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Adding information about a "Präqualifizierung" (pre-qualification) of your company is not mandatory. If you do not have a pre-qualification code skip this step to continue with your registration, using the "Weiter" button. A pre-qualification is not needed to research or participate in public tenders.
Under "Branche" (branch, sector) you can select the sectors your company offers goods and/or services. Here the "Vergabemarktplatz" uses the categories provided by the EU's common procurement vocabulary (CPV-Code). These categories can help shape your companies' profile for researching public authorities. Categories can be added using the "Kategorien bearbeiten" button. You can either browse the tree-like catalog or use the key word search. Please note that the "Vergabemarktplatz" only uses the German version of the CPV-code. Therefore it might be easier for interested companies to search for the numeric code rather than key words.
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