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Public tender support for SMEs in Belgium

Finding public tenders
takes time. That's what we do.

Every working day we screen all publications, every week we send you the tenders that fit your business, and every month a full report. You focus on running your company.

Active across Belgium, specialised in public procurement for SMEs

A trusted partner
for public tenders

Weekly
A filtered overview in your inbox
Personal
Not a platform, one fixed contact
Tailored
Filtered on your sector and region

Mechele Consultancy helps SMEs stop missing opportunities in public procurement. We take the search work off your hands entirely: from monitoring Belgian and European publications to submitting your bid.

No subscription to a tender platform you have to search yourself. We do it for you: personally, filtered on your profile, delivered every week.

Real contract awards in Belgium,
over the past year

Count from our own database of contract awards published on TED, the European tender platform. Smaller contracts below the European threshold come on top of this.

Construction and renovation

324

contracts awarded

40% went to an SME

54% had three bidders or fewer

Grounds maintenance

167

contracts awarded

51% went to an SME

42% had three bidders or fewer

Technical maintenance

137

contracts awarded

41% went to an SME

59% had three bidders or fewer

Cleaning

114

contracts awarded

35% went to an SME

36% had three bidders or fewer

In more than half of the construction and technical tenders, three companies or fewer competed. Those contracts go to whoever spots them in time, not always to whoever does the best work.

Period: awards published from 28 October 2025 to 28 October 2026. The SME share is calculated on the awards where the size of the winner is known, the number of bidders on the awards where it is stated. A contract can fall under more than one sector.

Two services,
one clear process

On request

Bid support

Found an interesting tender and want to actually submit a bid? We prepare the complete tender file and make sure it is submitted correctly and on time. The bid stays yours: you set the price and approve the file, and we submit it on e-Procurement with your power of attorney.

  • Complete preparation of the bid
  • Correct submission, on time
  • Per tender, no subscription
  • Also available on its own for one specific tender

An easy start

01

One email

A short email is enough. We then ask you by email for a few details: your sector, your capacity and the area you work in.

02

Your profile

We build a search profile based on your activities, your region and the size of contracts you can take on.

03

Daily, weekly, monthly

Every working day we screen the publications, every week you receive the matching tenders with summary and advice, every month a full report. You decide whether to bid.

Not a platform. A partner.

Personally filtered

No noise, no irrelevant results. Only tenders that really fit your business.

Time saved

Searching for tenders takes hours every week. From now on, that time goes into your business.

No missed opportunities

We monitor the market every day. Deadlines and new tenders no longer slip through the cracks.

What business owners ask first

What does it cost?

You receive the prices by email, together with how we work, so you can compare everything side by side. Monitoring is a fixed monthly amount, minimum three months, after which you can stop with a single email. The margin on one tender you win more than covers it.

Why a success fee on top of the price for bid support?

The fixed price covers the work on your bid. You only pay the success fee if you win the contract. If you lose, you pay nothing extra.

I would rather submit myself. Is that possible?

Yes. You receive the matching tenders with a summary and advice, and you choose per tender: submit yourself, or leave the bid support to us.

Who submits the bid?

We do, on e-Procurement, with a power of attorney from your managing director. The bid stays yours: you set the price and approve the file before it goes out.

Do you check whether my company is in order?

We check whether you meet what the tender asks: turnover, references, accreditation and certificates. Whether your company is up to date with taxes and social security, you declare yourself in a standard form, and the authority checks that itself.

I already have too much paperwork.

That is exactly why. We look up public data such as your company number and annual accounts ourselves. For each tender, all we ask from you is yes or no.

How many tenders can I expect?

That depends on your sector and region, and we do not promise a number. We only send what really fits your business. The monthly report shows everything that was screened, including in a month without a match.

Is my company big enough?

From about three employees it becomes realistic. If you are smaller, we will tell you honestly and look at most at one concrete tender you can actually deliver.

When do I receive the first tenders?

Monitoring starts on the seventh working day after your first payment. In those days we build your search profile. After that we screen every working day, and a summary follows as soon as there is a tender that fits.

Do you work with companies from outside Belgium?

Yes. Belgian public tenders are open to companies from other EU countries under the same rules. Most tender documents are in Dutch or French; we read them, summarise them for you in English and tell you what is required.

Ready to stop missing public contracts?

One short email is enough, even if you do not yet know exactly what you are looking for. You will receive our way of working and our rates by email, with no obligation.

Email info@mecheleconsultancy.be One sentence is enough, we usually reply within one working day
Phone +32 495 79 44 26 Directly to Steven
VAT number BE 0810.155.282 Belgian company number

Want to read up first?

A plain guide for business owners: what there is to win in Belgian public tenders, where to find them and why good companies still lose.

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