Public tenders in France

How public tendering works in France

France combines a large central-government procurement programme with thousands of separately purchasing communes and departments.

• We hold both halves of the French market: above-threshold notices through TED, and national notices below the EU thresholds through BOAMP.
• A large French contract is advertised in both places. We keep only the TED copy of those, so a contract appears once rather than twice under two references.
• Notices are in French, and submissions are normally expected in French.

Open now

8,686

Closing this week

1,924

Typical time to bid

32 days

With a published value

18%

Figures are counted from the 8,686 open France tenders we hold right now, and change as notices are published and close. "Typical time to bid" is the median gap between publication and deadline.

Most common right now: Construction work (1,794), Architectural, construction and engineering services (937), Repair and maintenance services (611), Financial and insurance services (610), Business services: law, marketing, consulting and recruitment (581)

Buyers publishing most often: Ville de Lyon, Eurométropole de Strasbourg, Eau du Morbihan, Département de la Manche, Collectivité européenne d Alsace.