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Hire of camera cranes and associated staff
Inhuur camerakranen en bijhorend personeel — original title
Your path to submission
- Deadline for requests to participate: 5 November at 10:00 — 4 days left. Two-stage procedure: by this deadline you submit a request to participate (proof of eligibility). Only shortlisted firms are then invited to submit a tender.
- You submit on BDA / e-Procurement Belgium — not here and not by e-mail. ↗
- 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
The purpose of the contract is to hire camera cranes and grip, mainly including specialised staff, for audiovisual productions, events and/or live broadcasts in the Benelux. The assignment includes an integrated service in which both the equipment, the operation and the technical support are provided by one contractor. In exceptional cases, a VRT operator can be deployed. Further description: see VI Technical provisions
Contract
Type of service
Clement What the numbers say about this buyer
- 1% of this buyer's awards went to companies that had already won here before (173 awards since 2015, spread over 58 companies). 99% went to new names.n = 173 awards since 2015
- The median procedure drew 3 bids (112 procedures with a bid count); 21% ended with a single bidder. Sector: median 2 bids.n = 112
- 24% of awards went to companies from abroad (173 awards with a known winner country). Sector average: 29%.n = 173
- The award came in at a median 43% of the estimated value (5 awards with both estimate and value) — pricing at the estimate is usually too high here.n = 5
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.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| CRONOS PUBLIC SERVICES | 2 | 2022–2024 |
| Diginet | 2 | 2022 |
| OONAH | 1 | 2024 |
| TAKE A SEAT | 1 | 2024 |
| Merckpoel, Lander | 1 | 2024 |
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 231 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 · Industrial machinery, 91 contracts went to foreign companies over the last 3 years (of 376 recorded awards) — mostly from France, Germany, Netherlands.
Submission language: Dutch.
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