# Bidding in the Netherlands as a foreign company

> Whether a company established in the EU may bid for public contracts in the Netherlands, the instrument that decides it, and the channels it would register on.

Source: https://trinta.ai/how-to-bid-in/netherlands · Format: Markdown mirror of that page · Language: en

## The single market

Yes. A company established anywhere in the EU bids in the Netherlands on the same terms as a company established there, and a buyer that treats it differently is breaking the rule it is bound by. Above the EU thresholds the procurement directives apply directly. Below them the Treaty principles of equal treatment and non-discrimination still bind the buyer for any contract a firm in another member state would plausibly want.

Instrument: EU membership, procurement directives 2014/24 and 2014/25.

## Where you would register

- TenderNed (https://www.tenderned.nl/): The national procurement platform, where Dutch law requires every public notice to be published.
- Aanbestedingskalender.nl (https://www.aanbestedingskalender.nl/): A publication platform carrying Dutch contracting authorities' notices and forward calendars.

## A right to bid is not a notice

2 sources publish public procurement in the Netherlands and 1 of them are read by a dedicated connector. Registering on the national portal and stopping there watches one address out of 2. Every source: https://trinta.ai/government-tenders/netherlands

This is not legal advice. Trade agreements grant what their annexes list, and a particular procedure's documents can require local registration, an agent or local content that no agreement overrides.

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