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Applicant Tracking Software
Your path to submission
- Deadline: 10 December at 10:00 — 39 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 contract includes the contracting of a supplier for the delivery, implementation and maintenance of an Applicant Tracking System (Recruitment Software) including internal vacancy page. The contract is concluded for a period of two years. Optionally, the municipality of Helmond can unilaterally decide to extend the contract by four times two years.
Contract
Type of service
Clement What the numbers say about this buyer
- In this sector the buyer awards roughly every 5 months (7 awards, most recently September 2026) — the next award is due around January 2027 by that rhythm. The last award went to ViaMobility B.V.n = 7
- The median procedure drew 4 bids (150 procedures with a bid count); 11% ended with a single bidder. Sector: median 2 bids.n = 150
- 2% of this buyer's awards went to companies that had already won here before (158 awards since 2015, spread over 96 companies). 98% went to new names.n = 158 awards since 2015
- 73% of the bids received came from small and medium-sized enterprises (89 procedures with a bid mix). Sector: 44%.n = 89
- The award came in at a median 91% of the estimated value (7 awards with both estimate and value) — pricing at the estimate is usually too high here. Sector: 80%.n = 7
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 |
|---|---|---|
| W & E van Kasteren Cultuur | 2 | 2025–2026 |
| BasicME B.V. | 2 | 2024–2026 |
| Du Pré Groenprojecten | 2 | 2015 |
| SAFENED Security B.V. | 1 | 2024 |
| TOPdesk 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 7 completed awards — not a statement about this procedure.)
This procedure allows 55 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 · IT services, 130 contracts went to foreign companies over the last 3 years (of 1,961 recorded awards) — mostly from Germany, France, Belgium.
Submission language: Dutch.
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