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Sheep grazing in North Holland and South Holland
Gescheperde schapenbegrazing Noord-Holland en Zuid-Holland — original title
Your path to submission
- Deadline: 11 November at 08:00 — 10 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
It concerns an announcement of a social and other specific service, falling under the enlightened regime of the Procurement Act, Articles 2:38 and 2:39. The client aims to conclude a framework agreement for services relating to nature reserves through this multiple private procedure. This includes ecological and cultural-historical, landscape-forming grazing with (sheep) sheep, contributing to the preservation of historical agricultural sheep breeds, maintaining the craft of sheep shepherd, and contributing to recreation, education and participation. It concerns a total of approximately 304 hectares, divided into two parcels of varying sizes · Sheep grazing in the nature reserve Circa 17 hectares of shovelled grazing and 18 hectares of busy, night or weekend grazing · Sheep grazing in the nature reserve Circa 272 hectares of shovelled grazing and 169 hectares of busy, night or weekend grazing
Contract
Type of service
Clement What the numbers say about this buyer
- In this sector the buyer awards roughly every 3 months (8 awards, most recently June 2026) — by that rhythm the next award was due around September 2026. The last award went to Grazerie Landschapsbeheer V.O.F.n = 8
- 27% of this buyer's awards went to companies that had already won here before (1,590 awards since 2015, spread over 260 companies). That is well above the sector norm (2%) — newcomers have a harder time here than elsewhere.n = 1,590 awards since 2015
- The median procedure drew 2 bids (1,474 procedures with a bid count); 33% ended with a single bidder. Sector: median 3 bids.n = 1,474
- 6% of awards went to companies from abroad (1,590 awards with a known winner country). Sector average: 5%.n = 1,590
- 47% of the bids received came from small and medium-sized enterprises (56 procedures with a bid mix). Sector: 50%.n = 56
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 — via the ESPD
The buyer states in the notice that eligibility is proven through the European Single Procurement Document (ESPD); the concrete requirements are in the tender documents. 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Poelsema Landschapsonderhoud en Handelsonderneming | 52 | 2024–2026 |
| Bron Landschapsonderhoud | 19 | 2024–2026 |
| V.d. Kraan en Spaan B.V. | 18 | 2024–2026 |
| Van Vliet Waarder B.V. | 18 | 2024–2026 |
| Pennings Groenvoorziening B.V. | 14 | 2024–2026 |
How often this buyer tenders this kind of work
Tactics
When this buyer has awarded in this sector, usually only one or two bids came in. A solid bid has a real chance here. (Based on 8 completed awards — not a statement about this procedure.)
This procedure allows 37 days between publication and deadline — typical in this country is 48 (median of 2,911 procedures). Much tighter than usual: the first week counts.
Foreign bidders
In the Netherlands, 2,082 contracts went to foreign companies over the last 3 years (of 35,768 recorded awards) — mostly from Germany, France, Belgium.
Submission language: Dutch.
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