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Framework agreement catering without operation – the sustainable (i.e. with limited environmental impact) supply of plant-based food
Raamovereenkomst catering zonder bediening – het duurzaam (d.i. met beperkte milieu-impact) leveren van plantaardige voeding — original title
Your path to submission
- Deadline for requests to participate: 24 November at 16:00 — 23 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: 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
Framework agreement catering without operation – the sustainable (i.e. with limited environmental impact) supply of plant-based food
Contract
Type of service
Clement What the numbers say about this buyer
- 0% of this buyer's awards went to companies that had already won here before (32 awards since 2015, spread over 9 companies). That is well below the sector norm (12%) — this buyer switches suppliers more often than others.n = 32 awards since 2015
- The median procedure drew 2 bids (22 procedures with a bid count); 18% ended with a single bidder. Sector: median 3 bids.n = 22
- 25% of awards went to companies from abroad (32 awards with a known winner country). Sector average: 17%.n = 32
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 |
|---|---|---|
| ProSymmetry LLC | 1 | 2026 |
| OCLC B.V. | 1 | 2024 |
| EXPAT & C° | 1 | 2026 |
| Expat en Co bvba---ICF Verzekeringen nv | 1 | 2022 |
| Standaard Boekhandel | 1 | 2025 |
How often this buyer tenders this kind of work
Tactics
When contracts were awarded in this country and sector, usually about 3 bids came in. A normal field for this market. (Based on 603 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.
Foreign bidders
In Belgium · Food & beverages, 82 contracts went to foreign companies over the last 3 years (of 875 recorded awards) — mostly from France, Netherlands, Luxembourg.
Submission language: Dutch.
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