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Market for the provision of vending machines for hot drinks, cold drinks, sweet and savoury confectionery snacks, appertised and complementary dishes on eligible premises, fresh products
Marché de mise à disposition de distributeurs automatiques de boissons chaudes, boissons fraîches, encas sucrés et salés confiseries, plats appertisés et à titre complémentaire sur site éligible, produits frais — original title
Your path to submission
- Deadline: 16 November at 09:00 — 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 purpose of this consultation is the provision, installation, operation, supply, maintenance, maintenance, cleaning, replacement and removal of vending machines for hot drinks, cold drinks, sweet, savoury snacks, confectionery, appertised , dishes on all Afpa sites in metropolitan France outside Corsica and as additional services on eligible sites, fresh products, in order to offer an automatic distribution service to people welcomed on these sites. The automatic distribution equipment is made available to the Afpa free of charge (free deposit). The services are described in the Specific Administrative and Technical Specifications (CCATP) of the contract.
Contract
Type of service
Clement What the numbers say about this buyer
- 3% of this buyer's awards went to companies that had already won here before (444 awards since 2017, spread over 214 companies). That is well below the sector norm (24%) — this buyer switches suppliers more often than others.n = 444 awards since 2017
- The median procedure drew 3 bids (344 procedures with a bid count); 17% ended with a single bidder. Sector: median 3 bids.n = 344
- The award came in at a median 82% of the estimated value (17 awards with both estimate and value) — pricing at the estimate is usually too high here. Sector: 87%.n = 17
- 11% of awards went to companies from abroad (444 awards with a known winner country). Sector average: 9%.n = 444
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 |
|---|---|---|
| QUALISOCIAL | 3 | 2024–2026 |
| PLEIN SENS | 2 | 2019 |
| DMBP " Distribution Matériaux Bois Panneaux " | 2 | 2025 |
| Bouygues EetS FM FRANCE | 2 | 2024–2026 |
| BOUYGUES E&S FM France | 2 | 2020 |
How often this buyer tenders this kind of work
Tactics
When contracts were awarded in this country and sector, usually about 3 bids came in. A normal field for this market. (Based on 959 completed awards — not a statement about this procedure.)
This procedure allows 34 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 · Industrial machinery, 82 contracts went to foreign companies over the last 3 years (of 1,068 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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