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Recruitment and Selection Services
Werving en Selectiediensten — original title
Your path to submission
- Deadline for requests to participate: 11 November at 10:00 — 10 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 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
With this European call for tenders, VISTA College wishes, in accordance with the restricted procedure, to contract two (2) contractors per lot for the provision of services in the field of recruitment and selection of personnel. A framework agreement will be concluded separately with each successful contractor for the lot concerned. The assignment relates to supporting VISTA college in filling vacancies for structural positions within the organization, in particular for positions that are difficult to fill. The service explicitly concerns recruitment and selection for employment at VISTA College and does not include forms of temporary hiring, secondment or deployment of self-employed persons. See section 1.3.4. of the selection guide, reference ENO.2026.INK.3. With this European call for tenders, VISTA College wishes to conclude one (1) framework contract per lot with two (2)…
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… contractors (one framework contract per contractor) for the provision of services in the field of recruitment and selection of personnel. The assignment relates to supporting VISTA college in filling vacancies for structural positions within the organization, in particular for positions that are difficult to fill. The service explicitly concerns recruitment and selection for employment at VISTA College and does not include forms of temporary hiring, secondment or deployment of self-employed persons. See section 1.3.4. of the selection guide, reference ENO.2026.INK.3.
Contract
Type of service
Clement What the numbers say about this buyer
- In this sector the buyer awards roughly every 5 months (5 awards, most recently July 2026) — the next award is due around December 2026 by that rhythm. The last award went to Haert B.V.n = 5
- 4% of this buyer's awards went to companies that had already won here before (49 awards since 2020, spread over 28 companies). That is well below the sector norm (28%) — this buyer switches suppliers more often than others.n = 49 awards since 2020
- The median procedure drew 3 bids (48 procedures with a bid count); 25% ended with a single bidder. Sector: median 4 bids.n = 48
- 6% of awards went to companies from abroad (49 awards with a known winner country). Sector average: 4%.n = 49
- 38% of the bids received came from small and medium-sized enterprises (30 procedures with a bid mix). Sector: 34%.n = 30
From this buyer's documented awards; comparison values from the same sector and country. Not a forecast, not legal advice. As of 27/10/2026.
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.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| IJK B.V. | 2 | 2025 |
| SY-nergy B.V. | 2 | 2024–2025 |
| Skills Meducation B.V. | 1 | 2025 |
| Mondial Movers B.V. | 1 | 2024 |
| Instructure Global Limited | 1 | 2024 |
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 5 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.
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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