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Food supply
Levering voedingsmiddelen — original title
Your path to submission
- Deadline: 17 November at 10:00 — 16 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
VGGM is looking for a Contractor to conclude a Framework Agreement for the supply of food for use in the canteens of VGGM and for the care team. In addition, this assignment also concerns the delivery of food products for individual orders. Indicative estimate of €90,000 per year
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 (97 awards since 2015, spread over 40 companies). 99% went to new names.n = 97 awards since 2015
- The median procedure drew 3 bids (88 procedures with a bid count); 19% ended with a single bidder. Sector: median 2 bids.n = 88
- 9% of awards went to companies from abroad (97 awards with a known winner country). Sector average: 1%.n = 97
- 35% of the bids received came from small and medium-sized enterprises (39 procedures with a bid mix). Sector: 18%.n = 39
- The award came in at a median 50% 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 25/10/2026.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kenbri Fire Fighting B.V. | 2 | 2024–2026 |
| MapGallery B.V. | 1 | 2026 |
| ARP Nederland BV | 1 | 2015 |
| De Bielheimerbeek B.V. | 1 | 2024 |
| Brandweertrainingscentrum Kleefse Waard B.V. | 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 156 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.
Foreign bidders
In the Netherlands, 2,082 contracts went to foreign companies over the last 3 years (of 35,768 recorded awards) — mostly from Germany, France, Belgium.
Submission language: Dutch.
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