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Scientific services for the collection, processing and publication of the annual VLIR staff statistics

Wetenschappelijke dienstverlening voor de verzameling, verwerking en publicatie van de jaarlijkse VLIR‑personeelsstatistieken — original title

BEBelgiumBELOW THRESHOLD — NOT ON TED

Your path to submission

  1. Deadline: 3 November at 10:00 — 2 days left.
  2. You submit on BDA / e-Procurement Belgium — not here and not by e-mail. ↗
  3. 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

The assignment concerns scientific and statistical services for the annual VLIR personnel statistics. The services as a data processor include: a. requesting personnel data from universities and research institutions on a defined reference date; b. communicating with institutions about validation and correction of submitted data; c. statistical processing and quality control of the data; d. maintaining and adapting the scripts and tools used; e. providing analyses and tables, including ad hoc and evolution analyses; f. preparing the annual publication; g. answering internal and external data questions via VLIR. h. One-off integration of the built-up historical dataset into the new processing environment. The processing of personal data takes place exclusively for statistical purposes, within the framework of the applicable data protection regulations and in accordance with the agreements laid down by VLIR and the universities.

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

Contract

BuyerUniversiteit Antwerpen →
TypeServices
Estimated valuenot published — common for below-threshold procedures
Published13 Oct 2026
Procedureneg_wo_call_24

Type of service

79 · Business services
CPV 79000000

Clement What the numbers say about this buyer

  • In this sector the buyer awards roughly every 2 months (39 awards, most recently July 2026) — by that rhythm the next award was due around September 2026. The last award went to Hendrickx, Bernd.n = 39
  • The median procedure drew 3 bids (89 procedures with a bid count); 20% ended with a single bidder. Sector: median 5 bids.n = 89
  • 4% of this buyer's awards went to companies that had already won here before (157 awards since 2015, spread over 102 companies). 96% went to new names.n = 157 awards since 2015
  • 26% of awards went to companies from abroad (157 awards with a known winner country). Sector average: 29%.n = 157

From this buyer's documented awards; comparison values from the same sector and country. Not a forecast, not legal advice. As of 01/11/2026.

Clement
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Part of a larger project

Wetenschappelijke dienstverlening voor de verzameling
The same buyer is tendering this project in several lots.
  1. verwerking en publicatie van de jaarlijkse VLIR‑personeelsstatistiekenDeadline 3 Novthis lot
  2. verwerking en publicatie van de jaarlijkse VLIR‑personeelsstatistiekeDeadline 30 Nov
The deadlines differ — if you offer several trades you can work through them one after another. Matched by buyer and the start of the title; differently named lots may be missing.

Who has won at this buyer so far

Across all contract types of this buyer — not just this sector. A city buys software and fire engines through the same purchasing office.

CompanyAwardsPeriod
T & D SECURITY BVBA22026
NIPPON GASES BELGIUM22025
Ethias NV22024
CEGEKA22025
Staples Belgium22025–2026
From the recorded awards · regular winners know this buyer's requirements — that is your competition.

How often this buyer tenders this kind of work

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70 procedures in this category since 2019. Public procurement repeats itself — those who know the rhythm prepare instead of reacting.
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Deadline — Tuesday 3 November at 10:00

Tactics

When this buyer has awarded in this sector, usually 10 or more bids came in. Many compete here — price and references decide. (Based on 14 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 3,233 procedures). Much tighter than usual: the first week counts.

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Foreign bidders

In Belgium · Business services, 729 contracts went to foreign companies over the last 3 years (of 3,120 recorded awards) — mostly from France, Germany, Italy.

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

How to bid

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