7 november 2024
The Committee for Infrastructure and Water Management is organizing a round table discussion about infrastructure tenders on Thursday, November 7 between 1:30 PM and 4:30 PM. The aim of the conversation is to hear from different perspectives why infrastructure projects are often delayed or not even carried out at all, and what can be done when preparing a tender to prevent this.
Follow live
The conversation will take place in the Groen van Prinstererzaal. You can watch or listen live via this website. Or watch via the app and website Debat Direct.
Tenders in the infrastructure sector
Procurement of infrastructure works is a complex matter with often major risks for both contractors and clients (including Rijkswaterstaat). In January 2024, Rijkswaterstaat canceled the tender for the Van Brienenoord Bridge. As a result, an evaluation has been drawn up with the aim of learning from what went wrong in the tender and how this can be prevented. This evaluation, and the size of projects and the risk distribution between contractors and the government, is reason for the standing committee for Infrastructure and Water Management to organize this round table discussion. The committee would like to exchange ideas with various parties from the sector about the identified bottlenecks and possible solutions to prevent situations such as the Van Brienenoord Bridge round.
Position papers
The committee asked the invitees to submit a position paper prior to the round table discussion. In it they write their opinion (or that of their organization) on the topic of discussion. You will find these documents among the documents associated with this round table discussion.
Plan
1:30 PM – 2:00 PM Clients
- Rijkswaterstaat
- ProRail
2:05 PM – 3:20 PM Contractors
- Theo Winter, Chief Operating Officer Dura Vermeer
- Remco Hoeboer, chairman of TBI Infra BV
- Arno Visser, chairman of Bouwend Nederland
- Bart Smolders, chairman of Heijmans infrastructure
- Rob Koning, board member of MKB Infra
3:25-4:25 PM Procurement experts
- Geke Werkman, chairman of the Committee of Procurement Experts
- Fredo Schotanus, professor of Public Procurement at Utrecht University and member of the management team of the Utrecht University Center for Public Procurement (UUCePP)
- Joost Haest, lawyer at Severijn Hulshof and specialized in construction and procurement law
- Marleen Hermans, professor of Public Commissioning in Construction at TU Delft, also chair of the Civil Engineering and Construction department of the PIANOo expertise center
Looking back
The roundtable discussion can be viewed via Debat Direct. There will be no verbatim report.
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