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Contract for the supply of culture media in microbiological analyses for the Departmental Laboratory of Analysis and Engineering of Var. - 4 lots
Marché pour la fourniture de milieux de culture en analyses microbiologiques pour le Laboratoire Départemental d'Analyses et d'Ingénierie du Var. - 4 lots — original title
Your path to submission
- Deadline: 5 November at 14:00 — 4 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.
What the buyer is looking for
This consultation concerns the following service: "Provision of crop media for microbiological analyses of the environment for the Departmental Laboratory of Analysis and Engineering of the Var. - 4 lots" Candidates may tender for one or more lots. Candidates will make a separate price offer for each lot they wish to be awarded. The financing of the service is provided by the supplementary budget of the departmental laboratory of analysis and engineering of the Var
Contract
Type of service
Clement What the numbers say about this buyer
- The median procedure drew 5 bids (215 procedures with a bid count); 6% ended with a single bidder. Sector: median 7 bids.n = 215
- 24% of this buyer's awards went to companies that had already won here before (250 awards since 2024, spread over 111 companies). 76% went to new names.n = 250 awards since 2024
- The award came in at a median 87% of the estimated value (30 awards with both estimate and value) — pricing at the estimate is usually too high here. Sector: 72%.n = 30
- 2% of awards went to companies from abroad (250 awards with a known winner country). Sector average: 12%.n = 250
- 67% of the bids received came from small and medium-sized enterprises (91 procedures with a bid mix). Sector: 53%.n = 91
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.
Tender documents — direct download
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 |
|---|---|---|
| DALKIA | 6 | 2024–2025 |
| MANUGRAPH | 5 | 2024–2026 |
| EIFFAGE ROUTE MEDITERRANEE | 4 | 2025 |
| SPT MARITIME ET INDUSTRIEL | 4 | 2025 |
| FORCE BATIMENT | 3 | 2024–2025 |
Tactics
When contracts were awarded in this country and sector, usually 7 or more bids came in. Many compete here — price and references decide. (Based on 8,511 completed awards — not a statement about this procedure.)
This procedure allows 22 days between publication and deadline — typical in this country is 32 (median of 12,485 procedures). Much tighter than usual: the first week counts.
Foreign bidders
In France · Medical equipment & pharma, 672 contracts went to foreign companies over the last 3 years (of 9,931 recorded awards) — mostly from Germany, Finland, Italy.
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.
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