The Municipality of Arnhem intends to re-tender the works for public lighting following the expiry of the current RAW framework agreement. The market is undergoing a transition: staff shortages and price-driven contracts are leading to less sustainable collaborations. The market consultation is intended to involve the market in developing a new contract strategy that places more emphasis on collaboration, quality, and innovation rather than on the lowest price. The municipality aims to create support, gather insights, and lay a foundation for the final procurement documents.
Works · European procedure
01What is being requested
The Municipality of Arnhem intends to re-tender the works for public lighting following the expiry of the current RAW framework agreement. The market is undergoing a transition: staff shortages and price-driven contracts are leading to less sustainable collaborations. The market consultation is intended to involve the market in developing a new contract strategy that places more emphasis on collaboration, quality, and innovation rather than on the lowest price. The municipality aims to create support, gather insights, and lay a foundation for the final procurement documents.
The Municipality of Arnhem intends to re-tender (put out to tender) the works for public lighting. The current RAW framework agreement with the existing contractor is expiring. In recent years, it has become apparent that the market for public lighting is undergoing a change. Collaborations are under pressure due to staff shortages and contracts that are often driven by the lowest price. This has led the Municipality of Arnhem to intend to apply a new contract strategy in the upcoming procurement. The objectives of this market consultation are: - to involve the market in establishing an effect
02Exclusion 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).
03Value in context
The contracting authority did not publish an estimated value — common for a large share of contracts. The EU threshold for werken is € 5,54 M, for reference.
04Likely competitors
05Legal themes that may be relevant here
06Frequently asked questions
What is the purpose of this market consultation?
Why is the assignment for public lighting being re-tendered?
What change is intended in the new contract strategy?
Automatically compiled from the official tender data and documents.
07Estimated value versus the market
€ 1,4 mln
€ 3,6 mln
€ 9,1 mln
Gegunde waarden in CPV 45 · werken n=3159