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Open raceNo supplier dominates: 14 different companies have won the last 16 comparable contracts from this buyer over 5 years. This is a genuinely open race.
- Expected final price vs the published estimate
- 0%
Based on 16 comparable awards by this buyer in this sector over 5 years. Every verdict is recorded before the outcome and graded against the award notice. How we score ourselves.
Summary
Machine-generated summaryThe contracting authority in the Netherlands is procuring digital slide scanners for pathology use. The procurement covers the supply of digital scanning instruments used to digitise pathology slides, under the project title 'Digital Slide Scanners 2'. The instruments are classified under laboratory, optical and precision equipment. The notice concerns the purchase of this laboratory equipment, with the scope limited to digital pathology slide scanning devices.
Description
Terms of the procedure
- How tenders are scored
- Kwaliteit: 60 points; Prijs: 40 points
- Tenders go to
- tenderned.nl/aankondigingen/overzicht/442168
As the official notice states them.
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Can I bid?
- Open procedure: any interested supplier may submit a bid. Above the EU threshold: open to companies from any EU country.
- The notice is written in Dutch.
- Certificates from another EU country? Check the equivalents on eCertis
Official source
Source: TED - Tenders Electronic Daily (Publications Office of the EU)
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Last verified against TED - Tenders Electronic Daily (Publications Office of the EU) 11 hours ago
What this buyer has paid before
Based on 20 comparable contracts this buyer awarded in this sector over the last 4 years.
- Median award
- €112,208
- Middle half of past awards
- €1 to €459,283
TED - Tenders Electronic Daily (Publications Office of the EU) publishes no value for this notice, so it has no mark on the scale. The official documents may state one.
Most recent awards
- Nederland - Laboratoriuminstrumenten, optische en precisie-instrumenten (uitgezonderd brillen) - Liquid Handlers
- Nederland - Laboratoriuminstrumenten, optische en precisie-instrumenten (uitgezonderd brillen) - Liquid Handlers
- Nederland - Laboratoriuminstrumenten, optische en precisie-instrumenten (uitgezonderd brillen) - Liquid Handlers €314,876
- Nederland - Laboratoriuminstrumenten, optische en precisie-instrumenten (uitgezonderd brillen) - Aankoop Oxford Nanopore Technologies PromethION 24 sequencing platform €445,244
- Nederland - Instrumenten voor metingen - Single Cell Isolation and dispensing device €224,415
Award values as published by the official sources. Use them as a guide, not a rule: scope, lots and duration differ between contracts.
The buyer
Full buyer profileStichting Amsterdam UMC
- notices in the register
- 135
- awards
- 81
- awarded in total
- €59.1M
Who wins its contracts
Many suppliers- different companies won its awards
- 44
- of the awards went to the three most frequent winners
- 13%
- of its calls state an estimated value
- 35%
Based on 48 awards with a named winner over the last 3 years. Counted by award, not by value, because lot and framework amounts are not comparable. Concentrated means the three most frequent winners took 65% or more of the awards; many suppliers, under 35% with at least ten different winners.
Competition
- tenders per lot on average (open and restricted procedures)
- 3.4
- of those lots received a single tender
- 17%
- of the awards went to companies based in another country
- 28%
As the official award notices state them, over the last 3 years. Tenders per lot count open and restricted procedures only: in a negotiated procedure or a direct award a single tender is the procedure itself. The country is the one the notice gives for the winner.
One dot per award, on the day it was signed, sized by its value. A ring is an award with no published value.
Who usually wins this buyer's contracts in this sector
| Company | Wins | Total awarded | Last win |
|---|---|---|---|
| alamar biosciences Europe Srl | 2 | Feb 2026 | |
| Sony Europe B.V. | 2 | Jan 2026 | |
| Vitrolife B.V. | 1 | €1.3M | Apr 2026 |
| Bruker Nederland B.V. | 1 | €981,869 | Apr 2026 |
| Thermo Fisher Diagnostics B.V. | 1 | €501,400 | Aug 2026 |
Based on 16 awards with a linked company profile over the last 5 years.
9 open tenders right now
Market context
TED - Tenders Electronic Daily (Publications Office of the EU) publishes no value for this notice, so it cannot be placed among the open notices of its sector. The official documents may state one.
- open now in Laboratory & precision equipment
- 1,670
- median open notice
- €200,000
Who wins in this market
Many suppliersNetherlands · Laboratory & precision equipment
- different companies won awards here
- 137
- of the awards went to the three most frequent winners
- 12%
- buyers awarded contracts here
- 69
Based on 198 awards with a named winner over the last 3 years. Counted by award, not by value, because lot and framework amounts are not comparable. Concentrated means the three most frequent winners took 65% or more of the awards; many suppliers, under 35% with at least ten different winners.
Competition
- tenders per lot on average (open and restricted procedures)
- 2.0
- of those lots received a single tender
- 30%
- of the awards went to companies based in another country
- 34%
As the official award notices state them, over the last 3 years. Tenders per lot count open and restricted procedures only: in a negotiated procedure or a direct award a single tender is the procedure itself. The country is the one the notice gives for the winner.
Similar tenders
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