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Library Management System
Your path to submission
- Deadline: 24 November at 11:00 — 23 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, English.
- 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 Utrecht University Library is looking for a Library Management System (LMS) as Software as a Service (SaaS) to support its services for its patrons and to manage its collections. It concerns an LMS with the following components: • Circulation and patron management • Acquisitions • Management of digital and printed collections • Discovery and access • Administrative tools
Contract
Type of service
Clement What the numbers say about this buyer
- In this sector the buyer awards roughly every 7 months (7 awards, most recently July 2026) — the next award is due around February 2027 by that rhythm. The last award went to Planon B.V.n = 7
- 15% of this buyer's awards went to companies that had already won here before (501 awards since 2015, spread over 182 companies). 85% went to new names.n = 501 awards since 2015
- The median procedure drew 3 bids (449 procedures with a bid count); 23% ended with a single bidder. Sector: median 2 bids.n = 449
- The award came in at a median 86% of the estimated value (8 awards with both estimate and value) — pricing at the estimate is usually too high here. Sector: 80%.n = 8
- 11% of awards went to companies from abroad (501 awards with a known winner country). Sector average: 8%.n = 501
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 — 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, English.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Linde Gas Benelux BV | 3 | 2024 |
| Hotelexploitatiemaatschappij Janskerkhof Utrecht B.V | 3 | 2025 |
| Hotel Ernst Sillem Hoeve B.V | 3 | 2025 |
| Postillion Bunnik B.V | 3 | 2025 |
| Kaap Doorn B.V | 3 | 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 4 completed awards — not a statement about this procedure.)
This procedure allows 70 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 · IT services, 130 contracts went to foreign companies over the last 3 years (of 1,961 recorded awards) — mostly from Germany, France, Belgium.
Submission language: Dutch, English.
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