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Ecological studies
Ecologische onderzoeken — original title
Your path to submission
- Deadline: 7 December at 12:00 — 36 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 concerns an inventory of protected species year-round within the municipality of Almere. The municipality concludes one contract with one contractor. The core of the contract consists of the periodic and area-wide inventory and monitoring of legally protected plant and animal species, including bird species with year-round protected nesting sites. The purpose of this is to obtain and maintain up-to-date insight into the presence, distribution and, where relevant, the habitats and residences of protected species within Almere. See tender documents.
Contract
Type of service
Clement What the numbers say about this buyer
- The median procedure drew 4 bids (362 procedures with a bid count); 14% ended with a single bidder. Sector: median 9 bids.n = 362
- 6% of awards went to companies from abroad (400 awards with a known winner country). Sector average: 33%.n = 400
- 9% of this buyer's awards went to companies that had already won here before (400 awards since 2015, spread over 214 companies). That is well below the sector norm (30%) — this buyer switches suppliers more often than others.n = 400 awards since 2015
- The award came in at a median 64% of the estimated value (8 awards with both estimate and value) — pricing at the estimate is usually too high here.n = 8
- 47% of the bids received came from small and medium-sized enterprises (231 procedures with a bid mix). Sector: 51%.n = 231
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Stichting 's Heeren Loo | 4 | 2024–2025 |
| Stichting Vitree | 3 | 2024–2025 |
| Omega Groep B.V. | 3 | 2024 |
| Familysupporters B.V. | 3 | 2023–2025 |
| Meyra Retail & Services B.V. | 3 | 2025–2026 |
How often this buyer tenders this kind of work
Tactics
When contracts were awarded in this country and sector, usually 9 or more bids came in. Many compete here — price and references decide. (Based on 514 completed awards — not a statement about this procedure.)
This procedure allows 47 days between publication and deadline — typical in this country is 48 (median of 2,911 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 the Netherlands · R&D services, 177 contracts went to foreign companies over the last 3 years (of 580 recorded awards) — mostly from Belgium, Germany, France.
Submission language: Dutch.
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