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Acquisition of French and foreign printed works for the University of Angers
Acquisition d'ouvrages imprimés français et étrangers pour l'Université d'Angers — original title
Your path to submission
- Deadline: 24 November at 12:00 — 23 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
Framework agreement with order forms, without minimum and with maximum, single-winner per lot, covering the supply of printed works and associated services: online search and order, electronic data interchange (EDI), supply of bibliographic records, monitoring of orders, reporting and multi-site deliveries. The consultation is divided into two lots: Lot No 1 - French printed works; Lot No 2 - foreign printed works. Digital books are excluded from the contract · Supply of French printed works, all disciplines combined, and associated services: online search and order, electronic data interchange, bibliographic records, monitoring of orders and multi-site deliveries · foreign Supply of foreign printed works, including French-language works published abroad, all disciplines combined, and associated services: online search and order, electronic data interchange, bibliographic records, monitoring of multi-site orders and deliveries
Contract
Type of service
Clement What the numbers say about this buyer
- 20% of this buyer's awards went to companies that had already won here before (526 awards since 2015, spread over 296 companies). 80% went to new names.n = 526 awards since 2015
- The median procedure drew 3 bids (192 procedures with a bid count); 24% ended with a single bidder. Sector: median 4 bids.n = 192
- 13% of awards went to companies from abroad (526 awards with a known winner country). Sector average: 6%.n = 526
- 65% of the bids received came from small and medium-sized enterprises (59 procedures with a bid mix). Sector: 64%.n = 59
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AXIMA CONCEPT | 6 | 2017–2024 |
| Smac · 66000 FR | 5 | 2017–2025 |
| SPIE FACILITIES | 5 | 2017–2025 |
| INAPA FRANCE | 4 | 2015–2023 |
| THYSSENKRUPP ASCENSEURS | 4 | 2015–2023 |
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 35 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 · 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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