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Non-set-off quantities

27 July 2026 • Joost Haest • Joost Haest

Non-set-off items regularly appear in specifications. In practice, this often leads to discussions.

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Non-set-off quantities

26 June 2026 • Joost Haest • Joost Haest

Non-set-off items regularly appear in specifications. In practice, this often leads to discussions.

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Non-set-off quantities

24 May 2026 • Bard van Veen • Joost Haest

Non-set-off items regularly appear in specifications. In practice, this often leads to discussions.

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Non-set-off quantities

30 March 2026 • Joost Haest

Non-set-off items regularly appear in specifications. In practice, this often leads to discussions.

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Pop-outs and limitation periods

26 March 2026 • Joost Haest

In practice, it still regularly happens that tenderers price certain unit prices very low or set them at “0” in order to qualify for

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RAW specifications check

16 February 2026 • Joost Haest

In recent years, we have increasingly seen that the substantive quality of RAW specifications is below standard.

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Strict deadline?

27 January 2026 • Bard van Veen

A common point of dispute is whether the parties have agreed on strict deadlines. Article 6:83(a) of the Dutch Civil Code provides that, if such a deadline is exceeded, the debtor is immediately in default.

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Interview: options within the RAW specifications

17 December 2025 • Joost Haest

Tendering does not have to be a matter of checklists and technical formats.

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RAW Specifications Check

8 December 2025 • Joost Haest

In recent years, we have increasingly seen that the substantive quality of RAW specifications is below standard. Sometimes that quality is even so poor that tenderers consider an independent review of the RAW specifications during the tendering phase highly desirable.

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