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AT73 - School transport 2 lots - 2027

AT73 - Transports scolaires 2 lots - 2027 — original title

FRFrance · Lyon cedex 2BELOW THRESHOLD — NOT ON TED

Your path to submission

Deadline: 16 November at 12:00 — 15 days left.
The submission point is stated in the notice (link on this page). Submission via the buyer profile named in the notice (e.g. PLACE/Maximilien): free account required; a signature is usually only demanded from the winning bidder. Sort out account and signature first — not on submission day.
Collect your evidence — the eligibility requirements are listed on this page; for many of them the analysis explains how to obtain them.

Compiled automatically from notice and documents — no guarantee; the procedure's wording is binding.

What the buyer is looking for

Primary school transport services of the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Region in Savoie and neighbouring departments - 2 lots

Machine translation (EU eTranslation) — official wording via the PDF link.

Contract

BuyerDM - Direction des mobilités →

TypeServices

Estimated valuenot published — common for below-threshold procedures

Published12 Oct 2026

ProcedureOUVERT

Place of performanceRhône, Savoie

Type of service

60 · Transport services

CPV 60130000

Clement What the numbers say about this buyer

5% of this buyer's awards went to companies that had already won here before (62 awards since 2026, spread over 28 companies). That is well below the sector norm (26%) — this buyer switches suppliers more often than others.n = 62 awards since 2026
The median procedure drew 2 bids (62 procedures with a bid count); 13% ended with a single bidder. Sector: median 3 bids.n = 62
5% of awards went to companies from abroad (62 awards with a known winner country). Sector average: 4%.n = 62

From this buyer's documented awards; comparison values from the same sector and country. Not a forecast, not legal advice. As of 01/11/2026.

Clement

In this buyer's last 30 comparable contracts (same sector), usually only 2 offers came in — a solid bid has real chances.

References and certificates from your home country count fully across the EU — that is what European procurement law is for.

Who has won at this buyer so far

Across all contract types of this buyer — not just this sector. A city buys software and fire engines through the same purchasing office.

Company	Awards	Period
CB Autocars	2	2026
VOYAGES LOYET	2	2026
AUTOCARS FAURE	2	2026
Transdev Martin	1	2026
Société d’Autocars du Bassin Annécien	1	2026

From the recorded awards · regular winners know this buyer's requirements — that is your competition.

Deadline — Monday 16 November at 12:00

Tactics

When this buyer has awarded in this sector, usually only one or two bids came in. A solid bid has a real chance here. (Based on 30 completed awards — not a statement about this procedure.)

This procedure allows 36 days between publication and deadline — typical in this country is 32 (median of 12,485 procedures). A normal window for this market.

The deadline falls on a Monday — your last full working day is the Friday before. Have evidence and guarantees together by Thursday.

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Foreign bidders

In France · Transport services, 150 contracts went to foreign companies over the last 3 years (of 3,736 recorded awards) — mostly from Germany, Italy, Belgium.

Measured from linked award data; foreign winners bidding through a local subsidiary count as domestic — the true share is higher.

How to bid

Guide: how to apply on PLACE — Plateforme des achats de l'État (Frankreich) → Registration, signature, fees — from the operator's bidder manual.

Read the full notice — Original + documents

Goes directly to this tender on BOAMP / profil d'acheteur. The full specification and all annexes are there.

Put together the evidence

Certificates, references and your price — as set out in the notice.

Submit via BOAMP / profil d'acheteur before the deadline

Electronic submission — allow time for the portal registration the first time.

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