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Critical medicines and medical devices crisis list
Crisislijst kritieke geneesmiddelen en medische hulpmiddelen — original title
Your path to submission
- Deadline: 12 November at 12:00 — 11 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 — 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
VWS would like to use the expertise of the field to arrive at a crisis list of critical medicines and medical devices. The crisis list focuses on products that are necessary for the delivery of care as a result of a crisis. These are products that cannot be missed or are difficult to miss during a crisis and a shortage of which can have a direct impact on patients or the continuity of care. The crisis list is used as a basis for measures aimed at increasing the resilience of the healthcare chain. This could include measures in the field of crisis preparation, stockpiling or policy development, including in the field of scalable or stand-by production. The list thus serves as a strategic tool for preparing for future disruptions and crisis situations. For further description of the assignment, see the Descriptive Document. The work to be carried out is per step: Step 1. Determine…
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… scenarios for different types of crisis Step 2. Setting up expert group(s) Step 3. Prepare crisis list Step 4. Advice on use/volume per crisis Step 5. Produce draft report and final crisis list Step 6. Final report and presentation The final report must be delivered by 31 October 2027. The estimated contract value is 300,000,- excluding VAT. For further description of the quantity/size, see the Descriptive document.
Contract
Type of service
Clement What the numbers say about this buyer
- In this sector the buyer awards roughly every month (4 awards, most recently January 2026) — by that rhythm the next award was due around February 2026. The last award went to Attestic B.V.n = 4
- 2% of this buyer's awards went to companies that had already won here before (86 awards since 2015, spread over 45 companies). That is well below the sector norm (28%) — this buyer switches suppliers more often than others.n = 86 awards since 2015
- The award came in at a median 97% of the estimated value (10 awards with both estimate and value) — pricing at the estimate is usually about right here. Sector: 85%.n = 10
- 61% of the bids received came from small and medium-sized enterprises (9 procedures with a bid mix). Sector: 34%.n = 9
- The median procedure drew 4 bids (80 procedures with a bid count); 19% ended with a single bidder. Sector: median 4 bids.n = 80
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Topicus.Healthcare B.V. | 2 | 2025 |
| Gupta Strategists | 2 | 2025 |
| ConQuaestor BV | 1 | 2015 |
| NLcom | 1 | 2025 |
| Stichting Nederlands Instituut voor Onderzoek van de Gezondheidszorg | 1 | 2026 |
How often this buyer tenders this kind of work
Tactics
When this buyer has awarded in this sector, usually only one or two bids came in. A solid bid has a real chance here. (Based on 4 completed awards — not a statement about this procedure.)
This procedure allows 51 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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