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Netherlands - Library software development services - Library Management System

Open Netherlands IT services

Buyer Universiteit Utrecht

22 days left

Key facts

Closes
11:00 (UTC+1)
Estimated value
€2.2M
€2,250,000
Procedure
Open procedure Anyone may submit a bid, in one step, with no pre-selection. Full entry
Above the EU threshold A contract large enough that EU-wide rules apply and it must be published on TED. Full entry
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Summary

Machine-generated summary

Utrecht University Library seeks a Library Management System (LMS) delivered as Software as a Service (SaaS) to support its services to patrons and to manage its collections. The system must include the following components: circulation and patron management, acquisitions, management of digital and printed collections, discovery and access, and administrative tools. The solution is a cloud-based library platform that will handle day-to-day lending operations, purchasing workflows, and both digital and physical holdings, while enabling users to search and access materials and giving staff the administrative tools needed to operate the library efficiently.

Timing

70 days from publication to deadline. Usual length in Netherlands: 47 days. Longer than usual

  1. Published
  2. Today
  3. Deadline
  4. Awarded pending
More figures

Notices of this kind (Netherlands, open procedure, above the EU threshold) give a median of 47 days, half of them between 38 and 60 days, based on 10,710 notices of the last two years.

This buyer usually gives 42 days (median of its last 28 calls for tender).

Description

The Utrecht University Library is looking for a Library Management System (LMS) as Software as a Service (SaaS) to support its services for its patrons and to manage its collections. It concerns an LMS with the following components: • Circulation and patron management • Acquisitions • Management of digital and printed collections • Discovery and access • Administrative tools

Terms of the procedure

As the official notice states them.

Bid or no-bid?

2 of 6 answered from the register

Six questions before you commit a team. Under each one, what the register holds on it. The answers are yours.

  1. In your favour:

    Do we meet every eligibility criterion?

    Open procedure: any interested supplier may submit a bid.

    Above the EU threshold: open to companies from any EU country.

  2. Your call:

    Can we deliver this with the team we have?

    Estimated at €2.2M.

  3. Your call:

    Do we have two comparable references?

    Comparable work is in IT services.

  4. In your favour:

    Is the deadline realistic for a proper offer?

    22 days left, 16 of them working days.

  5. Your call:

    Is there a margin at the likely winning price?

    This buyer usually awards this kind of contract for between €332,000 and €1.7M.

  6. Your call:

    Do we know this buyer?

    The buyer has 102 notices in the register and no pattern of winners yet.

Can I bid?

  • Open procedure: any interested supplier may submit a bid. Above the EU threshold: open to companies from any EU country.
  • 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) 3 weeks ago

Market

IT services in Netherlands

likely award price
€2.0M to €2.2M
this buyer's median award in this sector
€400,000
tenders per lot in this buyer's awards
3.4
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Expected award price

€2.0M to €2.2M: likely award for this notice, from its published estimate of €2,250,000.

Comparable awards in this country and sector came in at a median of 100% of their published estimate, half of them between 87% and 100%, based on 278 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 buyer has paid before

Based on 3 comparable contracts this buyer awarded in this sector over the last 4 years.

This notice
€2.2M
Median award
€400,000
Middle half of past awards
€332,000 to €1.7M

The estimate is larger than three in four past awards.

Most recent awards

Award values as published by the official sources. Use them as a guide, not a rule: scope, lots and duration differ between contracts.

Market context

Larger than 76% of the open notices in IT services across Europe.

open now in IT services
3,373
median open notice
€482,336

Who wins in this market

Many suppliers

Netherlands · IT services

different companies won awards here
489
of the awards went to the three most frequent winners
5%
buyers awarded contracts here
397

Based on 788 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)
2.9
of those lots received a single tender
24%
of the awards went to companies based in another country
4%

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.

The buyer in figures

Universiteit Utrecht

notices in the register
102
awards
67
awarded in total
€128.6M

Who wins its contracts

Many suppliers
different companies won its awards
48
of the awards went to the three most frequent winners
10%
of its calls state an estimated value
59%

Based on 50 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
8%
of the awards went to companies based in another country
13%

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.

Universiteit Utrecht

Netherlands

Who usually wins this buyer's contracts in this sector

Company Wins Total awarded Last win
KPN B.V. 1 €3.0M Nov 2025
Atmire NV 1 €400,000 Nov 2025
Planon B.V 1 €264,000 Jul 2026

Based on 3 awards with a linked company profile over the last 5 years.

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