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European public tender VMS and ATS West Brabant Region
Europese openbare aanbesteding VMS en ATS Regio West Brabant — original title
Your path to submission
- Deadline: 9 November at 10:00 — 8 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
Supply, implementation, set-up, management, maintenance and support of an Applicant Tracking System (ATS) and a Vendor Management System (VMS) for RWB and the Participating Organisations. 29 municipalities and 28 municipalities divided into 2 lots · ATS for the full recruitment and selection process for 28 member organisations: vacancy workflows, multi-channel publication, application forms, selection committees, talent pool management, reports, GDPR compliance, links with, among others, werkinwestbrabant.nl, werkinbrabant.nl, HR and financial systems, Microsoft Fabric/Power BI and the VMS. WCAG 2.2 level AA. 29 municipalities and 28 municipalities divided into 2 plots · VMS for the full cycle of external hiring for the Flex West Brabant Hire Desk and 29 affiliated organisations: integrated DAS, cover partners and other framework contractors, application and matching, assignments, time…
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… recording, self-billing invoicing, document management, pool management, reports. Links with Key2Financies, Proactis (e-invoicing), Power BI, systems of mantel partners and flexwestbrabant.nl. Approximately 16,600 users, 1,681 admitted suppliers / freelancers, ± 1,450 applications and 1,257 placements per year, annual turnover € 139 million.
Contract
Type of service
Clement What the numbers say about this buyer
- 0% of this buyer's awards went to companies that had already won here before (13 awards since 2024, spread over 13 companies). That is well below the sector norm (28%) — this buyer switches suppliers more often than others.n = 13 awards since 2024
- The median procedure drew 4 bids (13 procedures with a bid count); 8% ended with a single bidder. Sector: median 4 bids.n = 13
- 8% of awards went to companies from abroad (13 awards with a known winner country). Sector average: 3%.n = 13
- 20% of the bids received came from small and medium-sized enterprises (13 procedures with a bid mix). Sector: 34%.n = 13
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Xylem Water Solutions Nederland B.V. | 1 | 2024 |
| Greenchoice Zakelijk N.V. | 1 | 2026 |
| Vandervalk+Degroot BV | 1 | 2024 |
| Studytube B.V. | 1 | 2024 |
| Adjust Consulting B.V. | 1 | 2025 |
How often this buyer tenders this kind of work
Tactics
When this buyer has awarded in this sector, usually 5 or more bids came in. Many compete here — price and references decide. (Based on 4 completed awards — not a statement about this procedure.)
This procedure allows 35 days between publication and deadline — typical in this country is 48 (median of 2,911 procedures). Much tighter than usual: the first week counts.
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 · 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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