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Framework agreement for materials and warehousing items
Raamovereenkomst materialen en magazijnartikelen — original title
Your path to submission
- Deadline: 7 January 2027 at 10:00 — 67 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 — the eligibility requirements are listed on this page; for many of them the analysis explains how to obtain them.
What the buyer is looking for
Procedure Tendering through the European/National public procedure in accordance with the (amended) procurement law 2012. Client The client for this tender is the Municipality of Breda. For more information about the Municipality of Breda, please refer to the website of the municipality: www.breda.nl. Contract The contract concerns the supply of materials and warehouse items. Lots This contract is divided into the following lots: Lot 1 Tools and materials; Lot 2 Street furniture. The purpose of this tender is to conclude a framework agreement for the supply of materials and warehouse items per lot with a duration of 2 years with a starting date of 1 April 2027. The client has the unilateral right to extend these two (2) times by one (1) year. The decision regarding these extension(s) is based on evaluation of the delivered performance and services. Maximum contract value The maximum…
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… contract value under this framework agreement is set at: Lot 1 Tools and materials € 1.700.000, Lot 2 Street furniture € 2,000,000.- Considering the duration of the agreement, including renewal options. No rights can be derived from the amounts mentioned. No purchase obligation applies to the client. If the maximum contract value is exceeded during the term of the framework agreement, the framework agreement can be terminated (earlier). Mercell This tender will be exclusively and completely digitally processed online via the Mercell platform (www.mercell.com). A detailed instruction regarding digital procurement can be found in the Questionnaires. · The contract concerns the delivery of materials and warehouse items: Lot 1 Tools and materials. · The contract concerns the delivery of Street furniture (Lot 2).
Contract
Type of service
Clement What the numbers say about this buyer
- The median procedure drew 3 bids (255 procedures with a bid count); 22% ended with a single bidder. Sector: median 9 bids.n = 255
- 4% of this buyer's awards went to companies that had already won here before (301 awards since 2015, spread over 137 companies). 96% went to new names.n = 301 awards since 2015
- The award came in at a median 50% of the estimated value (15 awards with both estimate and value) — pricing at the estimate is usually too high here.n = 15
- 6% of awards went to companies from abroad (301 awards with a known winner country). Sector average: 3%.n = 301
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.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Bertens Bouw B.V. | 3 | 2025 |
| Van Dijnsen Installatiewerken B.V. | 2 | 2024–2026 |
| Visma Circle | 2 | 2024 |
| Signify Netherlands B.V. | 2 | 2025–2026 |
| Scorpions Security B.V. | 2 | 2024 |
Tactics
When contracts were awarded in this country and sector, usually 9 or more bids came in. Many compete here — price and references decide. (Based on 61 completed awards — not a statement about this procedure.)
This procedure allows 69 days between publication and deadline — typical in this country is 48 (median of 2,911 procedures). Much more generous than usual — time for a thorough bid rather than a quick one.
Foreign bidders
In the Netherlands, 2,082 contracts went to foreign companies over the last 3 years (of 35,768 recorded awards) — mostly from Germany, France, Belgium.
Submission language: Dutch.
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