DCO is a collection of public law institutions in the field of education, culture and science in the South West Netherlands. The complex procurement processes carry out the purchasing network for these institutions in order to share procurement costs and to pool volume, procurement and material knowledge so that purchasing and efficiency benefits can be achieved. In addition, the purchasing network promotes, among other things, the development of members' expertise, the professionalization of procurement and procurement processes and the improvement of purchasing contracts. Currently, 14 institutions are affiliated with the DCO Purchasing Network.

For each tender, institutions can register on a voluntary basis if they wish to participate in the relevant tender. These participating institutions are called “participating institutions”. The number of participating institutions can therefore differ per tender.

The Assignment, based on a lease, consists of:

Turn-key delivery of Equipment;

Delivering toners and staples;

Maintaining Equipment;

Remedy of malfunctions;

Pick-up of the Equipment at the end of the agreement period.

Tenderer shall provide the repro services described in the Programme of Requirements (Annex 1B) to the participating institutions. tenderer is free to choose how Tenderer fulfills the Contract, provided that the requirements set out in the Program of Requirements are met. In the current situation, the current service provider has set up an in-house repro shop at HZ at the Edisonweg 4 location in Vlissingen. This is not a requirement for the new situation. Enrollee may use the space at HZ, which Enrollee must set up himself, but Enrollee may also execute the Assignment from its own location. A combination of both is also possible.