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Virtual Practice and Exam System

Virtueel Oefen en Examen Systeem — original title

NLNetherlands · Tilburg

Your path to submission

  1. Deadline: 3 November at 10:00 — 2 days left.
  2. 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.
  3. Offer and evidence in: Dutch.
  4. Collect your evidence — use the eligibility analysis on this page: it lists the requirements and, for known certificates, how to get them.
Compiled automatically from notice and documents — no guarantee; the procedure's wording is binding.

What the buyer is looking for

We are looking for a supplier that can deliver, implement and manage a future-proof Virtual Practice and Examination System (VOES). The system shall be suitable for the training, training, practice, examination and evaluation of firefighters and staff with a role in leadership, coordination and crisis management. In doing so, the VOES must be in line with the exam requirements and accreditation requirements as set by the NIPV. The assignment consists of 4 complete sets. The following parts fall within the scope: • Virtual practice and examination system (VOES) • Full implementation • Object library for existing 3D objects • Processing new 3D objects within VOES • Hardware (mobile device, joystick and optional VR glasses) • Functional and technical Management. • Post-implementation training for screenplay builders and directors.

Machine translation (EU eTranslation) — official wording via the PDF link.

Contract

TypeSupplies
Estimated valuevalue not published
Published16 Sept 2026
ProcedureOpen procedure
Contract period1 Jan 2027 → 31 Dec 2029

Type of service

48 · Software & IT systems
CPV 48000000

Clement What the numbers say about this buyer

  • 1% of this buyer's awards went to companies that had already won here before (68 awards since 2015, spread over 24 companies). 99% went to new names.n = 68 awards since 2015
  • 26% of the bids received came from small and medium-sized enterprises (18 procedures with a bid mix). Sector: 47%.n = 18
  • The median procedure drew 2 bids (59 procedures with a bid count); 31% ended with a single bidder. Sector: median 2 bids.n = 59
  • 3% of awards went to companies from abroad (68 awards with a known winner country). Sector average: 7%.n = 68

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.

Clement
In comparable contracts in this sector nationwide (655 with a known bid count), usually only 2 offers came in — a solid bid has real chances.
References and certificates from your home country count fully across the EU — that is what European procurement law is for.

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

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Annex 1
Specifications and annexes at the buyer — usually viewable without registration
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Administrative conditions
The full notice, official wording

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.

CompanyAwardsPeriod
Greenchoice22015
Kenbri Fire Fighting B.V.12024
Briks Advies12026
Verstegen accountants en adviseurs12025
Van Beek Autobedrijf Roosendaal B.V.12025
From the recorded awards · regular winners know this buyer's requirements — that is your competition.

Contracting authority contact

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Deadline — Tuesday 3 November at 10:00

Tactics

When contracts were awarded in this country and sector, usually only one or two bids came in. A solid bid has a real chance here. (Based on 655 completed awards — not a statement about this procedure.)

This procedure allows 48 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 · Software & IT systems, 40 contracts went to foreign companies over the last 3 years (of 822 recorded awards) — mostly from Germany, France, Finland.

Submission language: Dutch.

Measured from linked award data; foreign winners bidding through a local subsidiary count as domestic — the true share is higher.

How to bid

Read the full notice — Original + documents
Goes directly to this tender on TED — Tenders Electronic Daily. The full specification and all annexes are there.
This procedure is published on 2 portals
Bids are submitted on TenderNed — TED carries the same notice, usually with the more detailed specification. Read both.
TEDNoticeTenderNedSubmission portal
Put together the evidence — in Dutch
Certificates, references and your price — as set out in the notice.
Submit via TED — Tenders Electronic Daily before the deadline
Electronic submission — allow time for the portal registration the first time.
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