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Contract awarded for Operational support, maintenance, and further development of the process control of the wastewater treatment plant in breskens lot-0000, title: operational support, maintenance, and further development of the process control of rwzi breskens, description: water authority scheldestromen intends to award a contract to haskoning nederland b.v. for the operational support of the nereda installation at rwzi breskens. the contract includes: -maintenance; -support; -software updates and the further development of the aquasuite nereda controller software; -as well as monitoring of the controller; -helpdesk support; -access to and support of a digital portal and specialized process support aimed at ensuring and optimizing the operation of the installation. the water authority intends to award this contract directly, as only haskoning nederland b.v. holds the intellectual property rights, the source code, and the specialized technical knowledge necessary to carry out this work. the source code will not be made available to third parties, and third parties are not entitled to maintain, modify, or further develop the software independently. the requested services are inextricably linked to the nereda controller software, the underlying nereda technology, and the associated specialized know-how. furthermore, using an alternative supplier would lead to the replacement or redevelopment of the existing control environment, while the necessary intellectual property rights, source code, and specialized knowledge are not available to third parties. such a transition would incur disproportionately high implementation, development, and migration costs and is therefore not technically, operationally, or economically feasible. other market parties do not possess the necessary intellectual property rights, source code, software environment, and specialized knowledge to perform the requested services lawfully and technically equivalently. given the exclusive rights of haskoning nederland b.v. and the lack of a reasonable alternative, water authority scheldestromen is of the opinion that only one (1) entrepreneur can execute the contract. the intended start date of the agreement is january 1, 2027. the agreement is entered into for an indefinite period and remains in effect as long as the nereda installation at rwzi breskens within water authority scheldestromen is in use and no alternative market party is available that demonstrably possesses the necessary intellectual property rights, source code, specialized knowledge, and technical capabilities to perform the mentioned work lawfully and equivalently. estimated value excluding vat: 500.00 eur.Operational support, maintenance, and further development of the process control of the wastewater treatment plant in breskens
