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Acquisition of a negative pod for the needs of the port of BOULOGNE SUR MER - CALAIS
Acquisition d'une nacelle négative pour les besoins du port de BOULOGNE SUR MER - CALAIS — original title
Your path to submission
- Deadline: 1 December at 12:00 — 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 contract concerns the acquisition of a mobile people lift platform (PEMP) of the " spider" crawler type, intended for maintenance work and in particular in negative along the various quays of the port of Boulogne-sur-Mer - Calais.
Contract
Type of service
Clement What the numbers say about this buyer
- The award came in at a median 42% of the estimated value (55 awards with both estimate and value) — pricing at the estimate is usually too high here. Sector: 87%.n = 55
- The median procedure drew 5 bids (489 procedures with a bid count); 8% ended with a single bidder. Sector: median 3 bids.n = 489
- 23% of this buyer's awards went to companies that had already won here before (1,245 awards since 2016, spread over 668 companies). 77% went to new names.n = 1,245 awards since 2016
- 3% of awards went to companies from abroad (1,245 awards with a known winner country). Sector average: 9%.n = 1,245
- 39% of the bids received came from small and medium-sized enterprises (277 procedures with a bid mix). Sector: 37%.n = 277
From this buyer's documented awards; comparison values from the same sector and country. Not a forecast, not legal advice. As of 31/10/2026.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AFTRAL | 6 | 2025 |
| SOLIDARITE ET JALONS POUR LE TRAVAIL | 5 | 2018–2025 |
| NEWDEE | 4 | 2018–2024 |
| INNOVATION DEVELOPPEMENT FORMATION | 4 | 2025 |
| ADAPECO | 4 | 2025 |
How often this buyer tenders this kind of work
Tactics
When this buyer has awarded in this sector, usually about 4 bids came in. A normal field for this market. (Based on 6 completed awards — not a statement about this procedure.)
This procedure allows 42 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.
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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