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National Call for Tenders for the Purchase of Carbon Credits (Fiber Crops)

Nationale aanbesteding Aankoop Carbon Credits (Vezelgewassen) — original title

NLNetherlandsBELOW THRESHOLD — NOT ON TED

Your path to submission

  1. Deadline: 1 December at 12:00 — 30 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. 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

Waterschap Vallei en Veluwe aims to purchase a maximum of 600 Carbon Credits through this tender. Carbon Credits should originate from the cultivation and processing of fibre crops into bio-based building materials and should be delivered by 31 December 2028. With this tender, the water board stimulates CO2 storage, circular economy and biobased construction in the Netherlands.

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

Contract

TypeSupplies
Estimated valuenot published — common for below-threshold procedures
Published8 Oct 2026
ProcedureOpen procedure

Type of service

03 · Agriculture & farming
CPV 03000000

Clement What the numbers say about this buyer

  • 5% of this buyer's awards went to companies that had already won here before (173 awards since 2015, spread over 113 companies). 95% went to new names.n = 173 awards since 2015
  • The median procedure drew 6 bids (160 procedures with a bid count); 9% ended with a single bidder. Sector: median 5 bids.n = 160
  • 97% of the bids received came from small and medium-sized enterprises (118 procedures with a bid mix). Sector: 78%.n = 118
  • 6% of awards went to companies from abroad (173 awards with a known winner country). Sector average: 6%.n = 173

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.

Clement
References and certificates from your home country count fully across the EU — that is what European procurement law is for.
You don't need a GmbH or Ltd for this procedure — sole traders and freelancers may bid (Art. 19 Dir. 2014/24/EU). Eligibility counts, not legal form. More in the guide →

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
Vaarkamp bv32025–2026
Pannekoek GWW B.V.32024–2026
Krinkels B.V.22025–2026
ADS Groep Water B.V.22026
Isero B.V.22025
From the recorded awards · regular winners know this buyer's requirements — that is your competition.
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Deadline — Tuesday 1 December at 12:00

Tactics

When contracts were awarded in this country and sector, usually 5 or more bids came in. Many compete here — price and references decide. (Based on 270 completed awards — not a statement about this procedure.)

This procedure allows 55 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 · Agriculture & farming, 18 contracts went to foreign companies over the last 3 years (of 286 recorded awards).

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 TenderNed. The full specification and all annexes are there.
Put together the evidence
Certificates, references and your price — as set out in the notice.
Submit via TenderNed before the deadline
Electronic submission — allow time for the portal registration the first time.
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