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Keuring en Kalibratie van Arbeidsmiddelen

NLNetherlandsBELOW THRESHOLD — NOT ON TED

Your path to submission

Deadline for requests to participate: 16 November at 12:00 — 15 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 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.
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

Inspection and Calibration of Work equipment such as power tools, pneumatic tools, hydraulic tools and measuring instruments.

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

Contract

BuyerR.E.T. N.V. →

TypeServices

Estimated valuenot published — common for below-threshold procedures

Published30 Oct 2026

ProcedureRestricted procedure

Clement What the numbers say about this buyer

The median procedure drew just one bid (8 procedures with a bid count); 75% ended with a single bidder. Country: median 3.9 bids.n = 8
0% of this buyer's awards went to companies that had already won here before (9 awards since 2023, spread over 8 companies). 100% went to new names.n = 9 awards since 2023

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.

The Russia sanctions declaration (Art. 5k) comes with nearly every procedure — a formality, but missing it means exclusion.

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
SoftwareONE Netherlands B.V.	1	2024
ASR Schadeverzekering N.V.	1	2026
Mobiwerk B.V.	1	2025
Consolid Openbaar Vervoer B.V.	1	2025
VolkerRail Nederland B.V.	1	2025

From the recorded awards · regular winners know this buyer's requirements — that is your competition.

Deadline — Monday 16 November at 12:00

Deadline for requests to participate

Tactics

This procedure allows 18 days between publication and deadline — typical in this country is 48 (median of 2,911 procedures). Much tighter than usual: the first week counts.

The deadline falls on a Monday — your last full working day is the Friday before. Have evidence and guarantees together by Thursday.

The rules of the market →

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.

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.

To the procurement portal →

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