The Municipality of Houten is looking for a supplier for the hire of a manned wheeled crane with tipper trailer for various grounds maintenance works. The award will be based on the best price-quality ratio.
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01What is being requested
Hire of a manned wheeled crane with tipper trailer for the years 2026 and 2027, including an option for extension until the end of 2029. The works include, among other things, tree planting, repairing tire tracks, and pruning woodland/shrubbery.
The municipality regularly requires a manned wheeled crane max. 6 tonnes with a tipper trailer (< 4 m³). This crane will be used for: - the planting of trees during the planting season, but most of the work will be in weeks 44 to 49. Due to weather conditions, a shift in this period may occur. - Repairing tire tracks in grass fields; these works primarily take place in the spring. - Pruning woodland/shrubbery with a crane. - Replacing soil at the plots to be planted. The municipality will, where possible, bundle the works so that they can be carried out in a continuous period.
02Outcome
Theo Klever B.V.
03Strategic insight
Ensure a very concrete plan in the vision document to achieve the maximum score on quality. Note that the price quotation is based on 2026 price levels. Check whether all technical requirements for the crane, such as the tree shear and the exhaust position, are fully met.
04Points of attention
05Can I take part?
06Exclusion grounds
- No specific exclusion grounds were extracted. In a European tender, the mandatory and discretionary grounds of art. 2.86/2.87 of the Dutch Procurement Act almost always apply — check the European Single Procurement Document (ESPD).
07Award criteria
Assessment of the method of loading and unloading, availability/delivery time, and the safeguarding of expert personnel via a document of maximum 5 pages.
Assessment based on the price quotation for the crane with rotating tilting bucket (20 points), crane with tree shear (15 points), and the klic notification (5 points).
08Process & timeline
09Value in context
The contracting authority did not publish an estimated value — common for a large share of contracts. The EU threshold for diensten is € 221.000, for reference.
10Bidders in this segment
11Tender documents
12Legal themes that may be relevant here
13Frequently asked questions
What is the expected duration of the agreement?
For which specific tasks will the wheeled crane be used?
Which specifications apply to the wheeled crane and tipper trailer to be hired?
When will most of the work take place?
Automatically compiled from the official tender data and documents.
14Estimated value versus the market
€ 260K
€ 600K
€ 1,8 mln
Gegunde waarden in CPV 77 · diensten n=1648