What Is a Procurement Portal (Vergabeportal, Germany)?
This is a German procurement term. An online platform on which tenders are published and processed.
What is a Vergabeportal?
An online platform on which tenders are published, documents downloaded, questions asked and bids submitted. Germany has a federal portal, state portals and several commercial ones.
Which should a bidder use?
The one named in the notice. Bids must be submitted through that platform, not another.
Is registration free?
For bidders, usually yes, though some commercial platforms charge for premium features such as alerts.
