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Framework agreement with one participant for the sale of courses and printed materials to students and the delivery of digital printed materials to the university of applied sciences
Raamovereenkomst met één deelnemer voor de verkoop van cursussen en drukwerk aan studenten en het afleveren van digitaal drukwerk aan de hogeschool — original title
Your path to submission
- Deadline: 2 November at 23:00 — 2 days left.
- You submit on BDA / e-Procurement Belgium — not here and not by e-mail. ↗
- 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
The purpose of this public contract is to conclude a framework agreement with one participant for the sale of courses and printed matter to students and the delivery of digital printed matter to the university of applied sciences. This assignment includes the printing, sale and delivery of digitally or physically supplied educational resources for the internal operation of AP University of Applied Sciences. The assignment is divided into two parts: 'Courses' and 'Non-courses'. The first part covers the course material that is mainly supplied in PDF format by lecturers and that is sold directly to students via a webshop to be managed by the contractor. The second part covers the reprographic printed matter that is necessary for the departments' own operations or that is purchased by the university of applied sciences as a teaching tool (such as exam forms). Although the vast majority of…
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… documents are delivered digitally, in exceptional cases there may also be a demand for the reproduction of physical documents. The contractor undertakes to carry out all the required printed matter strictly on 100% recycled paper that meets recognised ecological labels, without this compromising the graphic quality or the solidity of the finish.
Contract
Type of service
Clement What the numbers say about this buyer
- In this sector the buyer awards roughly every 4 months (4 awards, most recently February 2026) — by that rhythm the next award was due around May 2026. The last award went to MV-DESIGN.n = 4
- The median procedure drew 3 bids (56 procedures with a bid count); 25% ended with a single bidder. Sector: median 5 bids.n = 56
- 6% of this buyer's awards went to companies that had already won here before (88 awards since 2015, spread over 48 companies). 94% went to new names.n = 88 awards since 2015
- 14% of awards went to companies from abroad (88 awards with a known winner country). Sector average: 29%.n = 88
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 — 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Beneens J. en Zonen BVBA | 2 | 2015 |
| Bulvano NV | 2 | 2015 |
| Horeservi Catering NV | 2 | 2015 |
| RBC België BVBA | 2 | 2015 |
| Ahrend Furniture NV | 2 | 2015 |
How often this buyer tenders this kind of work
Tactics
When this buyer has awarded in this sector, usually about 3 bids came in. A normal field for this market. (Based on 3 completed awards — not a statement about this procedure.)
This procedure allows 36 days between publication and deadline — typical in this country is 34 (median of 3,233 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 Belgium · Business services, 729 contracts went to foreign companies over the last 3 years (of 3,120 recorded awards) — mostly from France, Germany, Italy.
Submission language: Dutch.
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