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Cleaning services for the De Lijn buildings
Schoonmaakdiensten voor de gebouwen van De Lijn — original title
Your path to submission
- Deadline for requests to participate: 12 November at 10:00 — 11 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 the integrated provision of cleaning services for De Lijn's set plates, line shops and administrative buildings. The service includes regular cleaning, periodic maintenance tasks, interventions in the event of incidents, as well as glass and facade cleaning. The implementation takes place within a performance-based framework, with compliance with pre-defined SLA obligations. The traveller is central to De Lijn's business model. A clean and orderly infrastructure contributes directly to both the daily customer experience and the general safety perception. The cleaning services provided must therefore be organised in a high-quality, continuous and reliable manner. The contract covers all activities necessary for the provision of environmentally sound cleaning services in the buildings, windows, glass panels, skylights and garage doors of the head office in Mechelen…
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… and the operating infrastructure in the five Flemish provinces. The contract will be divided into four lots: • Lot 1: Cleaning of buildings, depots, line shops and cleaning of windows, glass panels and other structures at height in the Antwerp region • Lot 2: Cleaning of buildings, depots and cleaning of windows, glass panels and other structures at height in the West and East Flanders region • Lot 3: Poets Line shops and buildings De Kust region (*): reserved for social employment - tailor-made enterprises • Lot 4: Cleaning of buildings, depots, line shops and cleaning of windows, glass panels and other structures at height in the Limburg and Flemish Brabant region (*): the buildings and line shops reserved for social employment are proposed in the tender specifications phase · Cleaning services for the buildings of De Lijn
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). That is well below the sector norm (17%) — this buyer switches suppliers more often than others.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 4 bids.n = 7
- 33% of awards went to companies from abroad (109 awards with a known winner country). Sector average: 19%.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 |
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 1,399 completed awards — not a statement about this procedure.)
This procedure allows 14 days between publication and deadline — typical in this country is 34 (median of 3,233 procedures). Much tighter than usual: the first week counts.
Foreign bidders
In Belgium · Cleaning, environment & waste, 312 contracts went to foreign companies over the last 3 years (of 2,166 recorded awards) — mostly from France, Germany, Netherlands.
Submission language: Dutch.
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