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                                    <cbc:Name>Jan Willem Pot</cbc:Name>
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                                    <cbc:StreetName>James Wattstraat 17</cbc:StreetName>
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            <cbc:ProcessReason languageID="NLD">Uit een door ASTRON uitgevoerde marktconsultatie, alsmede uit recente eigen ervaring met een Europese openbare aanbesteding voor de HPC-infrastructuur die als gevolg van voortdurende marktverstoringen niet tot een definitieve gunning heeft geleid, is gebleken dat een Europese openbare procedure onder de huidige volatiele marktomstandigheden naar verwachting geen geldige en uitvoerbare inschrijvingen zou opleveren. ASTRON heeft daarom, op grond van artikel 2.32, lid 1, onder a, Aanbestedingswet 2012, een onderhandelingsprocedure zonder voorafgaande aankondiging gevolgd, waarbij meerdere partijen onder gelijke voorwaarden zijn uitgenodigd en de aanbiedingen zijn beoordeeld op basis van de beste prijs-kwaliteitverhouding.</cbc:ProcessReason>
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