Goal
The Leibniz Competence Center Procurement (LCCB) is to facilitate joint procurements of the Leibniz Association and to tender nationwide framework contracts. The aim of the Competence Center is to create more favorable purchasing conditions for all, to utilize synergy effects and know-how, and to advise the individual institutes on challenging EU tenders. In addition, the sustainability concept is to be given even greater emphasis in procurement. The most important and primary task of the LKCB is to bundle the requirements of several institutes and to put them out to tender throughout Europe with a correspondingly high order volume. As many institutes as possible should be able to benefit from this.

Background
The LCCB started on 01.10.2020 at the Forschungsverbund Berlin. The competence center arose from a joint initiative of several Leibniz Institutes and the Leibniz headquarters and represents the first joint cooperation in the administrative area of the Leibniz Association. Since the beginning of 2022, the LCCB is located at the LIfBi in Bamberg. There, it is supervised in the Finance/Controlling/Procurement work area under the leadership of Thomas Saueracker. Bamberg will remain the location of the competence center until at least the third quarter of 2024.

Offers
Central coordination of joint procurements and framework agreements in the upper-threshold range as well as rebate contracts, if applicable
Anchor point within the Leibniz Association for networking and the exchange of know-how in the area of procurement and awarding of contracts
Successive provision of sample tender documents as assistance
Answering individual questions, taking into account the complexity of the matter at hand
Mediation of external legal advice if required

Contact: lkcb@lifbi.de