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M26T20025 - Supply of standard electronic equipment for the French Armed Forces
M26T20025 - Fourniture de matériels électroniques courants pour les forces armées françaises — original title
Your path to submission
- Deadline for requests to participate: 3 November at 16:00 — 2 days left. Two-stage procedure: by this deadline you submit a request to participate (proof of eligibility). Only shortlisted firms are then invited to submit a tender.
- The submission point is stated in the notice (link on this page).
- Offer and evidence in: French.
- Collect your evidence — use the eligibility analysis on this page: it lists the requirements and, for known certificates, how to get them.
What the buyer is looking for
This opinion concerns an online standing framework agreement, via an electronic catalogue, for the supply of standard electronic equipment for the French armed forces. The draft contract concerns a supply offer that is sufficiently extensive to meet the diversity of needs. This project is aimed exclusively at manufacturers or distributors of electronic components, with a range of products developed and accessible directly online (electronic catalogue) and with payment by purchase card. It mainly concerns equipment that is commonly used, non-specialised, inexpensive and easy to supply within a very short period of time of less than 30 days. Form of the contract: This notice concerns a defence or security contract for ‘the supply of standard electronic equipment for the French armed forces’. The framework agreement is to be ordered by purchase card 3 on an electronic catalogue, in…
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… accordance with the provisions of Article L. 2325-1 of the Public Procurement Code and in accordance with the procedures set out in II.2.2. Pursuant to Article R. 2362-9 of the Public Procurement Code, tenders must include an electronic catalogue under the conditions laid down by the purchaser. They may be accompanied by other supporting documents. The procedure is a restricted invitation to tender with a reduction in the time limit for receipt of applications and tenders to 10 days, in accordance with the provisions of Article R. 2361-6 of the Public Procurement Code. This publication concerns only a call for applications. The consultation file will be sent at a later stage and only to candidates admitted to tender. Descriptor words: electronic materials (articles) · This notice concerns the submission of applications. The subject of this contract is the supply and delivery, in mainland France, of standard electronic equipment belonging to the following product families: resistors, capacities, diodes, microstructures, integrated circuits, transistors, coils and transformers, insulators, fuses, cables, lamps, batteries, relays, solenoids, semiconductors, plug and play components, sensors/sensors, thermal pastes and gels, Arduino or Raspberry multifunction cases, connectors, accessories and small tools specific to electronic maintenance. They are intended to cover common needs for Marine Force Elements (MFEs) and Armed Forces Elements (AFEs). This is a single-awarded framework agreement, which is executed on the basis of an electronic (dematerialised) catalogue, which is generally accessible to all the applicant’s customers via an online shopping site and is restricted solely to the aforementioned scope of families of items, with the introduction of the Level 3 purchasing card system to ensure payments. The maximum amount of the framework agreement is: €2.5 million net of tax
Contract
Type of service
Clement What the numbers say about this buyer
- In this sector the buyer awards roughly every 5 months (6 awards, most recently June 2024) — by that rhythm the next award was due around November 2024. The last award went to CNN MCO.n = 6
- The award came in at a median 120% of the estimated value (7 awards with both estimate and value) — pricing at the estimate is usually too low here. Sector: 66%.n = 7
- The median procedure drew 2 bids (17 procedures with a bid count); 18% ended with a single bidder. Sector: median 4 bids.n = 17
- 28% of this buyer's awards went to companies that had already won here before (108 awards since 2015, spread over 73 companies). 72% went to new names.n = 108 awards since 2015
- 5% of awards went to companies from abroad (108 awards with a known winner country). Sector average: 5%.n = 108
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.
What you must prove — eligibility criteria
Situation propre Les documents demandés peuvent être regroupés dans les formulaires téléchargeables sur le site https://www.economie.gouv.fr/cedef/formulaires-marches-publics dans la rubrique « formulaires ». Critères relatifs à la situation personnelle d’opér… read in fullcollapse
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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 |
|---|---|---|
| LE LITTORAL | 7 | 2016–2019 |
| LOGNAV | 4 | 2016–2019 |
| LOGNAV-CM | 4 | 2015–2016 |
| AART ELECTRONICS | 4 | 2016–2018 |
| MEGA | 3 | 2015–2017 |
How often this buyer tenders this kind of work
Tactics
When this buyer has awarded in this sector, usually only one or two bids came in. A solid bid has a real chance here. (Based on 6 completed awards — not a statement about this procedure.)
This procedure allows 13 days between publication and deadline — typical in this country is 32 (median of 12,485 procedures). Much tighter than usual: the first week counts.
Foreign bidders
In France · Security & defence, 19 contracts went to foreign companies over the last 3 years (of 677 recorded awards).
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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