How to bid in this country: portals, deadlines, thresholds →
WFSP-43571-3772 Catering Headquarters
WFSP-43571-3772 Catering Hoofdkantoor — original title
Your path to submission
- Deadline: 20 November at 12:00 — 19 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 — the eligibility requirements are listed on this page; for many of them the analysis explains how to obtain them.
What the buyer is looking for
Catering services for the headquarters of the Friesland Water Board, located at Fryslânplein 3 in Leeuwarden.
Contract
Type of service
Clement What the numbers say about this buyer
- The median procedure drew 2 bids (66 procedures with a bid count); 29% ended with a single bidder. Sector: median 7 bids.n = 66
- 11% of this buyer's awards went to companies that had already won here before (73 awards since 2015, spread over 61 companies). That is well below the sector norm (24%) — this buyer switches suppliers more often than others.n = 73 awards since 2015
- The award came in at a median 46% of the estimated value (10 awards with both estimate and value) — pricing at the estimate is usually too high here.n = 10
- 3% of awards went to companies from abroad (73 awards with a known winner country). Sector average: 0%.n = 73
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.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Jelle Bijlsma B.V. | 3 | 2024–2026 |
| Dr. Lange Nederland B.V. | 2 | 2025 |
| Veenma Mechanisatie B.V. | 2 | 2025 |
| M. Westra B.V. | 2 | 2026 |
| SG Groen Groep | 2 | 2026 |
Tactics
When contracts were awarded in this country and sector, usually 7 or more bids came in. Many compete here — price and references decide. (Based on 263 completed awards — not a statement about this procedure.)
This procedure allows 44 days between publication and deadline — typical in this country is 48 (median of 2,911 procedures). A normal window for this market.
Foreign bidders
Among 301 recorded awards in the Netherlands · Hotel & restaurant services over 3 years, no foreign winner yet — bidding here means being a pioneer.
Submission language: Dutch.
How to bid
Don't miss the next one
Friedrich finds tenders like this for you — every morning at 7:30, each one checked by Claude (Anthropic) for fit, and he learns from your feedback what your company really does.
Register now