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Financial Marktconsultatie Tweede Tijsmanstunnel
Financiële Marktconsultatie Tweede Tijsmanstunnel — original title
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Type of service
Clement What the numbers say about this buyer
- 24% of awards went to companies from abroad (17 awards with a known winner country). Sector average: 51%.n = 17
- 0% of this buyer's awards went to companies that had already won here before (17 awards since 2015, spread over 5 companies). That is well below the sector norm (15%) — this buyer switches suppliers more often than others.n = 17 awards since 2015
- The median procedure drew 2 bids (8 procedures with a bid count); 13% ended with a single bidder. Sector: median 2 bids.n = 8
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.
Tender documents at a glance
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Market consultation and project fiche for the (Nieuwe/Tweede) Tijsmanstunnel in Antwerp
The input text concerns a financial market consultation and a project fiche for a major tunnel infrastructure project in Antwerp, Belgium.
It is written from the point of view of the Belgian public authority Lantis (BAM nv van publiek recht) and refers explicitly to Belgian legislation on public procurement (Wet Overheidsopdrachten 17/06/2016 and KB Plaatsing 18/04/2017).
The context is a preparatory Request for Information (RFI/ROI) towards potential financiers, not yet a formal procurement procedure with binding tender conditions.
Regarding the scope of the envisaged contract, the documents describe a project to design, build, possibly finance and maintain a “Tweede Tijsmanstunnel”/“Nieuwe Tijsmanstunnel” under the Kanaaldok, as part of the R2 ring around Antwerp and the port road network.
The technical scope includes, such as: one new immersed tunnel of about 800 m with two road tubes of three lanes each, a central escape/service tube, a separate cycle tube, cut-and-cover sections on both banks, full ADR-A compliance with associated safety installations and service buildings, and full interchange complexes on both banks connecting to Scheldelaan and Noorderlaan.
The documents also indicate timing and magnitude, such as: indicative CAPEX of about 1.2–1.6 billion EUR, a foreseen start of works around 2030, contract close targeted end of 2028 and tunnel opening around 2035, with Lantis preparing reference design, MER, permits and tender specifications between 2026 and the start of construction.
As to what bidders must submit and minimum qualification requirements (forms, references, turnover, insurances, certificates), the current text does not yet set binding tender requirements.
Instead, it outlines a voluntary financial market consultation where interested financiers are invited to upload a document with their answers to “financiële vragen aan de markt” via the federal e‑Procurement platform, indicating their identity.
The content requested is qualitative input on topics such as market interest and capacity, risk allocation, financing under NEC4 vs DBFM, financing instruments, and timing, not formal evidence of technical/financial capacity.
No specific minimum turnover, reference projects, insurance levels, or mandatory forms/certificates are defined in these excerpts.
Questions from interested parties must be submitted via the e‑Procurement internet forum; there is a reference to a “datum indienen van de antwoorden” in the announcement/invitation, but the actual date and any detailed participation conditions are not contained in the provided text.
Concerning award criteria and weighting, as well as risks and special conditions (penalties, guarantees, subcontracting rules, bid validity, site visits), the input text remains at market-consultation level.
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It mentions that Lantis is considering alternative contract models, such as DBF(M) or NEC4 ECC Option C, and asks financiers to comment on topics that are typically linked to risk allocation and bankability (for example: which risks must remain with the public authority, how NEC4 pain/gain and compensation events affect financing conditions, what equity/debt ratios and contract durations are feasible, and how availability payments and risk premiums influence value for money).
There is also a confidentiality regime described, such as: obligations for market parties to treat information as confidential and restrictions on sharing it with third parties, and the right of the contracting authority to use anonymised input in future tender documents.
However, there is no mention in the excerpt of concrete award criteria, scoring weightings, penalties, performance guarantees, subcontracting thresholds, mandatory site visits, or binding validity periods; those will only be defined later in the formal tender (“bestek”).
On contradictions or corrections within the documents, the main potential tension lies in the cost and timing figures, such as: the project fiche mentions an estimated investment cost of 1.2 billion EUR and a start of execution in 2030, while the financial market consultation speaks of a CAPEX estimate of 1.6 billion EUR, contract close end of 2028 and opening in 2035.
This can reasonably be understood as an evolution of the project definition and cost estimate between an earlier project fiche and a later financial consultation, with the more recent financial document (CAPEX 1.6 billion, 2028–2035 schedule) likely prevailing for financial structuring.
The documents do not contain an explicit conflict-resolution clause between them, but since the market consultation is only informative and non‑binding, any contradictions at this stage have no legal consequence for bidders; the binding hierarchy of documents will be defined later in the official tender dossier.
Only the contracting authority's tender documents are binding. As of: 27/10/2026
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.
| Company | Awards | Period |
|---|---|---|
| THV Atlas | 1 | 2015 |
| Antea Belgium NV | 1 | 2015 |
| THV Artes Roegiers — Artes Depret | 1 | 2015 |
| THV Besix-Stadsbader | 1 | 2015 |
| THV Rinkoniên Rechteroever | 1 | 2022 |
How often this buyer tenders this kind of work
Tactics
When contracts were awarded in this country and sector, usually only one or two bids came in. A solid bid has a real chance here. (Based on 528 completed awards — not a statement about this procedure.)
This procedure allows 18 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 · Financial & insurance services, 456 contracts went to foreign companies over the last 3 years (of 1,088 recorded awards) — mostly from France, Germany, Spain.
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