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Open procedure "Framework agreement for the supply of surveying instruments for topographic measurements and related services"

Openbare procedure "Raamovereenkomst voor levering van landmeetkundige toestellen voor topografische metingen en bijhorende dienstverlening" — original title

BEBelgium · Gent

Your path to submission

  1. Deadline: 4 November at 10:00 — 3 days left.
  2. You submit on BDA / e-Procurement Belgium — not here and not by e-mail. ↗
  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

This framework agreement concerns the supply of surveying equipment and associated accessories for use within the relevant training and practical environments of Hogeschool Gent (HOGENT). Orders are made on demand, depending on the specific needs of HOGENT. Within the framework agreement, HOGENT may order the levelling devices, manual total stations, robotic total stations, GNSS devices and associated accessories including associated device software and licenses referred to in the tender specifications (Article III.3) at the flat-rate unit prices after discount indicated in the inventory. The orders may relate to the purchase of the relevant appliances and associated accessories, as well as occasionally to their rental for limited periods (week or month). The framework agreement also includes the necessary platform software with associated licenses (perpetual license right) for the…

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… management, processing, analysis and exchange of measurement data. Calibration on call, training and support are also part of the assignment. In addition, during the term of the framework agreement, HOGENT may also order other surveying devices and accessories for topographic measurements from the contractor's product range that are not explicitly described in these specifications. Its price will be determined on the basis of the list price/basic price applicable to that appliance at the time of ordering, minus the fixed overall discount percentage indicated in the tender (and any additional discounts where applicable).

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

Contract

TypeSupplies
Estimated value€335,000
Published29 Sept 2026
ProcedureOpen procedure
Framework agreement

Type of service

38 · Laboratory & optical equipment
CPV 38290000

Clement What the numbers say about this buyer

  • 9% of awards went to companies from abroad (22 awards with a known winner country). Sector average: 52%.n = 22
  • 0% of this buyer's awards went to companies that had already won here before (22 awards since 2015, spread over 12 companies). That is well below the sector norm (17%) — this buyer switches suppliers more often than others.n = 22 awards since 2015
  • The median procedure drew 3 bids (18 procedures with a bid count); 11% ended with a single bidder. Sector: median 2 bids.n = 18

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 (464 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 — 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

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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
Magec NV12015
PATINE architecten bv---TRANS architectuur stedenbouw bv12022
DETOO ARCHITECTS12025
Santens Metaalwaren NV12015
Salubris12026
From the recorded awards · regular winners know this buyer's requirements — that is your competition.

How often this buyer tenders this kind of work

3
2024
6
2025
3
2026
12 procedures in this category since 2019. Public procurement repeats itself — those who know the rhythm prepare instead of reacting.

Contracting authority contact

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Deadline — Wednesday 4 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 464 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 3,181 procedures). A normal window for this market.

Foreign bidders

In Belgium · Laboratory & optical equipment, 316 contracts went to foreign companies over the last 3 years (of 772 recorded awards) — mostly from Germany, France, Netherlands.

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 BDA / e-Procurement Belgium — TED carries the same notice, usually with the more detailed specification. Read both.
TEDNoticeBDA / e-Procurement BelgiumSubmission 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
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