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Accounting Services
Accountantsdiensten — original title
Your path to submission
- Deadline: 5 November at 12:00 — 4 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
Content of the Tender The Assignment concerns the performance of Accountant Services for the benefit of Maastricht University. The scope of this contract for accounting services at UM includes the following elements: A: Annual audit and certification of UM's annual accounts; B: Annual audit and certification of the financial statements of the related party to be consolidated UM Holding BV; C: Annual control and certification of the declaration of cost data D: Annual implementation of agreed specific work resulting in a report of factual findings on the Integrated Cost System (IKS) E: Annual implementation of the Federal Family Education Loan Program (FFELP) compliance commitment. Purpose and intended result of the Tender The purpose of this tender request is to enter into an agreement for accounting services with one party for the period of 4 years with the possibility of an extension of…
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… 3 times 1 year. The maximum contract duration is therefore 7 years. The Agreement will enter into force on 1 July 2027 and, subject to renewal, will terminate by operation of law on 30 June 2031.
Contract
Type of service
Clement What the numbers say about this buyer
- 5% of this buyer's awards went to companies that had already won here before (161 awards since 2015, spread over 54 companies). That is well below the sector norm (28%) — this buyer switches suppliers more often than others.n = 161 awards since 2015
- The median procedure drew 3 bids (136 procedures with a bid count); 21% ended with a single bidder. Sector: median 4 bids.n = 136
- 14% of awards went to companies from abroad (161 awards with a known winner country). Sector average: 3%.n = 161
- The award came in at a median 77% of the estimated value (10 awards with both estimate and value) — pricing at the estimate is usually too high here. Sector: 85%.n = 10
- 19% of the bids received came from small and medium-sized enterprises (9 procedures with a bid mix). Sector: 34%.n = 9
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Vebego Cleaning Services B.V. | 3 | 2024 |
| CSU B.V. | 2 | 2024 |
| EW Facility Services | 2 | 2024 |
| TimeEdit AB | 2 | 2024 |
| ICS Groep b.v. | 2 | 2024 |
Tactics
When contracts were awarded in this country and sector, usually about 4 bids came in. A normal field for this market. (Based on 5,891 completed awards — not a statement about this procedure.)
This procedure allows 53 days between publication and deadline — typical in this country is 48 (median of 2,911 procedures). A normal window for this market.
Foreign bidders
In the Netherlands · Business services, 193 contracts went to foreign companies over the last 3 years (of 6,646 recorded awards) — mostly from France, Germany, United Kingdom.
Submission language: Dutch.
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