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Supply of a He-Ne reference laser stabilised on iodine as the primary standard of length

Fourniture d’un laser de référence He-Ne stabilisé sur l’iode comme étalon primaire de longueur — original title

BEBelgiumBELOW THRESHOLD — NOT ON TED

Your path to submission

  1. Deadline: 19 November at 14:00 — 19 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

Le présent marché est un marché de fournitures, il porte sur la fourniture d’un laser de référence He-Ne stabilisé sur l’iode comme étalon primaire de longueur, y compris les accessoires et logiciels nécessaires, un certificat d’étalonnage et la formation d’au moins un opérateur. (cf. partie B « Prescriptions techniques »).

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

Contract

TypeSupplies
Estimated valuenot published — common for below-threshold procedures
Published29 Oct 2026
Procedureneg_wo_call_24

Type of service

38 · Laboratory & optical equipment
CPV 38636000

Clement What the numbers say about this buyer

  • 4% of this buyer's awards went to companies that had already won here before (56 awards since 2020, spread over 49 companies). That is well below the sector norm (17%) — this buyer switches suppliers more often than others.n = 56 awards since 2020
  • 32% of awards went to companies from abroad (56 awards with a known winner country). Sector average: 52%.n = 56
  • The median procedure drew 2 bids (27 procedures with a bid count); 37% ended with a single bidder. Sector: median 2 bids.n = 27

From this buyer's documented awards; comparison values from the same sector and country. Not a forecast, not legal advice. As of 25/10/2026.

Clement
In comparable contracts in this sector nationwide (464 with a known bid count), usually only 2 offers came in — a solid bid has real chances.
References and certificates from your home country count fully across the EU — that is what European procurement law is for.

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
Expansion Partners32024–2026
Patrimoine de l’Université de Liège12025
Inetum Belgium12026
Delartes12024
SGS BELGIUM12025
From the recorded awards · regular winners know this buyer's requirements — that is your competition.

How often this buyer tenders this kind of work

5
2024
2
2025
2
2026
9 procedures in this category since 2019. Public procurement repeats itself — those who know the rhythm prepare instead of reacting.
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Deadline — Thursday 19 November at 14:00

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 464 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.

Foreign bidders

In Belgium · Laboratory & optical equipment, 316 contracts went to foreign companies over the last 3 years (of 772 recorded awards) — mostly from Germany, France, 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
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Put together the evidence
Certificates, references and your price — as set out in the notice.
Submit via BDA / e-Procurement Belgium before the deadline
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