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Enterprise Service Bus
Your path to submission
- Deadline: 30 November at 12:00 — 29 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 — 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
The GR IJsselgemeenten is looking for an entrepreneur who provides an iPaaS/SaaS ESB and SaaS data distribution service as a multi-tenant service. The solution supports a logically separate set-up per participating organisation within the purchase of the Client. Integrations, data, subscriptions, configurations, authorisations and logging can be protected per organization, while competent central managers of GR IJsselgemeenten can manage the whole. Exchange between organisations takes place exclusively through explicitly designed and authorised links. In this way, the platform forms the central facility for secure, reliable and structured data exchange between the applications within the ICT landscape of the IJssel municipalities. In addition to the delivery, the assignment includes the set-up and configuration per organization, the migration of the existing links and the structural…
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… management and maintenance during the term of the agreement. The contract concerns the provision of an ESB platform and a data distribution module as a multi-tenant SaaS/iPaaS service, including connection to national facilities via Diginetwerk and Digikoppeling, in accordance with Annex D – Programme of Requirements. On reference date, approximately 75 integrations are running through the current platform. These will be migrated to the new platform within a 7-month implementation period. In addition, the contract includes the construction of new links and integrations during the term of the contract, and the management, maintenance and further development of the ESB platform, the data distribution module and the integrations. The service has an initial duration of four years, with a maximum of three two-year extension options. GR IJsselgemeenten is looking for a single contractor for the delivery, implementation and management of an Enterprise Service Bus (ESB) platform. The assignment includes making available and setting up the ESB platform, migrating existing links, building and making available new links and integrations and managing, maintaining and further developing the platform and the integrations. In addition, service, support, incident handling and a structured exit and transfer arrangement are part of the assignment. The assignment includes the delivery, implementation/migration, management, maintenance and further development of an ESB platform. The current integration landscape comprises around 150 integrations. The service has an initial duration of four years, with a maximum of three two-year extension options.
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Type of service
Clement What the numbers say about this buyer
- In this sector the buyer awards roughly every 4 months (7 awards, most recently August 2026) — the next award is due around November 2026 by that rhythm. The last award went to NotuBiz Nederland B.V.n = 7
- 5% of this buyer's awards went to companies that had already won here before (21 awards since 2018, spread over 11 companies). 95% went to new names.n = 21 awards since 2018
- The median procedure drew 2 bids (19 procedures with a bid count); 32% ended with a single bidder. Sector: median 2 bids.n = 19
- 10% of awards went to companies from abroad (21 awards with a known winner country). Sector average: 8%.n = 21
- 48% of the bids received came from small and medium-sized enterprises (12 procedures with a bid mix). Sector: 44%.n = 12
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 — 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
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Bechtle B.V. | 2 | 2025–2026 |
| Wij Mobiliteit B.V. | 1 | 2025 |
| Afas Software B.V. | 1 | 2026 |
| Centric Netherlands B.V. | 1 | 2025 |
| Pagus Informatie Technologie B.V. | 1 | 2025 |
How often this buyer tenders this kind of work
Tactics
When this buyer has awarded in this sector, there was usually a single bid in the end. A solid bid has a real chance here. (Based on 7 completed awards — not a statement about this procedure.)
This procedure allows 55 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 · IT services, 130 contracts went to foreign companies over the last 3 years (of 1,961 recorded awards) — mostly from Germany, France, Belgium.
Submission language: Dutch.
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