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Cleaning and related supplies and services
Schoonmaakdienstverlening en aanverwante leveringen en diensten — original title
Your path to submission
- Deadline: 9 November at 10:00 — 8 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 Union of Water Boards wishes to conclude a contract with one contractor for the provision of cleaning services and related supplies and services. All compliant economic operators are invited to submit a tender. This can be done independently, as a partnership and/or by using third parties and/or subcontractors. The volume of the contract is estimated at € 225,000, excluding VAT, per year. If all delivery options are used and the contract runs for a maximum of 8 years, the contract value is approximately € 1,800,000,- excluding VAT. The Contractor cannot derive any rights from the aforementioned scope. The Union of Water Boards does not provide a turnover guarantee.
Contract
Type of service
Clement What the numbers say about this buyer
- 0% of this buyer's awards went to companies that had already won here before (10 awards since 2018, spread over 5 companies). That is well below the sector norm (12%) — this buyer switches suppliers more often than others.n = 10 awards since 2018
- The median procedure drew 3 bids (10 procedures with a bid count); 0% ended with a single bidder. Sector: median 3 bids.n = 10
- 26% of the bids received came from small and medium-sized enterprises (5 procedures with a bid mix). Sector: 36%.n = 5
- Not one of the 10 awards with a known winner country has gone to a foreign company so far. Sector average: 2%.n = 10
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Johnny Wonder | 1 | 2025 |
| HeadFirst B.V. | 1 | 2024 |
| Kris Kras context, content and design | 1 | 2024 |
| Kieskompas B.V. | 1 | 2026 |
| Pino Evenementen & Congressen B.V. | 1 | 2025 |
Tactics
When contracts were awarded in this country and sector, usually about 3 bids came in. A normal field for this market. (Based on 1,901 completed awards — not a statement about this procedure.)
This procedure allows 32 days between publication and deadline — typical in this country is 48 (median of 2,911 procedures). Much tighter than usual: the first week counts.
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 · Cleaning, environment & waste, 42 contracts went to foreign companies over the last 3 years (of 2,209 recorded awards) — mostly from Germany, France, Belgium.
Submission language: Dutch.
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