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Delivery of electrical resistors for rolling stock
Livraison de résistances électriques pour le matériel roulant — original title
Your path to submission
- Deadline for requests to participate: 16 November at 14:00 — 15 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: French, 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
The purpose of this market consultation is to select candidates for the following assignment: the supply of electrical resistors for rolling stock. This is a range of resistors of various sizes, from the smallest to the largest, with the exception of resistors specifically intended for heating elements. The contract will be divided into several lots. The tenderer will not be required to participate in all lots. The technical plans or specifications for each item will be provided in conjunction with the specifications. · Printed circuit resistors (PCBs) · Small resistors · Vitrified coiled resistors
Contract
Type of service
Clement What the numbers say about this buyer
- 47% of awards went to companies from abroad (133 awards with a known winner country). Sector average: 24%.n = 133
- 11% of this buyer's awards went to companies that had already won here before (133 awards since 2015, spread over 114 companies). 89% went to new names.n = 133 awards since 2015
- The median procedure drew 2 bids (109 procedures with a bid count); 36% ended with a single bidder. Sector: median 3 bids.n = 109
- The award came in at a median 74% of the estimated value (27 awards with both estimate and value) — pricing at the estimate is usually too high here.n = 27
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 French, 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 |
|---|---|---|
| ALSTOM BELGIUM | 5 | 2026 |
| BUHLMANN | 3 | 2026 |
| INFRABEL | 3 | 2026 |
| Ethias | 3 | 2024–2025 |
| DECATEL | 2 | 2026 |
How often this buyer tenders this kind of work
Tactics
When this buyer has awarded in this sector, usually about 4 bids came in. A normal field for this market. (Based on 7 completed awards — not a statement about this procedure.)
This procedure allows 34 days between publication and deadline — typical in this country is 34 (median of 3,233 procedures). A normal window for this market.
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 Belgium · Electrical machinery, 90 contracts went to foreign companies over the last 3 years (of 423 recorded awards) — mostly from France, Germany, Netherlands.
Submission language: French, Dutch.
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