How does a Belgian VAT number relate to a public tender notice?

The number opens the public record

You can enter a Belgian VAT number or an enterprise number. AOEX reads the public record of the Crossroads Bank for Enterprises, the same source as the CBE lookup.

The record is used for what it publishes: the name, the number, the VAT position when it is stated, the address, the NACE codes and their wording, the legal form, the start date, the status, and the other fields of the public lookup, such as the phone, the website, the capital, or the establishment units when they are published there.

What is not on that record

Turnover and staff are not on it, except when the record publishes them. They are not estimated, and no paid database is called to fill them in. A missing field is marked as not published. A comparison that depends on those figures stays unknown.

How notices are lined up

The published facts are set next to TED notices that are still open: the activity, the place, the deadline, the value if the notice publishes one, and whether a specification file is present. A notice that does not line up with the published activity is not added to make the list longer.

The order puts close deadlines first, then closeness to the published activity. It helps you choose what to read. It does not predict the award.

Possible does not mean awarded

When the known public facts do not contradict the notice, replying can look possible. That does not mean the company will get the contract. If the published status is not active, or the deadline has passed, the notice is not presented as still answerable.

If a fact that is needed is not published, the page marks it unknown rather than concluding that everything is fine.