National - Measurement of thin spots in overhead lines
Landelijk - Meten van dunne plekken in de bovenleiding
Netherlands · how to bid here →
Your path to submission
- Deadline: 2 November at 12:00 — 29 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: NLD.
- Collect your evidence — the eligibility requirements are listed above; for many of them the analysis explains how to obtain them.
Clement What the numbers say about this buyer
- In this sector the buyer awards roughly every month (69 awards, most recently September 2026) — the next award is due around October 2026 by that rhythm. The last award went to Arcadis Nederland B.V..n = 69
- The median procedure drew 3 bids (618 procedures with a bid count); 27% ended with a single bidder. Sector: median 5 bids.n = 618
- 18% of this buyer's awards went to companies that had already won here before (685 awards since 2015, spread over 161 companies). 82% went to new names.n = 685 awards since 2015
- The award came in at a median 82% of the estimated value (7 awards with both estimate and value) — pricing at the estimate is usually too high here. Sector: 90%.n = 7
- 12% of awards went to companies from abroad (685 awards with a known winner country). Sector average: 8%.n = 685
From this buyer's documented awards; comparison values from the same sector and country. Not a forecast, not legal advice. As of 04/10/2026.
Foreign bidders
In Netherlands · Architecture & engineering, 128 contracts went to foreign companies over the last 3 years (of 2,665 recorded awards) — mostly from Germany, France, United Kingdom.
Typical field: median 3 (from 67 awards).
What the buyer is looking for
ProRail needs insight into the condition of the contact wire, with specific attention to the thin spots. The purpose of this tender is to conclude a framework agreement with one party for reliable measurements of the contact wire thickness (thin spots) at low speed, in order to meet this need.
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.
Contract
Who has won here before
| Company | Awards | Period |
|---|---|---|
| VolkerRail Nederland B.V. | 20 | 2024–2026 |
| Dura Vermeer Railinfra B.V. | 14 | 2024–2026 |
| SWIETELSKY RAIL BENELUX B.V. | 12 | 2024–2025 |
| Arcadis Nederland B.V. | 11 | 2024–2026 |
| BAM Infra Rail B.V. | 11 | 2024–2025 |
How often this buyer tenders this
Who knows the rhythm prepares instead of reacting.