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Cleaning and Maintenance Zaan Primary
Schoonmaakonderhoud Zaan Primair — original title
Your path to submission
- Deadline: 2 November at 13:00 — 1 day left.
- You submit on TenderNed — not here and not by e-mail. ↗ Submission via TenderNed with an eHerkenning account — issuance for foreign firms can take time; apply early. Sort out account and signature first — not on submission day.
- Offer and evidence in: Dutch.
- Collect your evidence — use the eligibility analysis on this page: it lists the requirements and, for known certificates, how to get them.
What the buyer is looking for
The purpose of this tender is to enter into an agreement with several suitable contractors who can meet Zaan Primair's need for professional cleaning services. The cleaning maintenance concerns approximately 36 educational locations throughout Zaanstad and the Administrative Office in Zaandam. The locations are divided into 2 plots; Lot 1 Northern area and Lot 2 Southern area. For more information and details see the procurement guide.
Contract
Type of service
Selection criteria — via the ESPD
The buyer states in the notice that eligibility is proven through the European Single Procurement Document (ESPD); the concrete requirements are in the tender documents. The document analysis below extracts them from there — bid and evidence in Dutch.
Eligibility analysis from the tender documents
Tender documents — direct download
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Canon Nederland N.V. | 1 | 2024 |
Tactics
When contracts were awarded in this country and sector, usually about 3 bids came in. A normal field for this market. (Based on 1,901 completed awards — not a statement about this procedure.)
This procedure allows 76 days between publication and deadline — typical in this country is 48 (median of 2,911 procedures). Much more generous than usual — time for a thorough bid rather than a quick one.
The deadline falls on a Monday — your last full working day is the Friday before. Have evidence and guarantees together by Thursday.
Foreign bidders
In the Netherlands · Cleaning, environment & waste, 42 contracts went to foreign companies over the last 3 years (of 2,209 recorded awards) — mostly from Germany, France, Belgium.
Submission language: Dutch.
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