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Framework agreement on the provision and management of subscriptions to periodicals for the Collège de France
Accord-cadre relatif aux prestations de fourniture et gestion des abonnements de périodiques pour le Collège de France — original title
Your path to submission
- Deadline: 9 November at 12:00 — 8 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 subject of the contract is the provision of subscriptions to periodicals in all disciplines and may concern different types of information products: - ‘paper’ and/or electronic journals, newspapers and magazines, with free or paid access to the electronic version of the online journal, for one or more users, with regular or irregular publication (in the latter case, managed under standing orders), of general or specialised information; - supplements, special issues, special issues, specimens, single issues, special issues, second-hand magazines (e.g.: collectors’ items) whether or not under a subscription; - In addition, the holder will carry out the operations of membership of the learned societies requested by the requesting services. With regard to publications issued by learned societies, he will perform all the services described in this CCTP under the same conditions as for…
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… subscriptions to other periodicals. · Subscription to the general information press · Specialised journals published in France and by French schools abroad · Specialised journals published in the European Union · Specialised journals published in South Africa, the Americas, Israel, the United Kingdom, Serbia, Switzerland, Turkey, Armenia, Iraq and Lebanon.
Contract
Type of service
Clement What the numbers say about this buyer
- 5% of this buyer's awards went to companies that had already won here before (154 awards since 2015, spread over 113 companies). That is well below the sector norm (26%) — this buyer switches suppliers more often than others.n = 154 awards since 2015
- The median procedure drew 5 bids (25 procedures with a bid count); 16% ended with a single bidder. Sector: median 4 bids.n = 25
- 16% of awards went to companies from abroad (154 awards with a known winner country). Sector average: 6%.n = 154
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 |
|---|---|---|
| ERI SA | 2 | 2015–2017 |
| Erasmus Antiquariaat en Boekhandel BV | 2 | 2016–2019 |
| Union Technique du Bâtiment (UTB) | 2 | 2016–2017 |
| CARL ZEISS SAS | 2 | 2015 |
| LES PEINTURES PARISIENNES | 2 | 2015–2017 |
How often this buyer tenders this kind of work
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Tactics
When contracts were awarded in this country and sector, usually about 4 bids came in. A normal field for this market. (Based on 1,185 completed awards — not a statement about this procedure.)
This procedure allows 28 days between publication and deadline — typical in this country is 32 (median of 12,485 procedures). Much tighter than usual: the first week counts.
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 · Printed matter, 63 contracts went to foreign companies over the last 3 years (of 1,326 recorded awards) — mostly from Germany, Portugal, 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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