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ARC-26-0041 Placing, renting and operating pumps for pumping on the Durme downhill Lokeren
ARC-26-0041 Plaatsen, in huur geven en bedienen van pompen voor bemalingen op de Durme afwaarts Lokeren — original title
Your path to submission
- Deadline: 23 November at 09:45 — 22 days left.
- You submit on BDA / e-Procurement Belgium — not here and not by e-mail. ↗
- 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 object of the contract is the installation, hire and operation of pumps for pumping stations along the Durme downstream Lokeren, at the level of watercourses that can no longer gravitately drain due to the silting of the river. The contract is part of the operation of the waterway, in particular the control of water on the Durme, depending on the weather conditions and the state of the adjacent land and watercourses that are intended to flow into the Durme.
Contract
Type of service
Clement What the numbers say about this buyer
- 9% of this buyer's awards went to companies that had already won here before (472 awards since 2017, spread over 153 companies). 91% went to new names.n = 472 awards since 2017
- The median procedure drew 3 bids (343 procedures with a bid count); 14% ended with a single bidder. Sector: median 2 bids.n = 343
- 15% of awards went to companies from abroad (472 awards with a known winner country). Sector average: 17%.n = 472
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 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Sweco Belgium BV | 6 | 2022–2025 |
| nv Anrob | 5 | 2022–2025 |
| nv Ghent Dredging | 4 | 2024–2026 |
| TRACTEBEL ENGINEERING | 4 | 2022–2026 |
| HERBOSCH - KIERE | 4 | 2026 |
Tactics
When contracts were awarded in this country and sector, usually only one or two bids came in. A solid bid has a real chance here. (Based on 60 completed awards — not a statement about this procedure.)
This procedure allows 33 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, 5,874 contracts went to foreign companies over the last 3 years (of 29,618 recorded awards) — mostly from France, Germany, Netherlands.
Submission language: Dutch.
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