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Framework contract for the supply of business gifts

Raamovereenkomst levering van relatiegeschenken — original title

NLNetherlands · 's-Gravenhage

Your path to submission

  1. Deadline: 9 December at 12:00 — 38 days left.
  2. 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.
  3. Offer and evidence in: Dutch.
  4. Collect your evidence — the eligibility requirements are listed on this page; for many of them the analysis explains how to obtain them.
Compiled automatically from notice and documents — no guarantee; the procedure's wording is binding.

What the buyer is looking for

The assignment concerns the delivery of various types of promotional gifts for the benefit of employee benefits and/or the promotion of the Ministry of Defence. These are personalised items and customised items. Framework agreement for the duration of 4 years with the possibility to terminate after two years (with a notice period of six months).

Machine translation (EU eTranslation) — official wording via the PDF link.

Contract

TypeSupplies
Estimated value€18,347,107
Published29 Oct 2026
ProcedureOpen procedure
Contract period1 Apr 2027 → 31 Mar 2031
Framework agreement

Type of service

18 · Clothing & footwear
CPV 18530000

Clement What the numbers say about this buyer

  • In this sector the buyer awards roughly every month (35 awards, most recently August 2026) — by that rhythm the next award was due around October 2026. The last award went to Company Fits B.V.n = 35
  • 28% of awards went to companies from abroad (1,387 awards with a known winner country). Sector average: 10%.n = 1,387
  • The median procedure drew 2 bids (1,110 procedures with a bid count); 36% ended with a single bidder. Sector: median 4 bids.n = 1,110
  • 9% of this buyer's awards went to companies that had already won here before (1,387 awards since 2017, spread over 520 companies). 91% went to new names.n = 1,387 awards since 2017
  • The award came in at a median 100% of the estimated value (102 awards with both estimate and value) — pricing at the estimate is usually about right here.n = 102

From this buyer's documented awards; comparison values from the same sector and country. Not a forecast, not legal advice. As of 29/10/2026.

Clement
References and certificates from your home country count fully across the EU — that is what European procurement law is for.

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.

Tender documents — direct download

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Annex 1
Specifications and annexes at the buyer — usually viewable without registration
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Administrative conditions
The full notice, official wording

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.

CompanyAwardsPeriod
LS INNOVENTA B.V.92024–2025
Kenbri Fire Fighting B.V.52024–2026
Handelsonderneming Joh. Blom52025–2026
LS Innoventa52025–2026
Rohde & Schwarz Benelux B.V.42024–2026
From the recorded awards · regular winners know this buyer's requirements — that is your competition.

How often this buyer tenders this kind of work

40
2024
46
2025
30
2026
116 procedures in this category since 2019. Public procurement repeats itself — those who know the rhythm prepare instead of reacting.

Contracting authority contact

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Deadline — Wednesday 9 December at 12:00

Tactics

When this buyer has awarded in this sector, usually about 3 bids came in. A normal field for this market. (Based on 32 completed awards — not a statement about this procedure.)

This procedure allows 42 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 · Clothing & footwear, 22 contracts went to foreign companies over the last 3 years (of 297 recorded awards) — mostly from Germany, Belgium, France.

Submission language: Dutch.

Measured from linked award data; foreign winners bidding through a local subsidiary count as domestic — the true share is higher.

How to bid

Read the full notice — Original + documents
Goes directly to this tender on TED — Tenders Electronic Daily. The full specification and all annexes are there.
This procedure is published on 2 portals
Bids are submitted on TenderNed — TED carries the same notice, usually with the more detailed specification. Read both.
TEDNoticeTenderNedSubmission portal
Put together the evidence — in Dutch
Certificates, references and your price — as set out in the notice.
Submit via TED — Tenders Electronic Daily before the deadline
Electronic submission — allow time for the portal registration the first time.
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