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A study of the PPA market in Flanders and Belgium(2)

Een onderzoek naar de PPA-markt in Vlaanderen en België(2) — original title

BEBelgiumBELOW THRESHOLD — NOT ON TED

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What the buyer is looking for

Through this contract, the Flemish Government, in particular the Flemish Energy and Climate Agency (VEKA), wishes to have a study carried out into the functioning, thresholds, opportunities and risks of Power Purchase Agreements (PPAs) in Flanders and Belgium. The study must support policymakers with a factually substantiated and policy-oriented understanding of the current PPA market, the barriers that limit the use of PPAs and the possible levers (legal, administrative and financial) to strengthen the market functioning. The assignment includes at least: an analysis of the PPA market (qualitative and quantitative) and the market potential in the short and medium term (incl. scenarios), with attention to volumes, maturities, actors involved and market interest; an analysis of the relevant regulatory and policy framework (Flemish and federal) and the identification of explicit and…

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… implicit thresholds, with an indication of the division of competences; a threshold analysis (economic, legal, administrative and technical) and the formulation of solution directions, tools and policy options to facilitate PPAs and mitigate risks; The contractor provides the results and recommendations in the form of interim deliverables and a final report, as further specified in Chapter 3 (Technical regulations) and the planning (Chapter 3.5). The final result contains at least: (i) a clear synthesis of market functioning and potential, (ii) a prioritised inventory of thresholds and risks, (iii) concretely developed and legally/policy-based solution directions and policy recommendations, and (iv) a concise management summary that is useful for decision-making.

Machine translation (EU eTranslation) — official wording via the PDF link.

Contract

BuyerVlaams Energie- en Klimaatagentschap
TypeServices
Estimated valuenot published — common for below-threshold procedures
Published12 Oct 2026
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Type of service

73 · R&D services79 · Business services
CPV 73200000 · 79310000
Clement
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Deadline — Wednesday 4 November at 14:00
Deadline for requests to participate

Tactics

When contracts were awarded in this country and sector, usually 6 or more bids came in. Many compete here — price and references decide. (Based on 893 completed awards — not a statement about this procedure.)

This procedure allows 23 days between publication and deadline — typical in this country is 34 (median of 3,233 procedures). Much tighter than usual: the first week counts.

Foreign bidders

In Belgium · R&D services, 542 contracts went to foreign companies over the last 3 years (of 1,152 recorded awards) — mostly from Germany, France, Italy.

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