SectorsSecurity
Tenders in security
In security, every tender starts with whether you are allowed to do the work. Only then does it turn to how well you do it, and that question is often asked through scenarios.
What buyers ask for
- Licence and ND numberA private security organisation in the Netherlands needs a licence under the Private Security Organisations and Detective Agencies Act (Wpbr). You apply to Justis; once approved, you get an ND number. The licence is valid for up to five years. Without it you may not do the work, so this is the first check.
- Approval for your peopleBesides the licence for your company, you need approval for managers and staff, and your guards carry an identity card: the security pass. For a fast start or peak deployment this becomes a planning question. Who has a valid pass on day one?
- Keurmerk BeveiligingThe Dutch security industry association publishes the Keurmerk Beveiliging quality mark; certification bodies audit against it. A new version has applied since 1 April 2026, with more attention to aggression and violence and to information security, among other things. Existing holders must be certified against the new version by 30 June 2029.
- The collective agreement and your rateStaff fall under the collective agreement for private security, with terms on pay, working hours and allowances. A contract that needs day-and-night cover therefore needs a different price build-up than one in office hours. A price that is too low stands out: read about abnormally low tenders.
- Quality in scenariosQuality questions are often about how you act: an incident, an evacuation, a guard who drops out. A concrete answer, step by step and for this site, scores better than a general promise.
In a private tender
At a company, security sits close to daily operations: reception, access, the night round. Your contact is often the facility manager, but management wants calm and procurement wants an hourly rate it can compare. Write for all three; read about the decision-making unit.
How Atvalio helps
Atvalio reads the documents, knows your company and helps you write. You decide and you submit. In this sector that looks like this:
- UnderstandLicence, quality mark and other selection requirements in one list as knock-outs, with the page.
- DecideA recommendation that sets your staffing and certificates against the size and start date of the contract.
- AskA question for the clarification round when it is unclear which version of the quality mark is accepted, or how many hours are really needed.
- WriteAnswers to scenario questions from your own way of working and your own references.
- CheckA simulated committee reads your scenarios, and Atvalio checks that every requested piece of evidence is attached.
What often goes wrong
- Fictional exampleA certificate that is about to expireA security company attaches the quality mark certificate it has used for years. The expiry date falls a week before the tender closes. If the buyer requires the mark, that can cost the bid. Atvalio sets the validity of the certificates in your profile against the tender timeline and flags anything that expires.
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Sources
Rules and certificates change. Always check what the documents of your tender say. Most sources are in Dutch.