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Translation services Dutch-English
Vertaaldiensten Nederlands-Engels — original title
Your path to submission
- Deadline: 6 November at 12:00 — 6 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
The Directorate for Translations (AVT) of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs needs to hire services for the translation of texts with a high risk of degradation from Dutch into English. High risk of damage is understood to mean that, given the nature and content of the texts, inexpert translation can lead to security breaches, to financial and/or legal damage for the Dutch State, to political damage at home or abroad, or to damage to the image of the Netherlands abroad. Partly based on experience figures from recent years and the expected future needs, the size of the Assignment has been estimated. The estimated value of the Assignment is on average € 100,000, - excluding VAT per year, therefore € 400,000, - excluding VAT over a period of four years.
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 (81 awards since 2015, spread over 27 companies). That is well below the sector norm (28%) — this buyer switches suppliers more often than others.n = 81 awards since 2015
- 28% of awards went to companies from abroad (81 awards with a known winner country). Sector average: 4%.n = 81
- The median procedure drew 2 bids (61 procedures with a bid count); 38% ended with a single bidder. Sector: median 4 bids.n = 61
- The award came in at a median 80% of the estimated value (5 awards with both estimate and value) — pricing at the estimate is usually too high here. Sector: 85%.n = 5
- 35% of the bids received came from small and medium-sized enterprises (10 procedures with a bid mix). Sector: 34%.n = 10
From this buyer's documented awards; comparison values from the same sector and country. Not a forecast, not legal advice. As of 25/10/2026.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Van Berkel B.V | 2 | 2026 |
| Stichting Nedworc | 1 | 2025 |
| De Projectinrichter B.V. | 1 | 2023 |
| Stoof International GmbH | 1 | 2026 |
| Proecta Facility Management AB | 1 | 2026 |
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 5,891 completed awards — not a statement about this procedure.)
This procedure allows 8 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 · Business services, 193 contracts went to foreign companies over the last 3 years (of 6,646 recorded awards) — mostly from France, Germany, United Kingdom.
Submission language: Dutch.
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