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DRIS advisory services
DRIS-adviesdiensten — original title
Your path to submission
- Deadline: 5 November at 13:00 — 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
This procurement document contains information on the European procurement of the Province of Groningen in relation to DRIS advisory services. This invitation to tender concerns a public procurement procedure under the Public Procurement Act 2012. The Dynamic Travel Information System (DRIS) provides travellers with up-to-date travel information at major bus stops in Groningen and Drenthe. The management and maintenance of the system are managed by an external DRIS administrator. During the term of this agreement, the province of Groningen and the province of Drenthe wish to have an independent expert party that oversees the execution of the work by the DRIS manager, monitors the contractual performance and advises on the functioning and further development of the DRIS system. The assignment explicitly does not focus on the actual management and maintenance of the DRIS system, but on the…
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… advice, management, monitoring and support of the Client in the execution of the agreement with the DRIS manager. If you are interested in this contract, you must submit your tender by 1 p.m. on 5 November 2026.
Contract
Type of service
Clement What the numbers say about this buyer
- In this sector the buyer awards roughly every 2 months (24 awards, most recently December 2025) — by that rhythm the next award was due around February 2026. The last award went to RYSE.n = 24
- The award came in at a median 63% of the estimated value (11 awards with both estimate and value) — pricing at the estimate is usually too high here. Sector: 90%.n = 11
- The median procedure drew 3 bids (138 procedures with a bid count); 27% ended with a single bidder. Sector: median 5 bids.n = 138
- 4% of this buyer's awards went to companies that had already won here before (169 awards since 2014, spread over 70 companies). 96% went to new names.n = 169 awards since 2014
- 70% of the bids received came from small and medium-sized enterprises (13 procedures with a bid mix). Sector: 42%.n = 13
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.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Achmea Schadeverzekeringen N.V. | 2 | 2026 |
| Stichting Wageningen Research · Wageningen | 2 | 2025 |
| Multi Tank Card B.V. | 2 | 2025 |
| Conclusion BV | 2 | 2015 |
| Arcadis Nederland B.V. | 2 | 2024–2025 |
How often this buyer tenders this kind of work
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Tactics
When this buyer has awarded in this sector, usually 9 or more bids came in. Many compete here — price and references decide. (Based on 23 completed awards — not a statement about this procedure.)
This procedure allows 42 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 · Architecture & engineering, 129 contracts went to foreign companies over the last 3 years (of 2,699 recorded awards) — mostly from Germany, France, United Kingdom.
Submission language: Dutch.
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