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Renovation of the automation of the Arenc bridge

Rénovation de l'automatisme du pont d'Arenc — original title

FRFrance · MARSEILLEBELOW THRESHOLD — NOT ON TED

Your path to submission

  1. Deadline: 24 November at 16:00 — 23 days left.
  2. 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.
  3. Collect your evidence — the eligibility requirements are listed on this page; for many of them the analysis explains how to obtain them.
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What the buyer is looking for

The framework agreement will be implemented by issuing purchase orders. The services will be paid for by unit and flat-rate prices. The purpose of this contract is to renovate the obsolete automation of the Arenc bridge and to carry out the software migration.

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

Contract

TypeWorks
Estimated valuenot published — common for below-threshold procedures
Published26 Oct 2026
ProcedureOUVERT
Place of performanceFRL04 - Bouches-du-Rhône, Bassins EST du GPMM / pont d'Arenc. 13226 Marseille

Type of service

45 · Construction work
CPV 45221119

Clement What the numbers say about this buyer

  • In this sector the buyer awards roughly every 2 months (64 awards, most recently October 2026) — the next award is due around November 2026 by that rhythm. The last award went to TERRITOIRE.n = 64
  • The median procedure drew 4 bids (588 procedures with a bid count); 14% ended with a single bidder. Sector: median 6 bids.n = 588
  • 23% of this buyer's awards went to companies that had already won here before (1,156 awards since 2015, spread over 523 companies). 77% went to new names.n = 1,156 awards since 2015
  • The award came in at a median 73% of the estimated value (21 awards with both estimate and value) — pricing at the estimate is usually too high here. Sector: 63%.n = 21
  • 100% of the bids received came from small and medium-sized enterprises (8 procedures with a bid mix). Sector: 75%.n = 8

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
References and certificates from your home country count fully across the EU — that is what European procurement law is for.
The Russia sanctions declaration (Art. 5k) comes with nearly every procedure — a formality, but missing it means exclusion.

Tender documents — direct download

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Annex
Specifications and annexes at the buyer — usually viewable without registration

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.

CompanyAwardsPeriod
STMS BATIMENT82023–2026
SNEF82017–2026
EUROVIA PROVENCE ALPES COTE D'AZUR72023–2026
SETEC HYDRATEC62022–2025
SANTERNE MARSEILLE62019–2025
From the recorded awards · regular winners know this buyer's requirements — that is your competition.

How often this buyer tenders this kind of work

33
2024
34
2025
25
2026
92 procedures in this category since 2019. Public procurement repeats itself — those who know the rhythm prepare instead of reacting.
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Deadline — Tuesday 24 November at 16:00

Tactics

When this buyer has awarded in this sector, usually 6 or more bids came in. Many compete here — price and references decide. (Based on 64 completed awards — not a statement about this procedure.)

This procedure allows 30 days between publication and deadline — typical in this country is 32 (median of 12,485 procedures). A normal window for this market.

Foreign bidders

In France · Construction work, 1,690 contracts went to foreign companies over the last 3 years (of 46,697 recorded awards) — mostly from Germany, Spain, Italy.

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
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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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