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What Is a Requesting Department (Bedarfsträger, Germany)?
This is a German procurement term. The specialist department within a contracting authority that defines the specific procurement need.
What is the Bedarfsträger?
The specialist department within an authority that has the need and defines what is to be procured, for example the IT department for a new system.
What is its role in the procedure?
It writes the specification and often takes part in the evaluation of quality. The procurement office handles the formal procedure.
Can bidders contact it?
Not during a procedure. All communication goes through the procurement office via the platform.
