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Tree Care Services

Arbodienstverlening — original title

NLNetherlands · Utrecht

Your path to submission

  1. Deadline: 23 November at 18:00 — 23 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

The current contract between Hogeschool Utrecht (HU) and the occupational health and safety service provider expires. That is why the HU is launching a tender for occupational health and safety services. The HU is looking for an occupational health and safety service provider that matches the way in which the occupational health and safety services are organised within the organisation. The objectives of the HU are: Reliable service of high quality; Reducing absenteeism and promoting sustainable return to work; A sustainable and future-proof design of the occupational health and safety services.

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

Contract

TypeServices
Estimated value€3,991,729
Published28 Sept 2026
ProcedureOpen procedure
Contract period25 Sept 2026 → 25 Sept 2027
Place of performanceUtrecht

Type of service

85 · Health & social work
CPV 85147000

Clement What the numbers say about this buyer

  • The median procedure drew 3 bids (46 procedures with a bid count); 28% ended with a single bidder. Sector: median 19 bids.n = 46
  • 2% of this buyer's awards went to companies that had already won here before (52 awards since 2021, spread over 37 companies). 98% went to new names.n = 52 awards since 2021
  • 8% of awards went to companies from abroad (52 awards with a known winner country). Sector average: 1%.n = 52

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.

Clement
References and certificates from your home country count fully across the EU — that is what European procurement law is for.

What you must prove — eligibility criteria

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References: services
Het format Referentieverklaring kerncompetenties voor Kerncompetentie 1 en 2 vindt u in de bijlage. Vul deze in en voeg hier de ingevulde Referentieverklaring(en) toe, conform paragraaf 5.2.1 van de Aanvraag tot Inschrijving.
Requirement texts are quoted in the notice's original language — only the official wording is binding.

Tender documents — direct download

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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
Valcon B.V.22026
Skills Meducation BV12024
Harvey Nash B.V.12025
KPMG ADVISORY12026
Superp Technology Consultants B.V.12024
From the recorded awards · regular winners know this buyer's requirements — that is your competition.

Contracting authority contact

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Deadline — Monday 23 November at 18:00

Tactics

When contracts were awarded in this country and sector, usually 19 or more bids came in. Many compete here — price and references decide. (Based on 2,403 completed awards — not a statement about this procedure.)

This procedure allows 57 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

In the Netherlands · Health & social work, 11 contracts went to foreign companies over the last 3 years (of 2,577 recorded awards).

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
The criterion on the left, plus your price.
Submit via TED — Tenders Electronic Daily before the deadline
Electronic submission — allow time for the portal registration the first time.
To the procurement portal →Official notice on TED →
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