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Framework agreement with purchase orders for the supply, replacement and maintenance of inverters
Accord-cadre à bons de commande pour la fourniture, le remplacement et la maintenance d’onduleurs — original title
Your path to submission
- Deadline: 30 November at 16:00 — 30 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
This single successful framework order form agreement concerns the supply, installation, removal, commissioning and maintenance of inverters in motorway tunnels. The supply of batteries is not included in this call for tenders. · The contract concerns a framework order form agreement for the supply, installation, commissioning and maintenance of 12 inverters located in motorway tunnels. The removal and recycling of the 12 inverters already installed are also included in this invitation to tender; however, the supply of batteries is not included.
Contract
Type of service
Clement What the numbers say about this buyer
- 1% of the bids received came from other countries (88 procedures with a bid mix) — all bidders, not just the winners. Sector: 28%.n = 88
- 15% of this buyer's awards went to companies that had already won here before (527 awards since 2018, spread over 206 companies). 85% went to new names.n = 527 awards since 2018
- The median procedure drew 4 bids (495 procedures with a bid count); 3% ended with a single bidder. Sector: median 3 bids.n = 495
- 17% of the bids received came from small and medium-sized enterprises (88 procedures with a bid mix). Sector: 39%.n = 88
- 9% of awards went to companies from abroad (527 awards with a known winner country). Sector average: 12%.n = 527
From this buyer's documented awards; comparison values from the same sector and country. Not a forecast, not legal advice. As of 25/10/2026.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| COLAS FRANCE | 8 | 2024–2026 |
| EUROVIA GRANDS PROJETS FRANCE | 8 | 2024–2026 |
| FREYSSINET FRANCE | 7 | 2024–2026 |
| AXIMUM | 6 | 2024–2026 |
| SIXENSE ENGINEERING | 6 | 2024–2026 |
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 1,334 completed awards — not a statement about this procedure.)
This procedure allows 49 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.
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 · Electrical machinery, 157 contracts went to foreign companies over the last 3 years (of 1,529 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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