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European restricted invitation to tender - Tackling village ribbon
Europees niet-openbare aanbesteding - Aanpak dorpenlint — original title
Your path to submission
- Deadline for requests to participate: 23 November at 09:00 — 22 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 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
In the municipality of Oldambt there is damage repair and strengthening of homes as a result of the earthquake problems caused by years of gas extraction. In 2020, funds were pledged from the central government for investments in public space in areas where reinforcement is taking place. As a result of these available resources, the municipality of Oldambt completed a participatory process with various working groups from the various villages (Nieuw Scheemda, ’t Waar and Nieuwolda) in the so-called ‘village ribbon’ in the period from mid-2023 to the end of 2025. Various plans have been drawn up in this process, which should lead to improvement of the public area and in which this, among other things, improves the quality of life. In doing so, a joint search was made for opportunities to link up with other tasks in the public area and various grant/funding flows were combined. As a…
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… result, the total investment and thus the improvement of the public area in the villages could be further improved. This contract is a construction team agreement for works with an estimated value of € 5,500,000, excluding VAT and excluding the costs for the construction team phase. This amount represents a budget actually available for the implementation of the sub-projects covered by this contract. The activities carried out within this contract are: - Refurbishment of the site ‘Kerkwijk’ including sewerage (incl. preparation of DO); - Refurbishment of the ‘t Waar’ site including sewerage (incl. preparation of DO); - Refurbishment of the ‘Nieuwolda Supermarket’ site (incl. drafting DO); - Refurbishment of the ‘Nieuwolda plein + haven’ site, including hydraulic engineering works (including coordination of environment for drawing up DO); - Works along the approximately 11 km long (and approximately 5 m1 wide) ‘transit village ribbon’, namely: i. Tackling drought damage: approx. 3 km repair of asphalt including foundation, incl. research into means of repair; Replace coating: approx. 4km at various locations (not overlapping with drought damage); Application of two-sided cycle-suggestion lanes: approx. 11 km (although overlapping with the above drought damage and coating replacement); Application of grass concrete pebble strips: approx. 3 km at various locations; v. Apply various road safety measures, e.g. all bowl boundaries replace approx. 11 pcs. - Environmental communication during the implementation phase.
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Clement What the numbers say about this buyer
- 0% of this buyer's awards went to companies that had already won here before (64 awards since 2015, spread over 26 companies). That is well below the sector norm (18%) — this buyer switches suppliers more often than others.n = 64 awards since 2015
- The median procedure drew 2 bids (50 procedures with a bid count); 16% ended with a single bidder. Sector: median 4 bids.n = 50
- 11% of awards went to companies from abroad (64 awards with a known winner country). Sector average: 2%.n = 64
- 38% of the bids received came from small and medium-sized enterprises (19 procedures with a bid mix). Sector: 29%.n = 19
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Multi Tank Card B.V. h.o.d.n. MoveMove | 1 | 2026 |
| Nationale-Nederlanden Schadeverzekering Maatschappij N.V. | 1 | 2025 |
| J.P. van der Wal V.O.F. | 1 | 2026 |
| Borgtechniek B.V. | 1 | 2026 |
| Konica Minolta Business Solutions Nederland BV | 1 | 2015 |
How often this buyer tenders this kind of work
Tactics
When contracts were awarded in this country and sector, usually about 4 bids came in. A normal field for this market. (Based on 2,008 completed awards — not a statement about this procedure.)
This procedure allows 28 days between publication and deadline — typical in this country is 48 (median of 2,911 procedures). Much tighter than usual: the first week counts.
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 · Construction work, 31 contracts went to foreign companies over the last 3 years (of 2,446 recorded awards) — mostly from Belgium, Germany, France.
Submission language: Dutch.
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