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Framework agreement for the provision of services by a Port and Terminal Expert

Raamovereenkomst voor de dienstverlening van een Port and Terminal Expert — original title

BEBelgiumBELOW THRESHOLD — NOT ON TED

Your path to submission

Deadline for requests to participate: 3 November at 14:00 — 2 days left. Two-stage procedure: by this deadline you submit a request to participate (proof of eligibility). Only shortlisted firms are then invited to submit a tender.
You submit on BDA / e-Procurement Belgium — not here and not by e-mail. ↗
Collect your evidence — the eligibility requirements are listed on this page; for many of them the analysis explains how to obtain them.

Compiled automatically from notice and documents — no guarantee; the procedure's wording is binding.

What the buyer is looking for

POABI wishes to use the services of an operational expert with experience in ports and terminals and logistics. The contractor has the following tasks: • Developing and giving technical advice in the field of ports, port terminals and port connectivity - - Facilitating investments and/or participations in overseas ports - Drawing up (policy) advice, cost estimates and specifications - Project follow-up abroad POABI can send the contractor to all discussions, workshops, meetings that prove necessary for the assignment, both domestically and abroad. The contractor undertakes, if desired by the client: - Support for presentations on various projects - Explanation of projects / support to the board of directors of the client

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

Contract

BuyerPort of Antwerp-Bruges International NV →

TypeServices

Estimated valuenot published — common for below-threshold procedures

Published13 Oct 2026

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Type of service

71 · Architecture & engineering

CPV 71330000

Clement

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How often this buyer tenders this kind of work

2024

2025

2026

25 procedures in this category since 2019. Public procurement repeats itself — those who know the rhythm prepare instead of reacting.

Deadline — Tuesday 3 November at 14:00

Deadline for requests to participate

Tactics

When contracts were awarded in this country and sector, usually 5 or more bids came in. Many compete here — price and references decide. (Based on 1,324 completed awards — not a statement about this procedure.)

This procedure allows 21 days between publication and deadline — typical in this country is 34 (median of 3,181 procedures). Much tighter than usual: the first week counts.

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Foreign bidders

In Belgium · Architecture & engineering, 280 contracts went to foreign companies over the last 3 years (of 2,188 recorded awards) — mostly from France, Germany, Netherlands.

Measured from linked award data; foreign winners bidding through a local subsidiary count as domestic — the true share is higher.

How to bid

Read the full notice — Original + documents

Goes directly to this tender on BDA / e-Procurement Belgium. The full specification and all annexes are there.

Put together the evidence

Certificates, references and your price — as set out in the notice.

Submit via BDA / e-Procurement Belgium before the deadline

Electronic submission — allow time for the portal registration the first time.

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