Public service concession for the operation of the Haut-Bugey Agglomération transmission network

Your path to submission

1. Deadline: 15 December at 12:00 — 44 days left.
2. The submission point is stated in the notice (link on this page).
3. Offer and evidence in: French.
4. 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

Public service concession for the operation of the Haut-Bugey Agglomération transport network · Start date of the public service contract: 1 January 2028 . Estimated duration of the future contract: 7 years + 1 year as an option. A second option to the contract concerns the increase in the hourly range. Brief description of the services: regular transport, transport on demand, school services, ancillary activities (bicycle rental). Work on the depot (with an area of 1 000 m) and the greening of the vehicles is envisaged. The vehicles are brought in by the operator, who makes available for the urban network and the TAD a fleet of 12 vehicles (7 midibuses, 3 buses, 2 minibuses), with their on-board equipment. The transfer of urban vehicles to the operator is possible. School transport vehicles are also brought in by the operator. 606 860 km travelled in 2025

Contract

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.

Contracting authority contact

Tactics

When contracts were awarded in this country and sector, usually about 3 bids came in. A normal field for this market. (Based on 3,277 completed awards — not a statement about this procedure.)

This procedure allows 61 days between publication and deadline — typical in this country is 32 (median of 12,485 procedures). Much more generous than usual — time for a thorough bid rather than a quick one.

Foreign bidders

In France · Transport services, 150 contracts went to foreign companies over the last 3 years (of 3,736 recorded awards) — mostly from Germany, Italy, Belgium.

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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