who is buying repeatedly

Buyers that published more than one call for tender in this window. An organisation running several at once is usually working through a programme rather than buying once.

The biggest new open tenders

The largest new open calls are IT-Dienstleistungszentrum Berlin (AöR)’s €19.7m BeLa MSN 2026 framework, closing 2026-10-23; Česká správa sociálního zabezpečení’s €5.88m call for expert and operational network-infrastructure services, closing 2026-12-07; and Métropole de Lyon DGEEP’s €4.8m requirement to maintain and evolve the computer network and industrial information systems used for urban-road mobility, closing 2026-10-27. Gemeinde Marklkofen is seeking a service concession for planning, construction and operation of a gigabit network under Gigabit-RL 2.0 (2025), estimated at €2.88m and closing 2026-10-29. Dopravní podnik hl. m. Prahy, akciová společnost’s €658,387 F5 BIG-IP renewal closes 2026-11-05, while Biotechnologický ústav AV ČR, v. v. i. is buying network switches for €180,000, closing 2026-10-27. Values were stated on 13 of the 48 calls; the Berlin figure is a framework ceiling.

Calls for tender published in this window and still open, by the buyer’s estimated value in EUR; 13 of 48 new calls stated one. A framework agreement states a ceiling for several purchases, not one contract.

Closing in the next two weeks

Contracts awarded

Among signed contracts, Axians Networks & Solutions GmbH won ÜSTRA Hannoversche Verkehrsbetriebe Aktiengesellschaft’s Cisco WLAN components framework, with a €4.8m ceiling, while FASTWEB S.P.A. won ANAS S.P.A.’s Lombardia tunnel-network data-transmission-services framework, with a €2m ceiling. Axians IT Solutions Poland Sp. z o.o. won Polskie Sieci Elektroenergetyczne Spółka Akcyjna’s F5 support-services contract for €1.242m. Nokia Solutions and Networks GmbH & Co. KG won Zentrale Polizeidirektion Niedersachsen’s Nokia IP-MPLS router framework, with a €1.2m ceiling; Elisa Oyj won Haminan kaupunki’s telecommunications and firewall-services contract for €995,853; and Orange Polska S.A. won Instytut Meteorologii i Gospodarki Wodnej - Państwowy Instytut Badawczy’s WAN migration and operational-maintenance contract for €698,884. The supplier table is led by ТОВАРИСТВО З ОБМЕЖЕНОЮ ВІДПОВІДАЛЬНІСТЮ "ЕС ЕН ТІ УКРАЇНА" with 3 awards; Axians Networks & Solutions GmbH and ORANGE ROMANIA each recorded 2, with both ORANGE ROMANIA awards direct.

Contract award notices published in this window, by the signed contract value in EUR. These are contracts already placed, not open opportunities.

Who won

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With 46 calls still open, immediate attention goes to Ředitelství silnic a dálnic s. p.’s Fortinet integrated network-security call and Leuven’s LAN/WLAN hardware-and-maintenance framework, both closing 2026-10-06, followed by Státní ústav pro kontrolu léčiv’s 19 Cisco switches on 2026-10-09 and Instytut Matki i Dziecka’s next-generation LAN infrastructure for AI research on 2026-10-12.

Method

Built from 85 public procurement notices published from 2026-09-22 to 2026-09-28 and classified into the Networking vertical: 48 calls for tender, 36 contract awards, 1 prior information notices and 0 other notices. A tender republished in a new version is counted once. Values are converted to EUR at reference rates. Comparisons use the previous 84 days, classified by the same classifier generation. Every figure on this page is computed from the notices; the commentary is written around them. Sources: TED, Prozorro, e-Zamówienia (BZP), SEAP / SICAP (e-licitatie.ro), CVP IS (Lithuania), IUB (Latvia), DOE. Tenders named in earlier editions of this column are not named again.