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SARO European Sanitation Procurement 2026
SARO Europese aanbesteding sanitaire voorzieningen 2026 — original title
Your path to submission
- Deadline: 17 December at 09:00 — 46 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
This invitation to tender concerns the European Public Procurement of Sanitary Facilities to which the most recent version of the Procurement Act 2012 (Aw-2012) applies. The tender concerns the provision, management, maintenance and replacement of sanitary facilities for the benefit of Stichting Samen Ambitieus Rotterdams Onderwijs (SARO), hereinafter referred to as the Contracting Authority or Client. The estimated value of this contract is approximately € 3 million excluding VAT, including the maximum duration of the contract and all renewal options. This estimate is based on historical expenditure by SARO, the current size of the organisation, the expected phased inflow of locations and the principles of this tender. The estimate is indicative and may vary up to ±30% due to changes in locations, apprenticeship and staff numbers, use intensity or other relevant circumstances. No rights can be derived from this estimate.
Contract
Type of service
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Bidfood B.V. | 1 | 2026 |
| Afas Software B.V. | 1 | 2025 |
| CSU B.V. | 1 | 2024 |
Tactics
When contracts were awarded in this country and sector, usually only one or two bids came in. A solid bid has a real chance here. (Based on 453 completed awards — not a statement about this procedure.)
This procedure allows 50 days between publication and deadline — typical in this country is 48 (median of 2,911 procedures). A normal window for this market.
Foreign bidders
In the Netherlands · Medical equipment & pharma, 56 contracts went to foreign companies over the last 3 years (of 587 recorded awards) — mostly from Germany, France, Belgium.
Submission language: Dutch.
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