Contracts for remaining districts in 2023 - 2026 tender procedure awarded

Wednesday 21 June 2023 (update 7 september 2023)
Earlier this month award decisions were taken in the districts in which the 2023 - 2026 tender procedure had been deferred. District U223 is the only one in which a vehicle recovery agreement has not yet been formed. The relevant parties involved in the tender procedure were notified of the decisions on 7 June. An overview of the results appears in the table below. Other bidders in the districts in question have until 28 June to appeal against the results of the procedure. If they do not do so, the decisions will become definitive from that point.

Marcel Gerritse of M.C. Gerritse Bedrijfswagens, IM recovery operator in contract period 2023-2026

The award decisions in 115 districts that were taken on 14 April have, in any event, not led to any appeals from other bidders. That means that these decisions became definitive on 5 May.

Awards in districts where decisions had been deferred

In 44 districts, the second round of the 2023 - 2026 tender procedure was unsuccessful. This is because Stichting IMN did not receive any valid bids in the districts in question. The flow of traffic and road safety on the primary road network mean that there has to be a nationwide network of IM recovery operators. This must be achieved as soon as possible: the contracts that are still in force have already been extended once and they expire on 30 September. For that reason, Stichting IMN opted to switch to a so-called 'negotiated procedure without publication of a notice' in the districts concerned, under the terms of article 2.32(1c) of the Dutch Tender Act (Aanbestedingswet) 2012. This procedure has resulted in selection of a qualified IM recovery operator in all districts concerned. An overview of the results of this procedure can be found in the second table.

Award decisions via the negotiated procedure