For the Maschseefest, which will take place this year from 30 July to 17 August 2025, Hannover Veranstaltungs GmbH is awarding stand operation contracts for the "Food Mile" in the form of service concessions and is conducting a public tender for this purpose, which is not subject to either the EU Public Procurement Directives or the Concessions Procurement Ordinance (KonzVgV) because it falls below the threshold value.

Stand operating contracts are awarded for 11 stands on the east bank and 3 stands on the west bank for the sale of food or fruit juices (food miles) for rent with fixed rental prices for one year in each case. In order to achieve a variety of offers, this year's tender will again be divided into lots:

• LOT 1: Burgers (2 stands)
• LOT 2: Pizza (2 stands)
• LOT 3: Crêpes & waffles (1 stand)*
• LOS 4: Rotisserie spit (gyros, doner kebab, sharwarma, lahmaccun) (1 stand)
• LOS 3: Falafel & couscous (1 stand)
• LOS 6: Pasta (1 stand)
• LOS 7: Asian (noodle and rice dishes, spring rolls, etc.) (1 stall)
• LOT 8: Specials - open lot for food product lines and fruit juices from fresh fruit not included in lots 1 to 7 (5 stands)*.

Anyone interested can for one lot only apply. Multiple applications are excluded. In order to ensure the broadest possible competition, entrepreneurs who have already concluded a stand operation contract for one of the larger catering units at the Maschseefest 2025 as a result of ongoing tenders will only be considered if there are not enough offers from other entrepreneurs for the stand operation contract. 14 advertised stand spaces gives.

For the award decision, an evaluation matrix will be used to assess both a) the performance of the bidder (including references) and b) the quality of the catering concept to be submitted. If the top-ranked bidders for one of the lots put out to tender achieve the same number of points according to the award criteria and if the number of these bidders is higher than the number of stands to be awarded in the lot in question, a decision will be made between these bidders. Lottery procedure (draw).

Further details can be found in the tender documents.

These will be available to interested parties from 05 March 2025 on the Internet at www.maschseefest.de available for download. The deadline for the submission of tenders is 04 April 2025, 12 noon. The award of the contract is planned for 19/20 calendar week 2025.

The PDF file for the Download tender documents here.

*Amendment/update on 24/02/2025: Lot 3: Change from "2 stands" to "1 stand"; Lot 8: Change from "4 stands" to "5 stands