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TMA and TME of the Oracle e-business Suite application of the OPALE information system
TMA et TME de l'application e-business Suite Oracle du système d'information OPALE — 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 objective of this contract is third-party application and scalable maintenance (TMA/TME), application maintenance as a whole (corrective, preventive, adaptive and scalable) of the Oracle E-business Suite application (ORACLE EBS) and its associated incoming and outgoing interfaces. This is the last market on this tool before its replacement, which is scheduled to start in January 2028. This market will extend until the decommissioning of Oracle EBS, scheduled 6 months after the switchover
Contract
Type of service
Clement What the numbers say about this buyer
- 47% of the bids received came from other countries (61 procedures with a bid mix) — all bidders, not just the winners. Sector: 5%.n = 61
- In this sector the buyer awards roughly every 2 months (40 awards, most recently October 2026) — the next award is due around December 2026 by that rhythm. The last award went to INETUM.n = 40
- 29% of this buyer's awards went to companies that had already won here before (214 awards since 2024, spread over 88 companies). 71% went to new names.n = 214 awards since 2024
- 83% of the bids received came from small and medium-sized enterprises (61 procedures with a bid mix). Sector: 50%.n = 61
- The median procedure drew 5 bids (191 procedures with a bid count); 14% ended with a single bidder. Sector: median 5 bids.n = 191
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.
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
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 |
|---|---|---|
| SUEZ EAU FRANCE | 6 | 2024–2026 |
| INETUM | 4 | 2024–2026 |
| VEOLIA EAU CGE | 4 | 2025–2026 |
| SkyTEM | 4 | 2024–2025 |
| ACTION GROUPE | 4 | 2025 |
How often this buyer tenders this kind of work
Tactics
When this buyer has awarded in this sector, usually 15 or more bids came in. Many compete here — price and references decide. (Based on 40 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 · IT services, 232 contracts went to foreign companies over the last 3 years (of 4,707 recorded awards) — mostly from Germany, Belgium, 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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