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August 2024. A Belgian governmental organization has been quoted for an armored vehicle for their office in the Near East.

July 2024. The vehicles from the December order have been delivered.

June 2024. This governmental organization starts a new tender procedure because the umbrella agreement that still was active is exhausted in volume. Again, first a selection procedure before the tender will start. Hopefully we succeed for the third time in a row to obtain the contract.

January 2024. The end of this project is nearing with the delivery of 2 vehicles. After this, the last 2 need to be delivered.

November 2023. This organization starts a tender for 3 armored busses. The armoring level is one known from military combat vehicles and hence lies beyond the capabilities of my principal. Next to that, due to the high pressure on the organization due to the implementation of the Toyota Land Cruiser “300”, it is impossible to […]

September 2023. After 6,5 years finally conclusion of this project. The maintenance and repair of the vehicles have successfully been performed by our partner in The Netherlands. The client will now continue to use the vehicles and arrange the maintenance of the vehicles themselves.

December 2020. The past months, in close co-operation with a builder of armored vehicles a construct of contracts has been established for the repair and maintenance of armored vehicles in Belgium.

December 2018. The second vehicle is delivered and put into operation. The project is completed.

January 2018. 2 vehicles were rented and one already returned end December 2017. After turned in, the condition of the vehicle has been examined and reported. Beginning of February the same procedure for number 2.

November 2017. The offered vehicles were outside of specification. On the request to quote vehicles that were inside specification the result was that that would not be economically feasible. Not successful in this case hence.

December 2017. This Belgian municipal police informed back in 2016 about the possibilities for armoured SUV’s. Last month, finally the tender was published. The requirements for a single vehicle were of a kind that quoting on the tender was impossible. Next to that, the time available was too short to prepare the extensive package of […]

from March 2015. When armored vehicles are sold in a certain country, service and support must be realized. Until beginning of 2015, vehicles sold in The Netherlands were intended for use abroad. But as of then, vehicles were sold to stay and be operated on Dutch roads. The search had to begin for a support-organisation […]

december 2016. In vehicles built in 2001 under my project management and where several small software changes have been done in the last years, replacing the CPU of the PLC lead to a vehicle that did no longer work properly. Investigation showed that a hidden parameter in the setup, entered by the manufacturer of these […]

December 2016. The quotation issued in August for a tender did not succeed. The order went to the same competitor who won the tender last year. The difference was minimal. August 2016. For a tender from a Belgian government body a quotation has been submitted. This time there was no qualification phase.

April 2016. The past months, in close co-operation with a builder of armored vehicles a construct of contracts has been established for the repair and maintenance of armored vehicles in The Netherlands.

November 2015. Unfortunately this contact has been awarded to another contender. The difference was little over 1%. October 2015. For a tender from a Belgian government body a quotation has been submitted. This time there was no qualification phase.

November 2015. After having passed the selection phase successfully, a quotation has been submitted for a larger number of armoured vehicles. Unfortunately this contract has been awarded to another contender.

December 2014. The 3 vehicles have been delivered and will immediately put into operation.

December 2014. The quotation submitted last September was not successful. The other contender has won the contract for these rather complex vehicles.

November 2014. The customer for whom this new-built needed to be realized sees itself confronted with dramatically changes business-opportunities. Due to loss of business, the operation needs to be sized down significantly. The sites which needed to be replaced by the new-built are being closed now without replacement. The project will, because of this, probably […]

August 2014. After the website had been taken off-line, it became clear that it had been compromised and a large number of spam-emails had been sent out. After updating the content management system and removing the infections, the website is now back on-line and completely up-to-date.

November 2014. The quotation submitted did not lead to the order for this tender. Out of 4 submitted quotations it ended up second.

June 2014. The tender procedure for which our quotation arrived too late has shown irregularities in the completion in this government agency.

March 2014. In recent years, more and more official agencies ask for fully certified bullet resistant vehicles (BRV). The production of these types of vehicles, the certification process and the validity of the certificate cause issues around this subject. Please see my BRV Certification whitepaper.

March 2014. After a lengthy procedure, recently became clear that the order for armored vehicles will go to another contender.

July 2013. The CIT-truck is ready and will be put into operation.

May 2012. New projects have been started for 2 types of armored vehicles.

May 2012. After a successful pilot with the first modified vehicle, 9 successive ones will follow.

April 2012. For this major customer, the already existing key-management processes and systems will be expanded and upgraded to meet the needs that exist.

April 2012 For a customer, recently bought used trucks will need to be modified to suit the needs of the customer.

January 2012. After a year of preparation and slightly delayed by the long formation of the government in Belgium, the license to operate as a guarding firm has been granted to Brink’s Diamond & Jewelry Services.

November 2011. Since 2000, over 150 armored vehicles have been build under my management for Brink’s Nederland.

May 2011. Again, 2 projects have been started for armored vehicles.

October 2010. Now again 3-men crew vehicles, but of course based on the new generation Sprinter. Again an abundant number of challenges.

February 2010. From 3-men crew to 2-men crew is a small change, but if the basic vehicle has undergone a generation change, it poses us with great challenges.

November 2009. After having built over 100 new armored vehicles as an employee, a new type of vehicle has been conceived since the last new concept in 2002. This armored truck for heavy loads (>15 tons payload) is based upon a Scania G280 DB 6×4*2 HNA. The 3 trucks have been built in Germany.