Administration

Threshold Value Agent

The course is set on day one. Get the estimate wrong and the procedure starts again four months later.

Determines the estimated contract value and the threshold value, always with version and effective date.

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Public administration

Four processes that take up the most time today

Developed in Germany · Hosted in the EU

Developed in Germany · Hosted in the EU or on-premises

Delivered together with

STACKIT Sovereign hosting in Germany, single-tenant from the first user.
Rödl Legal, tax and compliance expertise for legally sound deployment.
4P Consulting Advisory and implementation for the public sector, starting with the AI readiness assessment.

One estimate at the start determines the course of a four-month procedure.

The specialist department reports an annual value, but with options the contract runs considerably longer. The procurement office has to calculate the total value before it chooses the procedure type.

1estimateA specialist department reports the contract value for one year.
4years' termThe base term and two extension options count too.
2value limitsThe EU threshold and the municipal value limit apply side by side.
3xrestartsIf the wrong route is taken, the notice, documents and deadlines all have to be redone.

In the procurement office, 50% less review effort means this: the total value is there with its workings on day one, long before the procedure type is chosen.

The 50% reduction in review effort comes from this agent's fact sheet. The term, amount and reference number in the example are chosen to illustrate the workings.

Three steps through the process.

The agent checks the workings and the assignment of the threshold value; only the specialist department knows whether the reported quantities are right.

Determine the contract value

The agent reads the requirement notification and the draft contract and adds up the base term, options and recurring services. It writes down the workings line by line.

Valuation for ref. VgSt-2026-118 with a 48-month term

Assign the threshold value

The agent assigns the total value to the matching contract type and names the relevant value limit. If the value is close to the threshold, it flags this separately.

Assignment sheet with 1 threshold exceeded

State the validity

For every value limit, the agent states the version and the date from which it applies. That way it is clear afterwards which table the calculation used.

Wertermittlung_VgSt-2026-118.docx with the table version effective from 1 January 2026

What the agent does not do.

It does not decide the procedure type.

It presents the workings and the assignment. Procurement management chooses the procedure and is accountable for it.

It does not judge whether separately reported requirements belong to one contract.

It adds up the services that the requirement notification lists as one. *The procurement office draws the line between them and similar requirements from other departments.*

It cannot see the specialist department's multi-year planning.

It is kept in a spreadsheet in the department and lists the extensions due in years three and four. Only what the requirement notification itself states goes into the valuation.

Connected systems

  • Budget and treasury system
  • e-procurement platform
  • procurement file

Operations

  • Deployment modelEU cloud, private cloud or on-premises
  • Data processingGDPR-compliant, no model training on your data
  • Responsible teamsContracting authority, procurement

The questions that come up before the first meeting.

How quickly is the Threshold Value Agent ready to use?

A pilot typically runs on your own data within 4 to 6 weeks. The agent connects to your existing systems rather than running as a separate, parallel environment.

Where is the data processed?

EU cloud, private cloud or on-premises. Processing is GDPR-compliant and models are never trained on your data. Details in the Trust Center.

Where does the figure “50% less review effort” come from?

It is based on experience from comparable projects and process benchmarks, not a commitment. We work out the realistic effect for your organisation during the assessment before the pilot.

Related agents.

Intake review, case 2026/04711

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