Netherlands: Government Contracts, Procurement & PPP

The Bureau for Investment Screening has released its 2025 annual report, revealing a continued rise in investment notifications amid heightened geopolitical tensions and global competition for critical technologies. With 91 investigations conducted and new enforcement actions taken, including the first administrative fine for non-compliance, the report highlights the evolving landscape of Dutch economic security measures and the expanding scope of the Vifo Act.

On 28 May 2026, the Netherlands Authority for Consumers and Markets (ACM) fined Bouwhuis, Timmerhuis and Van Gelder, three companies active in the civil engineering and infrastructure sector...

The European Commission has launched an EU Affordable Housing Plan structured around four key pillars: boosting housing supply through innovation and faster permitting, mobilising public and private investment via new financing platforms...

The National Growth Fund finances projects that contribute to sustainable economic growth in the Netherlands.

In recent decades, supply chains have become longer and more complex due to globalization. Access to global markets and the ability to manufacture in low-wage countries...

Advocate General Juliane Kokott, in a case regarding a French citizen suing the state over rising air pollution, has stated that national governments may be liable if air pollution levels

PRIVATE UNDERTAKINGS THAT ENGAGE in commercial transactions with public authorities located in the EU should be more aware of the risk of unlawful state aid.

In March this year we reported that Nederlandse Aardolie Maatschappij B.V. (“NAM”), the biggest oil and gas operator in the Netherlands had applied to the European Commission for a full exemption from the public procurement rules, which require contracts to be put out for competitive tender, in relation to exploration for, or extraction of, oil and gas in the Netherlands