Definitive contracts awarded in 187 districts

Wednesday 29 July 2015
The tender procedure for the recovery of passenger vehicles on trunk roads for the contract period 2016 - 2019 has been completed for most of the country. In 187 districts, there were no appeals against the initial awarding decisions and the definitive contracts for IM activities during the contract period have now been awarded in those districts. The participants in the tender procedure for those districts were informed of the decisions this week.

Logicx Berging and Bergingscentrale H. Van der Vliet were the biggest winners. Logicx was awarded the contracts for 13 districts, including almost the entire section of the A2 in North Brabant. These districts accounted for 8% of all vehicle recoveries on IM roads in 2014. Logicx's current share of that volume is 3%. Van der Vliet, which serves only one IM district at the moment, won the contracts in eight districts, including the stretch of the A4 between The Hague and Hoofddorp. The districts for which contracts have been awarded represent 5% of Stichting Incident Management Nederland's total work package. The Amsterdam-based company Bergnet has consolidated its position as the largest IM recovery company in the Netherlands.

Two of the companies that were awarded contracts are returning to the fold. Auto Huvers in Ridderkerk won the contract for IM work around the Vaanplein and Ridderkerk junctions. Its owner Marco Huvers (44) sold the company to Logicx in 2004. In 2013, he started a new recovery company, with partners Bergings Centrale Utrecht and recovery entrepreneur Max van Eijck. The second familiar face is H. Roos Autoberging in Capelle aan den IJssel. Roos will recover vehicles on the A20 around Nieuwerkerk, the same stretch of road where he last performed IM work in 2002.

Unfortunately, there were also losers in this tender procedure, including some companies that have been among the best IM recovery companies for years. Stichting Incident Management Nederland regrets that it will be unable to work with these companies in the coming years, but is confident that the parties replacing them will perform the work on the IM roads with the necessary professionalism and commitment. Stichting Incident Management Nederland will ensure that they do.

In the table below, all of the districts for which a definitive contract has been awarded are shown in green. Districts in which an appeal has been filed against the earlier initial awarding decision are shown in red, as are the districts for which no valid offers were made. The latter districts can be identified by the absence of a company name. No final decision has been made on the awarding of a contract in any of the districts shown in red.

Province of Drente

Province of Friesland

Province of Flevoland

Province of Groningen

Province of Gelderland

Province of Limburg

Province of Noord Brabant

Province of Noord Holland

Province of Overijssel

Province of Utrecht

Province of Zeeland

Province of Zuid Holland