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Open raceNo supplier dominates: 5 different companies have won the last 5 comparable contracts from this buyer over 5 years. This is a genuinely open race.
Based on 5 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 buyer seeks a service contract to support implementation of RVO activities under the European project Safe Digital Boost for Africa (SDBA) Continental, carried out with the African Union. The services focus on four RVO themes for cybersecurity capacity building: critical information infrastructure protection (CIIP), public-private partnerships (PPPs), cyber skills development and the human capital agenda (HCA), and cyber hygiene awareness. The contract value is EUR 431,700 excluding Dutch VAT and including all local VAT and other local costs and fees. The procurement is in the Netherlands and concerns business and management consultancy and related services.
Description
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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) 13 hours ago
Expected award price
- likely award for this notice, from its published estimate of €431,700
- €431,700 to €431,700
Comparable awards in this country and sector came in at a median of 100% of their published estimate, half of them between 100% and 100%, based on 1,049 awards of the last 3 years.
Each award is compared with the estimate of the same lots, framework agreements excluded. A published estimate may include options and renewals, so an award under it is not always a discount.
What this market pays
The buyer has too few awards of its own in this sector, so this is the range of the last 1,403 awards for Business services in Netherlands.
- This notice
- €431,700
- Median award
- €300,068
- Middle half of past awards
- €160,192 to €496,841
The estimate sits inside the usual range.
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 profileMinisterie van Economische Zaken
- notices in the register
- 51
- awards
- 13
- awarded in total
- €2.0M
Who wins its contracts
Many suppliers- different companies won its awards
- 10
- of the awards went to the three most frequent winners
- 30%
- of its calls state an estimated value
- 60%
Based on 10 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)
- 8.6
- of those lots received a single tender
- 9%
- of the awards went to companies based in another country
- 20%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stichting SEO Economisch Onderzoek | 1 | €1.0M | Nov 2025 |
| Geothermie Nederland | 1 | €255,000 | Aug 2026 |
| Hero; SynProfs B.V.; Cimsolutions B.V.; LINKIT B.V.; BlueTrail B.V.; StaffingNow B.V. | 1 | Oct 2025 | |
| PROJECT FOR INNOVATION CONSULTING | 1 | Jul 2026 | |
| Yacht B.V.; ItaQ; Cimsolutions B.V.; Between Staffing Nederland B.V.; De Staffing Groep Nederland B.V. h.o.d.n. Circle8; Sopra Steria Nederland B.V.; FlexValue B.V.; Need Staffing IT B.V.; SynProfs B.V.; LINKIT B.V. | 1 | Sep 2025 |
Based on 5 awards with a linked company profile over the last 5 years.
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Market context
Larger than 53% of the open notices in Business services across Europe.
- open now in Business services
- 7,511
- median open notice
- €325,413
Who wins in this market
Many suppliersNetherlands · Business services
- different companies won awards here
- 1,245
- of the awards went to the three most frequent winners
- 6%
- buyers awarded contracts here
- 530
Based on 2,093 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)
- 4.5
- of those lots received a single tender
- 19%
- of the awards went to companies based in another country
- 1%
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.
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