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A €3.5 million restricted works procurement to replace ageing Cat.5 infrastructure across approximately 4,200 connection points and 275 kilometres of cabling at The Hague’s Spui Complex, with the works scheduled for about 12 months and final completion required by 31 January 2028.
The Spui Complex, which houses the Municipality of The Hague city hall, was completed in 1995, and much of its building infrastructure dates from the same period. A 2025 assessment found that the existing Cat.5 data cabling is technically obsolete, carries a NEN2767 condition score of 5 and no longer meets the municipality’s standard, while essential components are no longer available.
The municipality is now procuring a targeted replacement of critical cabling with Cat.7 infrastructure, together with workplace outlets, patch panels, labelling, certification and the cabling required to optimise the Wi-Fi network. The procurement is designed as one integrated works package because the data cabling replacement is directly connected to changes in the building’s Main Equipment Rooms and Satellite Equipment Rooms.
Opportunity overview
- Contracting Authority: GEMEENTE DEN HAAG
- Buyer Type: Regional or local authority
- Main Activity: General public services
- Reference Number: 12712765-e196-457e-a39a-2ae45ef19dc3
- Hermix ID: NL_441039
- Tender Title: Replacement of data cabling at the Spui Complex (Vervanging databekabeling Spuicomplex)
- Contact: AFDELING INKOOP, aanbesteden@denhaag.nl, +31613716354
- Scope of Work: Replacement and modernisation of the Spui Complex data cabling infrastructure, including:
- Replacement of existing Cat.5 Fast Ethernet cabling with Cat.7 cabling.
- Replacement of connectivity outlets at workplaces.
- Installation of patch panels in Main Equipment Rooms (MERs) and Satellite Equipment Rooms (SERs).
- Numbering and identification of outlets and patch panels.
- Testing and certification for 10Gb performance over a maximum of 100 metres for Cat.7.
- Cabling work required for optimisation of the Wi-Fi network within the Spui Complex.
- Active equipment replacement and electrical installations, including sockets, are explicitly outside scope.
- Lot Structure: Single Lot 0, Replacement of data cabling at the Spui Complex, €3,500,000.00
- Place of Performance: Agglomeratie ’s-Gravenhage
- Estimated Total Value: €3,500,000.00
- Contract Type: Works
- Contract Duration: Approximately 12 months from contract award, with final completion required by 31 January 2028
- Procedure Type: Restricted
- Award Criteria: Not stated
- Publication Date: 22 September 2026
- Submission Deadline: 15 October 2026
- Language Requirements: Flemish
- EU Funding: No
- Submission Portal: https://s2c.mercell.com/today/215361
- Source: TenderNed
- Related Procurement Records: Only the current procurement publication is listed. No earlier related publication or corrigendum is listed.
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Authority and procurement context
Gemeente Den Haag is identified as a regional or local authority with general public services as its main activity. The contract concerns infrastructure inside the Spui Complex, where the city hall is located, and the procurement is framed around the condition and operational limitations of cabling installed when the complex was completed in 1995.
The procurement history attached to the buyer profile is substantial. Hermix records 233 similar contract awards worth €1.4 billion and 1.6K contract awards worth €4.0 billion in total. The renewal pipeline is also significant, with 158 similar renewals worth €871 million and 733 renewals worth €5.0 billion overall. At the time of publication, six similar open tenders worth €98 million and 21 open tenders worth €955 million are recorded for the buyer.
- Similar open tenders: 6, worth €98M.
- All open tenders: 21, worth €955M.
- Similar renewals: 158, worth €871M.
- All renewals: 733, worth €5.0B.
- Similar contract awards: 233, worth €1.4B.
- All contract awards: 1.6K, worth €4.0B.
- Other buyers with similar projects: 2.8K, worth €18B.
- Similar prior procurement publications: 34, worth €1.3B.
- All prior procurement publications: 224, worth €4.7B.
The related procurement section lists only the current publication for this €3.5 million requirement. No earlier linked publication or corrigendum is included, so bidders should base their qualification on the current procurement package and monitor the submission portal for any changes during the response period.
Competitive landscape
The comparable-contract dataset is limited to 10 results and shows a market with several repeat winners. The contractors listed are:
- HABO GWW: €68M across 18 contracts, average €4M
- AANNEMINGSMAATSCHAPPIJ VAN GELDER: €74M across 10 contracts, average €7.4M
- MEEUWISSE NEDERLAND: €27M across 9 contracts, average €3M
- BAM INFRA: €133M across 8 contracts, average €17M
- CITYTEC: €58M across 6 contracts, average €9.7M
- DURA VERMEER INFRA REGIONALE PROJECTEN: €37M across 5 contracts, average €9.3M
- VAN GELDER VERKEERSTECHNIEK: €45M across 4 contracts, average €11M
- PCO INFRA: €27M across 4 contracts, average €6.7M
- AANNEMERSBEDRIJF WALLAARD NOORDELOOS: €19M across 4 contracts, average €4.7M
- AH VRIJ GROEN GROND EN INFRA: €18M across 4 contracts, average €4.4M
Using the rounded contract values shown for these 10 contractors, BAM INFRA, AANNEMINGSMAATSCHAPPIJ VAN GELDER and HABO GWW account for approximately €275 million of the €506 million represented by the visible sample, or about 54%. That points to a competitive field with meaningful concentration at the top, but also a substantial group of repeat suppliers below the three largest by recorded value.
One displayed average requires caution. DURA VERMEER INFRA REGIONALE PROJECTEN is listed at €37 million across five contracts with an average of €9.3 million. The rounded total and count would imply a different arithmetic average, so the €9.3 million figure is retained as the recorded value rather than recalculated.
The country data is dominated by the Netherlands, with €1.4 billion across 202 contracts and an average of €7.1 million. Germany is listed at €12 million across one contract, while Belgium is listed at €1.3 million across one contract. The geographic pattern therefore reflects a strongly domestic supplier base in the recorded comparable activity.
Commercial and procedural signals
The contract combines a narrowly defined technical objective with a broad physical footprint inside an occupied municipal complex. Around 4,200 connection points and 275 kilometres of cabling are referenced, while the replacement is targeted at critical locations rather than described as a complete removal of every existing cable. The successful contractor must also coordinate the new Cat.7 infrastructure with workplace outlets, MER and SER patching, labelling and certification.
The restricted procedure creates a qualification gate before the final tender stage. That makes the exclusion and qualification conditions in the procurement materials commercially important at the outset, particularly for firms that may have the technical delivery capability but do not meet the buyer’s admission requirements.
The available response period is 23 calendar days from publication on 22 September to the 15 October 2026 deadline. The listed offer language is Flemish. Award criteria and weightings are not stated, so bidders cannot infer the balance between price and qualitative evaluation from the procurement summary alone.
The delivery period is approximately 12 months from contract award, with 31 January 2028 identified as the final completion date. The scope specifically excludes replacement of active equipment and electrical installations including sockets. That boundary is commercially relevant because it separates the passive cabling works from adjacent technology and electrical packages that might otherwise be assumed to sit inside an infrastructure modernisation programme.
EU funding is listed as No. The main place of performance is the Agglomeratie ‘s-Gravenhage, and the work is concentrated in the Spui Complex. The requirement to test and certify Cat.7 for 10Gb over a maximum of 100 metres adds a clear acceptance component to the physical installation scope.
Strategic context and interpretation
The procurement starts from a defined asset-condition problem rather than a general technology refresh. The current Cat.5 installation dates back to the original 1995 complex, has a NEN2767 condition score of 5 and no longer meets the municipality’s standard. The summary also records existing user impact, including slow connections and interrupted MS Teams calls, which links the works directly to day-to-day operational continuity.
The physical scale is meaningful relative to the €3.5 million budget: about 4,200 connection points and 275 kilometres of cabling, with work spread across workplace outlets and equipment rooms. Because the scope is being procured as one integrated package, bidders need to read the project as a coordinated building-infrastructure assignment rather than a simple cable-supply exercise.
The competitive history shows a buyer with a large procurement footprint and a supplier base that includes both high-value infrastructure contractors and repeat regional specialists. The top three contractors by displayed value account for just over half of the visible 10-company sample, so the comparable market is neither fully fragmented nor dominated by a single supplier.
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Practical takeaways for bidders
Who this tender suits
- Contractors with proven structured-cabling installation capability across large, occupied buildings and the ability to coordinate work across MERs, SERs and workplace connection points
- Firms able to install, test and certify Cat.7 cabling for 10Gb performance over distances up to 100 metres
- Suppliers comfortable with a restricted procurement procedure and able to meet the qualification conditions before the final tender stage
- Teams able to deliver a concentrated approximately 12-month programme in the Agglomeratie ‘s-Gravenhage and complete the works no later than 31 January 2028
Critical attention points
- The deadline is 15 October 2026, only 23 calendar days after publication
- The offer language is listed as Flemish
- The works cover approximately 4,200 connection points and 275 kilometres of cabling, with targeted replacement of critical Cat.5 infrastructure by Cat.7
- Active equipment replacement is outside scope
- Electrical installation work, including sockets, is outside scope
- Award criteria and weightings are not stated in the procurement summary
- No earlier related procurement publication or corrigendum is listed, so bidders should monitor the submission portal for any changes before the deadline
Conclusion
This €3.5 million procurement combines a defined infrastructure condition problem, a large installed cabling footprint and a fixed completion date for a building central to the Municipality of The Hague. For bidders, the qualification decision should rest on fit with the restricted procedure, capacity to coordinate the full passive-cabling scope and confidence in delivering the required Cat.7 installation and certification within the available programme.
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