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Occupational health and safety services
Arbo dienstverlening — original title
Your path to submission
- Deadline: 2 November at 12:00 — 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 — 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
The municipality of Breda is launching a European tender for occupational health and safety services aimed at contracting one or a maximum of two service providers for the period from 1 July 2027. The purpose of the invitation to tender is to: ensuring high-quality occupational health and safety services, reducing absenteeism and strengthening the sustainable employability of employees. The occupational health and safety service supports managers and HR with absenteeism counselling, prevention and employability issues. Plots This contract is divided into the following lots: Lot 1 Occupational health and safety services for employees with a collective labour agreement within the municipality Lot 2 Occupational health and safety services for employees with a collective labour agreement within the ‘Getting started’ and ‘SW’ collective labour agreements
Contract
Type of service
Clement What the numbers say about this buyer
- The median procedure drew 3 bids (255 procedures with a bid count); 22% ended with a single bidder. Sector: median 19 bids.n = 255
- In this sector the buyer awards roughly every 4 months (12 awards, most recently August 2026) — the next award is due around January 2027 by that rhythm. The last award went to Job Solutions B.V.n = 12
- The award came in at a median 50% of the estimated value (15 awards with both estimate and value) — pricing at the estimate is usually too high here. Sector: 90%.n = 15
- 4% of this buyer's awards went to companies that had already won here before (301 awards since 2015, spread over 137 companies). 96% went to new names.n = 301 awards since 2015
- 6% of awards went to companies from abroad (301 awards with a known winner country). Sector average: 1%.n = 301
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.
Selection criteria — in the procurement documents
The buyer states in the notice that the selection criteria are in the procurement documents (link on this page), not in the EU form. The document analysis below extracts them from there — bid and evidence in Dutch.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Bertens Bouw B.V. | 3 | 2025 |
| Van Dijnsen Installatiewerken B.V. | 2 | 2024–2026 |
| Visma Circle | 2 | 2024 |
| Signify Netherlands B.V. | 2 | 2025–2026 |
| Scorpions Security B.V. | 2 | 2024 |
How often this buyer tenders this kind of work
Tactics
When this buyer has awarded in this sector, usually 12 or more bids came in. Many compete here — price and references decide. (Based on 9 completed awards — not a statement about this procedure.)
This procedure allows 63 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 · Health & social work, 11 contracts went to foreign companies over the last 3 years (of 2,577 recorded awards).
Submission language: Dutch.
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