Network and security

Your path to submission

1. Deadline for requests to participate: 13 November at 10:00 — 12 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.
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.

What the buyer is looking for

Emmaüs wants to place a purchase file on the market with the aim of a collaboration through a framework agreement in which network and security services, material, licenses, subscriptions and maintenance can be purchased. Lot 1: Network and security Lot 2: F5 Plots / Lots: Network and security (excluding F5); Network and security F5

Contract

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.

Tactics

When contracts were awarded in this country and sector, usually about 4 bids came in. A normal field for this market. (Based on 210 completed awards — not a statement about this procedure.)

This procedure allows 29 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 · Radio, TV & communications, 78 contracts went to foreign companies over the last 3 years (of 417 recorded awards) — mostly from France, Germany, Italy.

How to bid

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