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Catering services
Cateringdienstverlening — original title
Your path to submission
- Deadline: 2 November at 10:00 — 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
With this tender, the SWO aims to contract a contractor to provide the catering services. The assignment includes the company catering in the municipality of Hoogeveen and in the municipality of De Wolden, as well as the provision of banqueting. Bed-catering per year: € 100.000,- Estimate for banqueting at € 71.666,-
Contract
Type of service
Clement What the numbers say about this buyer
- The median procedure drew 3 bids (61 procedures with a bid count); 30% ended with a single bidder. Sector: median 7 bids.n = 61
- 12% of this buyer's awards went to companies that had already won here before (67 awards since 2018, spread over 31 companies). That is well below the sector norm (24%) — this buyer switches suppliers more often than others.n = 67 awards since 2018
- 9% of awards went to companies from abroad (67 awards with a known winner country). Sector average: 0%.n = 67
- 24% of the bids received came from small and medium-sized enterprises (36 procedures with a bid mix). Sector: 13%.n = 36
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.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Flextender B.V. | 8 | 2024–2026 |
| PinkRoccade Local Government B.V. | 2 | 2023–2025 |
| Inergy B.V. | 1 | 2024 |
| Blinqt B.V. | 1 | 2024 |
| Fieten Olie 2 B.V. | 1 | 2025 |
Tactics
When contracts were awarded in this country and sector, usually 7 or more bids came in. Many compete here — price and references decide. (Based on 263 completed awards — not a statement about this procedure.)
This procedure allows 47 days between publication and deadline — typical in this country is 48 (median of 2,911 procedures). A normal window for this market.
The deadline falls on a Monday — your last full working day is the Friday before. Have evidence and guarantees together by Thursday.
Foreign bidders
Among 301 recorded awards in the Netherlands · Hotel & restaurant services over 3 years, no foreign winner yet — bidding here means being a pioneer.
Submission language: Dutch.
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