Practical guides
Eight questions, each with a short answer. The sources stay the TED notice and the public CBE record.
- How do you read a Belgian TED notice before you reply? Start with who is buying, what is asked, the place, and the deadline, then the criteria and the documents TED publishes. The text to follow stays the official notice.
- What does the specification of a Belgian TED notice contain? It describes the works, supply, or service the buyer is asking for. This page has no standard contents list: AOEX shows a file only when TED publishes one, and does not write a template.
- How does a Belgian VAT number relate to a public tender notice? The number opens the public CBE record. The facts published there are compared with TED notices that are still open. That comparison does not say who is awarded the contract.
- Which Belgian contracts are missing from TED notices? Belgian contracts below the EU thresholds are published on e-Procurement, not in TED. AOEX does not receive that feed, so it does not show them.
- How do you tell whether a Belgian TED notice is still open? Read the deadline TED publishes. A date that has already passed is not shown as still answerable. If the notice publishes none, AOEX does not invent one.
- In which language do you reply to a Belgian TED notice? The title stays in the language TED published. The submission language is the one the notice states. If the notice publishes none, AOEX does not pick one.
- Where do you submit a bid for a Belgian TED notice that is still open? TED publishes the notice. The place to submit the bid is the place the notice publishes. AOEX does not submit the bid.
- A Belgian TED notice is still open: can I still ask the buyer a question before the deadline, where, and until when? The address is the one the notice publishes. The statute does not set one calendar day for sending the question. AOEX does not ask the question and does not submit the bid.
This note describes public documents and how AOEX works. It is not legal advice.
Edited by Rachid Bouhmou.
