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Mechanical maintenance

Werktuigbouwkundig onderhoud — original title

NLNetherlands · Veendam

Your path to submission

  1. Deadline: 16 November at 11:30 — 15 days left.
  2. 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.
  3. Offer and evidence in: Dutch.
  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

European public tender for cooperation with multiple parties for mechanical maintenance. Lot 1; maintenance, replacement, inspection, design, calculation and manufacture of rotating equipment. Lot 2; maintenance, replacement, inspection, design, calculation and manufacture of mechanical engineering structures. The value of the contract for the coming years is estimated at an average of € 1,500,000 per year, excluding VAT in lot 1, rotating equipment and an average of € 1,200,000 per year, excluding VAT in lot 2, mechanical constructions. In order to keep room for an increasing investment burden, the maximum value of this contract is set at an average of € 3,000,000 per year, excluding VAT in lot 1, rotating equipment and an average of € 2,500,000 per year, excluding VAT in lot 2, mechanical constructions. · Lot 1; maintenance, replacement, inspection, design, calculation and manufacture…

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… of rotating equipment. The following list of rotating equipment is part of the scope of the contract under Lot 1. This is not an exhaustive list, but a list of the relevant rotating equipment as complete as possible. The Client reserves the right to also have work carried out on other parts. - Blowers - Pumps - Electric motors - Fans - Gearboxes/reducers - Front pushers - Mixers - Cyclones - Drum sieves - Washing press - Dirt grilles - Hydraulic motor - Auma - Rudderwork Estimated value € 1,500,000 per year, excluding VAT. Maximum value € 3,000,000 per year, excluding VAT. · Lot 2; maintenance, replacement, inspection, design, calculation and manufacture of mechanical engineering structures. The following installation parts are part of the scope of the contract under Lot 2. This is not an exhaustive list, but a list of the relevant installation parts as complete as possible. The Client reserves the right to also have work carried out on other parts. - Circulation edges - Fences and cleaners* - Balustrades - Thrust valves - Intake valves - Valves* - Plate aeration* - Appendages* - Drawers - Stairs - Check valves - Sheet metal/insulation - Pipework Estimated value € 1,200,000 per year, excluding VAT. Maximum value € 2,500,000 per year, excluding VAT.

Machine translation (EU eTranslation) — official wording via the PDF link.

Contract

TypeWorks
Estimated value€10,800,000
Published7 Oct 2026
ProcedureOpen procedure
Framework agreement2 lots

Type of service

45 · Construction work42 · Industrial machinery50 · Repair & maintenance
CPV 45351000 · 42140000 · 42996000 · 45259000 · 45340000 · 45350000 · 45421140 · 45453000

Clement What the numbers say about this buyer

  • 3% of this buyer's awards went to companies that had already won here before (113 awards since 2015, spread over 60 companies). That is well below the sector norm (18%) — this buyer switches suppliers more often than others.n = 113 awards since 2015
  • The award came in at a median 91% of the estimated value (10 awards with both estimate and value) — pricing at the estimate is usually too high here. Sector: 84%.n = 10
  • The median procedure drew 4 bids (90 procedures with a bid count); 10% ended with a single bidder. Sector: median 4 bids.n = 90
  • 4% of awards went to companies from abroad (113 awards with a known winner country). Sector average: 2%.n = 113

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 — 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

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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
Robertus Mechanisatie B.V.32025
Elektrotechnisch Bureau Moekotte B.V.22024
Donker Groep B.V.12025
De Kroon Rioleringen VOF12015
61 partijen toegelaten tot de raamovereenkomst (zie afzonderlijk gepubliceerde lijst)12015
From the recorded awards · regular winners know this buyer's requirements — that is your competition.

How often this buyer tenders this kind of work

3
2024
7
2025
5
2026
15 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 — Monday 16 November at 11:30

Tactics

When contracts were awarded in this country and sector, usually about 4 bids came in. A normal field for this market. (Based on 2,008 completed awards — not a statement about this procedure.)

This procedure allows 40 days between publication and deadline — typical in this country is 48 (median of 2,911 procedures). A normal window for this market.

The deadline falls on a Monday — your last full working day is the Friday before. Have evidence and guarantees together by Thursday.

Foreign bidders

In the Netherlands · Construction work, 31 contracts went to foreign companies over the last 3 years (of 2,446 recorded awards) — mostly from Belgium, Germany, France.

Submission language: Dutch.

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.
This procedure is published on 2 portals
Bids are submitted on TenderNed — TED carries the same notice, usually with the more detailed specification. Read both.
TEDNoticeTenderNedSubmission portal
Put together the evidence — in Dutch
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.
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