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Controls and maintenance of Fire Water Points (FWP) - 2 lots
Contrôles et maintenance des Points d'Eau Incendie (PEI) - 2 lots — original title
Your path to submission
- Deadline: 16 November at 17:00 — 15 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 services relate to technical inspections (lot 1) and maintenance services (lot 2) to be carried out on the Firewater Points (PEI) park connected to the drinking water network owned by the Métropole de Lyon. The 58 municipalities making up the Métropole de Lyon are concerned · The various regulatory controls, which are the subject of the contract, concern the public fire water points (PEI) connected to the drinking water network owned by the Métropole de Lyon, as well as all the other PEIs. The fifty-eight municipalities that make up the Métropole are concerned · The purpose of the contract is the maintenance of the Fire Water Points (PEI) park connected to the drinking water network owned by the Métropole de Lyon. The fifty-eight municipalities that make up the Metropolis are concerned
Contract
Type of service
Clement What the numbers say about this buyer
- 19% of this buyer's awards went to companies that had already won here before (3,430 awards since 2015, spread over 1,662 companies). 81% went to new names.n = 3,430 awards since 2015
- The median procedure drew 4 bids (1,327 procedures with a bid count); 12% ended with a single bidder. Sector: median 3 bids.n = 1,327
- The award came in at a median 80% of the estimated value (81 awards with both estimate and value) — pricing at the estimate is usually too high here.n = 81
- 10% of awards went to companies from abroad (3,430 awards with a known winner country). Sector average: 14%.n = 3,430
- Across 14 procedures with structured selection criteria, this buyer most often required: References: services (9 of 14), Minimum annual headcount (8 of 14), Professional liability insurance (7 of 14), Minimum annual turnover (6 of 14).n = 14
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Ivanhoe | 11 | 2015–2026 |
| GREEN STYLE | 11 | 2015–2023 |
| AXIMA CENTRE | 9 | 2016–2022 |
| ROIRET SERVICES | 8 | 2016–2025 |
| EIFFAGE ROUTE CENTRE EST | 8 | 2017–2019 |
Tactics
When contracts were awarded in this country and sector, usually about 3 bids came in. A normal field for this market. (Based on 157 completed awards — not a statement about this procedure.)
This procedure allows 36 days between publication and deadline — typical in this country is 32 (median of 12,485 procedures). A normal window for this market.
The deadline falls on a Monday — your last full working day is the Friday before. Have evidence and guarantees together by Thursday.
Foreign bidders
In France, 49,307 contracts went to foreign companies over the last 3 years (of 862,649 recorded awards) — mostly from Germany, Spain, Italy.
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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