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Ea stents and balloon catheters for Heart Center UMCG
Ea stents en balloncatheters tbv Hartcentrum UMCG — original title
Your path to submission
- Deadline: 14 December at 12:00 — 43 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
This is a European public tender from the University Medical Center Groningen for stents and balloon catheters. -
Contract
Type of service
Clement What the numbers say about this buyer
- In this sector the buyer awards roughly every month (5 awards, most recently June 2026) — by that rhythm the next award was due around July 2026. The last award went to Carl Zeiss B.V.n = 5
- The median procedure drew just one bid (8 procedures with a bid count); 75% ended with a single bidder. Sector: median 2 bids.n = 8
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 |
|---|---|---|
| SIRTEX MEDICAL EUROPE GmbH | 1 | 2025 |
| Stichting Von Gahlen Holding | 1 | 2026 |
| Orfit Industries | 1 | 2025 |
| Carl Zeiss B.V. | 1 | 2026 |
| Nutricia Nederland B.V. | 1 | 2026 |
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 5 completed awards — not a statement about this procedure.)
This procedure allows 67 days between publication and deadline — typical in this country is 48 (median of 2,911 procedures). Much more generous than usual — time for a thorough bid rather than a quick one.
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 · Medical equipment & pharma, 56 contracts went to foreign companies over the last 3 years (of 587 recorded awards) — mostly from Germany, France, Belgium.
Submission language: Dutch.
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