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Accessibility of standards and works
Mise en accessibilité des normes et ouvrages — original title
Your path to submission
- Deadline: 3 November at 12:00 — 2 days left.
- The submission point is stated in the notice (link on this page).
- Offer and evidence in: French.
- 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
The purpose of this contract is to make accessible documents produced, edited or distributed by the AFNOR Group, in accordance with ISO 14289-1 (PDF/UA), according to an "Accessible by Design" logic favouring work on source files. The contract is awarded in two separate lots, which may be awarded to one or more service providers. Candidates may reply to one, several or all of the lots, either alone or in groups.
Contract
Type of service
Selection criteria — in the procurement documents
The buyer states in the notice that the selection criteria are in the procurement documents (link on this page), not in the EU form. The document analysis below extracts them from there — bid and evidence in French.
Tender documents — direct download
How often this buyer tenders this kind of work
Contracting authority contact
Tactics
When contracts were awarded in this country and sector, usually 6 or more bids came in. Many compete here — price and references decide. (Based on 10,933 completed awards — not a statement about this procedure.)
This procedure allows 43 days between publication and deadline — typical in this country is 32 (median of 12,234 procedures). Much more generous than usual — time for a thorough bid rather than a quick one.
Foreign bidders
In France · Business services, 580 contracts went to foreign companies over the last 3 years (of 12,385 recorded awards) — mostly from Germany, Italy, Spain.
Submission language: French.
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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