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Validated Total Solution for Heel Prick Screening for Metabolic Diseases Using Mass Spectrometry for Multiple Laboratories
Gevalideerde Totaaloplossing voor de hielprikscreening op stofwisselingsziekten met behulp van massaspectrometrie voor meerdere Laboratoria — original title
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- Deadline: 10 November at 12:00 — 9 days 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
Neonatal heel rick screening (NHS) is a nationwide screening program that is performed on newborns in the first week after birth. In the Netherlands (European and Caribbean Netherlands), approximately 170,000 newborns are given the heel snare each year. The Hulprik screening is the longest-running national screening program in public health care. The analysis of the medic blood currently provides important information about twenty-seven rare, often inherited, serious conditions. The blood test will be carried out from 2026 by three Screening laboratories, of which the Screening Laboratory of RIVM-GZB acts as a Reference Laboratory. The Screening laboratories are responsible for the analysis of the medley blood sample and timely reporting of the results. The blood test for the presence of fifteen of the twenty-seven diseases is currently carried out by means of mass spectrometry. In order…
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… to ensure the required uniform performance of the analyses, the three Screening laboratories should use the same Tandem mass spectrometry equipment with associated plywood kit. In order to ensure uniformity, quality and efficiency, RIVM has decided to purchase the devices (hardware), software, reagents and associated maintenance (preventive, corrective, adaptive), also known as Total Solution, and to make them available to the Screening laboratories. This tender procedure concerns a contract for the delivery, implementation and maintenance of a validated Total solution for the screening of the screening laboratories. The purpose of this European tender is to conclude an Agreement with one Supplier, according to the principle of reagent rental whereby the Supplier remains the owner of the equipment. The Supplier becomes fully responsible for the delivery, implementation and continuous provision of the Total Solution and the provision of related services in accordance with the specifications laid down in the Tender Documents. This tender procedure also includes the purchase of a mass spectrometer / liquid chromatography system for use in the RIVM-GZB Reference Laboratory (including hardware, software and maintenance).
Contract
Type of service
Clement What the numbers say about this buyer
- In this sector the buyer awards roughly every 3 months (16 awards, most recently October 2026) — the next award is due around December 2026 by that rhythm. The last award went to Eastern Business.n = 16
- 93% of the bids received came from small and medium-sized enterprises (8 procedures with a bid mix). Sector: 34%.n = 8
- 11% of this buyer's awards went to companies that had already won here before (123 awards since 2015, spread over 77 companies). 89% went to new names.n = 123 awards since 2015
- The median procedure drew 2 bids (114 procedures with a bid count); 37% ended with a single bidder. Sector: median 2 bids.n = 114
- 19% of awards went to companies from abroad (123 awards with a known winner country). Sector average: 14%.n = 123
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.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Agilent Technologies Netherlands B.V. | 3 | 2024–2025 |
| AVANTOR | 3 | 2025 |
| Sanofi B.V. | 3 | 2025–2026 |
| Thermo Fisher Scientific B.V. | 3 | 2023–2025 |
| Eurofins Analytico B.V. | 2 | 2025 |
How often this buyer tenders this kind of work
Tactics
When this buyer has awarded in this sector, there was usually a single bid in the end. A solid bid has a real chance here. (Based on 12 completed awards — not a statement about this procedure.)
This procedure allows 64 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.
Foreign bidders
In the Netherlands · Medical equipment & pharma, 56 contracts went to foreign companies over the last 3 years (of 587 recorded awards) — mostly from Germany, France, Belgium.
Submission language: Dutch.
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