Friedrich & ClementBETA

Acquisition of an indenter device – scratch for mechanical characterization of thin films

Acquisition d’un dispositif indenteur – scratch pour la caractérisation mécanique de couches minces

France · ORLEANS CEDEX 2 · how to bid here

Your path to submission

  1. Deadline: 19 October at 00:00 — 31 days left.
  2. The submission point is stated in the notice (link on the right).
  3. Offer and evidence in: FRA.
  4. Collect your evidence — use the eligibility analysis above: it lists the requirements and, for known certificates, how to get them.
Compiled automatically from notice and documents — no guarantee; the procedure's wording is binding.

Clement What the numbers say about this buyer

  • In this sector the buyer awards roughly every 2 months (22 awards, most recently July 2026) — the next award is due around September 2026 by that rhythm. The last award went to MICRO CONTROLE SPECTRA PHYSICS SAS.n = 22
  • 2% of this buyer's awards went to companies that had already won here before (46 awards since 2023, spread over 33 companies). That is well below the sector norm (19%) — this buyer switches suppliers more often than others.n = 46 awards since 2023
  • 53% of the bids received came from small and medium-sized enterprises (10 procedures with a bid mix). Sector: 17%.n = 10
  • The median procedure drew 2 bids (36 procedures with a bid count); 47% ended with a single bidder. Sector: median 3 bids.n = 36
  • The award came in at a median 88% of the estimated value (12 awards with both estimate and value) — pricing at the estimate is usually too high here. Sector: 91%.n = 12

From this buyer's documented awards; comparison values from the same sector and country. Not a forecast, not legal advice. As of 13/09/2026.

Clement
When comparable contracts were last awarded here, usually only 2 offers came in — a solid bid has real chances.
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Foreign bidders

In France · Laboratory & optical equipment, 277 contracts went to foreign companies over the last 3 years (of 1,697 recorded awards) — mostly from Germany, United States, Spain.

Typical field: median 2 (from 19 awards).

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

What the buyer is looking for

The summary in English is being prepared. The official description below is in the original language (DE).

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Une large part des matériaux étudiés au GREMI se présente sous la forme de revêtements de quelques dizaines de nanomètres d’épaisseurs allant jusqu’à deux micromètres. Ces revêtements sont en général à base de métaux de transition, purement métalliques ou de type oxydes/nitrures. Les plus fins d’entre eux peuvent être constitués de nanostructures carbonées tandis que d’autres peuvent inclure des hétérogénéités de type nanoparticules. Plus récemment, le laboratoire s’est intéressé à la synthèse ou la modification de surface de matériaux poreux de type mousses ou carbones désordonnés ainsi qu’à l’élaboration de matériaux mous tels que des matériaux biologiques. Actuellement, le laboratoire ne dispose pas d’équipement pour mesurer l’adhésion et les propriétés mécaniques de la surface de ces matériaux.

Description as published (DE).

Selection criteria — in the procurement documents

The buyer states in the notice that the selection criteria are in the procurement documents (link on the right), not in the EU form. The document analysis below extracts them from there — bid and evidence in FRA.

Eligibility analysis from the tender documents

Contract

BuyerCNRS Délégation Centre Limousin Poitou Charente
TypeSupplies
Estimated value220.000 €
Published17 September 2026
CategoryLaboratory & optical equipment · CPV 38400000

Who has won here before

CompanyAwardsPeriod
Bruker France S.A.S22024–2026
Xenocs SAS12025
Absolut system12024
ALLENTOWN FRANCE12024
AMETEK SAS12025
From 13.7M documented awards · regular winners know this buyer's requirements — that is your competition.

How often this buyer tenders this

202414
202515
202614

Who knows the rhythm prepares instead of reacting.

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days until the deadlineMonday 19 October at 00:00

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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