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Framework agreement for soft skills training
Raamovereenkomst voor softskills opleidingen — original title
Your path to submission
- Deadline for requests to participate: 30 November at 10:00 — 29 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
This contract concerns a framework contract for the provision of soft skills training to employees of VVM De Lijn in Flanders, for a period of two years with the possibility of extending it four times by one year. This contract comprises 6 lots, namely: o lot 1: Training operational management o lot 2: Open offer soft skills training o lot 3: Training dealing with aggression o lot 4: Training including leadership and dealing with diversity o lot 5: Coaching managers o lot 6: Training communication · lot 1: Training operational management · lot 2: Open offer soft skills training : 15 sessions per year · lot 3: Training dealing with aggression : 15 sessions per year · lot 4: Training including leadership and dealing with diversity: 7 sessions per year · lot 5: Coaching managers : 10 coaching trajectories per year · lot 6: Training communication: 4 sessions per year
Contract
Type of service
Clement What the numbers say about this buyer
- 1% of this buyer's awards went to companies that had already won here before (109 awards since 2015, spread over 39 companies). 99% went to new names.n = 109 awards since 2015
- The median procedure drew 2 bids (7 procedures with a bid count); 14% ended with a single bidder. Sector: median 3 bids.n = 7
- 33% of awards went to companies from abroad (109 awards with a known winner country). Sector average: 26%.n = 109
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Autobus Kruger bvba | 2 | 2015 |
| SD Worx Belgium nv | 1 | 2022 |
| Hansea Kempen TV | 1 | 2015 |
| Geenens NV | 1 | 2015 |
| Mewa - Servibel | 1 | 2024 |
Tactics
When contracts were awarded in this country and sector, usually about 3 bids came in. A normal field for this market. (Based on 363 completed awards — not a statement about this procedure.)
This procedure allows 38 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 · Education & training, 122 contracts went to foreign companies over the last 3 years (of 580 recorded awards) — mostly from France, Germany, Italy.
Submission language: Dutch.
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