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Multifunctionals
Your path to submission
- Deadline: 20 November at 11:00 — 19 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
Supply and maintenance of multifunctionals for all KNAW locations and institutes 46 pieces · Supply and maintenance of multifunctionals for all KNAW locations and institutes 56 pieces
Contract
Type of service
Clement What the numbers say about this buyer
- 2% of this buyer's awards went to companies that had already won here before (89 awards since 2015, spread over 48 companies). That is well below the sector norm (19%) — this buyer switches suppliers more often than others.n = 89 awards since 2015
- 22% of awards went to companies from abroad (89 awards with a known winner country). Sector average: 8%.n = 89
- The median procedure drew 2 bids (78 procedures with a bid count); 49% ended with a single bidder. Sector: median 3 bids.n = 78
- 30% of the bids received came from small and medium-sized enterprises (42 procedures with a bid mix). Sector: 36%.n = 42
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Nikon Europe B.V. | 2 | 2024–2026 |
| Carl Zeiss B.V. | 2 | 2025–2026 |
| Leica Microsystems · Wetzlar | 1 | 2015 |
| Websteen B.V. | 1 | 2025 |
| Schipper Security B.V. | 1 | 2025 |
Tactics
When this buyer has awarded in this sector, usually about 4 bids came in. A normal field for this market. (Based on 3 completed awards — not a statement about this procedure.)
This procedure allows 25 days between publication and deadline — typical in this country is 48 (median of 2,911 procedures). Much tighter than usual: the first week counts.
Foreign bidders
In the Netherlands · Office & computing machinery, 94 contracts went to foreign companies over the last 3 years (of 1,273 recorded awards) — mostly from Germany, France, Belgium.
Submission language: Dutch.
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