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The Pottery in Mechelen: monitoring complex soil contamination in an inner city and coordinating soil remediation
De Potterij in Mechelen: opvolging van een complexe bodemverontreiniging in een binnenstad en coördinatie van de bodemsanering — original title
Your path to submission
- Deadline: 3 November at 09:15 — 2 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 subject of this contract is: - The follow-up of the ongoing soil remediation on the well plot of the Pottery in Mechelen (stimulated natural degradation) - The updating of the descriptive soil research of the groundwater plume on the basis of old and possible new data - The layout of a soil remediation project for the groundwater plume - The follow-up of the indoor air in the Pottery and the surrounding buildings
Contract
Type of service
Clement What the numbers say about this buyer
- In this sector the buyer awards roughly every month (107 awards, most recently October 2026) — the next award is due around November 2026 by that rhythm. The last award went to Emelia.n = 107
- 27% of this buyer's awards went to companies that had already won here before (208 awards since 2015, spread over 58 companies). 73% went to new names.n = 208 awards since 2015
- 10% of awards went to companies from abroad (208 awards with a known winner country). Sector average: 19%.n = 208
- The median procedure drew 4 bids (149 procedures with a bid count); 7% ended with a single bidder. Sector: median 4 bids.n = 149
From this buyer's documented awards; comparison values from the same sector and country. Not a forecast, not legal advice. As of 25/10/2026.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| ENVIROSOIL | 14 | 2024–2026 |
| TERRA ENGINEERING & CONSULTANCY | 10 | 2024–2026 |
| Sweco Belgium | 6 | 2024–2025 |
| Grondreinigingscentrum Tessenderlo | 6 | 2024–2026 |
| Envirosoil nv | 5 | 2015–2024 |
How often this buyer tenders this kind of work
Tactics
When this buyer has awarded in this sector, usually 5 or more bids came in. Many compete here — price and references decide. (Based on 56 completed awards — not a statement about this procedure.)
This procedure allows 12 days between publication and deadline — typical in this country is 34 (median of 3,181 procedures). Much tighter than usual: the first week counts.
Foreign bidders
In Belgium · Cleaning, environment & waste, 312 contracts went to foreign companies over the last 3 years (of 2,166 recorded awards) — mostly from France, Germany, Netherlands.
Submission language: Dutch.
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