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Property damage and ancillary risks insurance
Assurance dommages aux biens et risques annexes — original title
Your path to submission
- Deadline: 10 November at 12:00 — 9 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 City of Metz is consulting to take out an insurance contract "Damages to property and related risks" which constitutes the entire market. This consultation is launched in the form of an open call for tenders pursuant to Articles L. 2124-2, R. 2124-2 1° and R. 2161-2 to R. 2161-5 of the Public Procurement Code. Candidates must submit a tender corresponding to the basic tender and to the variant imposed which has the character of an alternative service (defined in the commitment document valid as CCAP).
Contract
Type of service
Clement What the numbers say about this buyer
- In this sector the buyer awards roughly every 3 months (8 awards, most recently May 2026) — by that rhythm the next award was due around August 2026. The last award went to K RE.n = 8
- 85% of the bids received came from small and medium-sized enterprises (284 procedures with a bid mix). Sector: 25%.n = 284
- 16% of this buyer's awards went to companies that had already won here before (760 awards since 2018, spread over 273 companies). 84% went to new names.n = 760 awards since 2018
- The award came in at a median 83% of the estimated value (18 awards with both estimate and value) — pricing at the estimate is usually too high here. Sector: 65%.n = 18
- The median procedure drew 4 bids (745 procedures with a bid count); 13% ended with a single bidder. Sector: median 3 bids.n = 745
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 |
|---|---|---|
| GYMNOVA | 5 | 2025–2026 |
| INEO INDUSTRIE & TERTIAIRE EST | 5 | 2024–2026 |
| MENUISERIE JOFFROY | 5 | 2024 |
| ESPACE HISLER EVEN | 5 | 2024–2026 |
| Rustyle | 4 | 2024–2025 |
How often this buyer tenders this kind of work
Tactics
When this buyer has awarded in this sector, usually about 3 bids came in. A normal field for this market. (Based on 8 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 · Financial & insurance services, 140 contracts went to foreign companies over the last 3 years (of 7,289 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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