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Supporting the AI Observatory

BEBelgium · Brussels

Your path to submission

  1. Deadline: 3 November at 16:00 — 2 days left.
  2. The submission point is stated in the notice (link on this page).
  3. Offer and evidence in: Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, German, Greek, English, Spanish, Estonian, Finnish, French, Irish, Croatian, Hungarian, Italian, Lithuanian, Latvian, Maltese, Dutch, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Slovak, Slovenian, Swedish.
  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 project aims to support the objectives of the Apply AI Strategy, in particular the establishment of an AI Observatory, providing robust indicators to assess the impact of AI in strategic sectors, monitoring its developments and the changes it may bring to the labour market and the economy overall, and supporting the organisation of sectorial discussions.

Contract

TypeServices
Estimated value€2,500,000
Published5 Oct 2026
ProcedureOpen procedure
EU-funded

Type of service

73 · R&D services
CPV 73200000

Clement What the numbers say about this buyer

  • In this sector the buyer awards roughly every 4 months (25 awards, most recently September 2026) — the next award is due around January 2027 by that rhythm. The last award went to Foundation for Research and Technology - Hellas (FORTH).n = 25
  • 73% of awards went to companies from abroad (124 awards with a known winner country). Sector average: 55%.n = 124
  • The median procedure drew 4 bids (124 procedures with a bid count); 18% ended with a single bidder. Sector: median 6 bids.n = 124
  • 88% of the bids received came from other countries (30 procedures with a bid mix) — all bidders, not just the winners. Sector: 70%.n = 30
  • 17% of this buyer's awards went to companies that had already won here before (124 awards since 2024, spread over 97 companies). 83% went to new names.n = 124 awards since 2024

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.

Clement
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 Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, German, Greek, English, Spanish, Estonian, Finnish, French, Irish, Croatian, Hungarian, Italian, Lithuanian, Latvian, Maltese, Dutch, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Slovak, Slovenian, Swedish.

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
OPEN EVIDENCE42024–2025
VISIONARY ANALYTICS UAB32024–2025
CAPGEMINI NEDERLAND BV · UTRECHT32025
T-Systems International GmbH · Düsseldorf32024–2025
SPARK LEGAL AND POLICY CONSULTING BV32024–2025
From the recorded awards · regular winners know this buyer's requirements — that is your competition.

How often this buyer tenders this kind of work

9
2024
16
2025
9
2026
34 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 — Tuesday 3 November at 16:00

Tactics

When this buyer has awarded in this sector, usually 10 or more bids came in. Many compete here — price and references decide. (Based on 25 completed awards — not a statement about this procedure.)

This procedure allows 30 days between publication and deadline — typical in this country is 34 (median of 3,233 procedures). A normal window for this market.

Foreign bidders

In Belgium · R&D services, 542 contracts went to foreign companies over the last 3 years (of 1,152 recorded awards) — mostly from Germany, France, Italy.

Submission language: Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, German, Greek, English, Spanish, Estonian, Finnish, French, Irish, Croatian, Hungarian, Italian, Lithuanian, Latvian, Maltese, Dutch, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Slovak, Slovenian, Swedish.

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.
Put together the evidence — in Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, German, Greek, English, Spanish, Estonian, Finnish, French, Irish, Croatian, Hungarian, Italian, Lithuanian, Latvian, Maltese, Dutch, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Slovak, Slovenian, Swedish
Certificates, references and your price — as set out in the notice.
Submit via TED — Tenders Electronic Daily before the deadline
Electronic submission — allow time for the portal registration the first time.
To the procurement portal →Official notice on TED →
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