NOB - Grand piano fleet (grand pianos and pianos)
De Nationale Opera & Ballet (NOB) is seeking a supplier for the entire grand piano fleet, including procurement, overhaul, management, tuning, and both minor and major maintenance. The supplier must make the grand pianos available for tours by De Nationale Opera and Het Nationale Ballet. The assignment includes both the procurement of new grand pianos and the maintenance of existing instruments, with a focus on quality, reliability, and availability during tour periods. The procurement is conducted via a competitive procedure with negotiation, allowing the contracting authority the flexibility to achieve the best price-quality ratio. The supplier must offer a comprehensive maintenance plan, including preventive maintenance, rapid repairs, and a clear reporting procedure. Additionally, the supplier must have experience in managing a grand piano fleet for a professional opera and ballet company and be able to deliver and tune the grand pianos in time for performances.
Supplies · Competitive procedure with negotiation · European procedure
01What is being requested
De Nationale Opera & Ballet (NOB) is seeking a supplier for the entire grand piano fleet, including procurement, overhaul, management, tuning, and both minor and major maintenance. The supplier must make the grand pianos available for tours by De Nationale Opera and Het Nationale Ballet. The assignment includes both the procurement of new grand pianos and the maintenance of existing instruments, with a focus on quality, reliability, and availability during tour periods. The procurement is conducted via a competitive procedure with negotiation, allowing the contracting authority the flexibility to achieve the best price-quality ratio. The supplier must offer a comprehensive maintenance plan, including preventive maintenance, rapid repairs, and a clear reporting procedure. Additionally, the supplier must have experience in managing a grand piano fleet for a professional opera and ballet company and be able to deliver and tune the grand pianos in time for performances.
The procurement includes the procurement, overhaul, management, tuning, and minor and major maintenance of the grand piano/piano fleet (hereinafter referred to as 'grand piano fleet') of Nationale Opera & Ballet and the provision of grand pianos for the benefit of tours by De Nationale Opera and Het Nationale Ballet.
02Outcome
Maene-Ypma Piano's B.V.
03Exclusion 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).
04Value in context
The contracting authority did not publish an estimated value — common for a large share of contracts. The EU threshold for leveringen is € 221.000, for reference.
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06Legal themes that may be relevant here
07Frequently asked questions
What exactly does the assignment for the grand piano fleet entail?
Must the supplier also make instruments available for tours?
What maintenance activities are expected?
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08Estimated value versus the market
€ 280K
€ 880K
€ 1,4 mln
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