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Digital lending application
Digitale uitleentoepassing — original title
Your path to submission
- Deadline for requests to participate: 24 November at 11:00 — 23 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 — 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 City of Bruges wishes to implement a new lending tool for material reservations to replace the existing working method and distributed applications.The project focuses on an integrated solution that supports various urban services in managing, reserving, delivering, following up and returning material. The application should meet diverse needs of services such as events, culture, heritage, sport and in-house city services, while being scalable for future expansions. · The City of Bruges wishes to implement a new lending tool for material reservations to replace the existing working method and distributed applications. The project focuses on an integrated solution that supports various urban services in managing, reserving, delivering, tracking and returning material. The application should meet diverse needs of services such as events, culture, heritage, sport and in-house city services, while being scalable for future expansions.
Contract
Type of service
Clement What the numbers say about this buyer
- In this sector the buyer awards roughly every 3 months (6 awards, most recently September 2025) — by that rhythm the next award was due around December 2025. The last award went to CRONOS PUBLIC SERVICES.n = 6
- The median procedure drew 3 bids (87 procedures with a bid count); 17% ended with a single bidder. Sector: median 5 bids.n = 87
- 9% of this buyer's awards went to companies that had already won here before (165 awards since 2018, spread over 73 companies). 91% went to new names.n = 165 awards since 2018
- 23% of awards went to companies from abroad (165 awards with a known winner country). Sector average: 29%.n = 165
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.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Onlyhumans | 3 | 2025–2026 |
| Ethias | 2 | 2026 |
| Atento | 2 | 2025 |
| Studio OTW | 2 | 2025 |
| June20 | 2 | 2026 |
How often this buyer tenders this kind of work
Tactics
When contracts were awarded in this country and sector, usually 5 or more bids came in. Many compete here — price and references decide. (Based on 1,480 completed awards — not a statement about this procedure.)
This procedure allows 48 days between publication and deadline — typical in this country is 34 (median of 3,233 procedures). Much more generous than usual — time for a thorough bid rather than a quick one.
Foreign bidders
In Belgium · IT services, 537 contracts went to foreign companies over the last 3 years (of 2,133 recorded awards) — mostly from France, Germany, Luxembourg.
Submission language: Dutch.
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