Basics of procurement

Paragraph 87b of the Basic Law assigns the immediate fulfillment of the armed forces’ material requirements to the Federal Defense Administration. The contracts required for providing the necessary equipment to the armed forces are awarded to industry, trade and commerce by the designated civilian authorities of the Federal Defense Administration, taking into consideration the following awarding regulations and directives of the Federal Government.

• Law against restraint of competition (GWB)
• Regulation on the award of public contracts – Vergabeverordnung (VgV)
• Conditions concerning Contracts for Supplies and Services Part A (VOL/A)
• Conditions Concerning Contracts for Freelance Supplies and Services (VOF)

These are the foundations on which centralized procurement in the BWB’s responsibility is based. Central procurement means that the entire demand of the armed services is jointly determined and subsequently procured.Study, research and development contracts, initial and follow-up requirements for defense materiel and supplies (vehicles, Air Force and Navy equipment, communications equipment, information technology, weapons, ammunition, missiles, POL, food, etc.) including repair work for the armed services are awarded centrally.

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