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Office Supplies and Facility Supplies
Kantoorartikelen en Facilitaire supplies — original title
Your path to submission
- Deadline: 18 November at 12:00 — 17 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 — the eligibility requirements are listed on this page; for many of them the analysis explains how to obtain them.
What the buyer is looking for
Maastricht University (UM) is known at home and abroad for its unique educational system: Problem-Based Education (PGO). In addition, UM is characterized by its strong international orientation. A large number of students from the Netherlands and abroad choose the Maastricht education system. UM is the youngest university in the Netherlands and has more than 23,000 students and 5,000 employees. Education and research within the UM are mainly organized within faculties and schools. More information about the UM can be found on the website www.maastrichtuniversity.nl. Content of the Tender The Assignment concerns the delivery of office supplies and facility supplies for Maastricht University, for all faculties and service centers of the UM. The scope of the Assignment includes office supplies, paper products, hygiene and cleaning products, pantry items and other facility consumables,…
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… including disinfection wipes, cleaning products, tea and Cup-a-Soup. The purpose of this Tender is to conclude a framework agreement with one supplier for the supply of office supplies and facility supplies. The framework agreement has an initial duration of two (2) years, with the possibility for UM to renew the agreement twice for one (1) year. The maximum duration of the framework agreement is therefore four (4) years. With this Call for Tenders, UM aims to fulfil its needs for office supplies and facility supplies in a sustainable and cost-efficient manner, while also aiming for a high degree of supply reliability. Need help? For questions relating to this procurement software, please contact the Source-to-Contract helpdesk at tel. 085 0014593 or https://help.negometrix.com/en/support/solutions. Information for providers can also be found under the heading Purchasers.
Contract
Type of service
Clement What the numbers say about this buyer
- 5% of this buyer's awards went to companies that had already won here before (161 awards since 2015, spread over 54 companies). That is well below the sector norm (19%) — this buyer switches suppliers more often than others.n = 161 awards since 2015
- The median procedure drew 3 bids (136 procedures with a bid count); 21% ended with a single bidder. Sector: median 3 bids.n = 136
- 14% of awards went to companies from abroad (161 awards with a known winner country). Sector average: 8%.n = 161
- 19% of the bids received came from small and medium-sized enterprises (9 procedures with a bid mix). Sector: 36%.n = 9
- The award came in at a median 77% of the estimated value (10 awards with both estimate and value) — pricing at the estimate is usually too high here.n = 10
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.
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.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Vebego Cleaning Services B.V. | 3 | 2024 |
| EW Facility Services | 2 | 2024 |
| TimeEdit AB | 2 | 2024 |
| Asito B.V. | 2 | 2024 |
| CSU B.V. | 2 | 2024 |
How often this buyer tenders this kind of work
Tactics
When contracts were awarded in this country and sector, usually about 3 bids came in. A normal field for this market. (Based on 1,080 completed awards — not a statement about this procedure.)
This procedure allows 45 days between publication and deadline — typical in this country is 48 (median of 2,911 procedures). A normal window for this market.
Foreign bidders
In the Netherlands · Office & computing machinery, 94 contracts went to foreign companies over the last 3 years (of 1,273 recorded awards) — mostly from Germany, France, Belgium.
Submission language: Dutch.
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