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HA_HCT_202674_AC Fire extinguishers

HA_HCT_202674_AC Extincteurs — original title

FRFrance · BALMA

Your path to submission

Deadline for requests to participate: 20 November at 12:00 — 19 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 — the eligibility requirements are listed on this page; for many of them the analysis explains how to obtain them.

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What the buyer is looking for

Implementation of a framework agreement for the supply, delivery and maintenance of extinguishers for all SHEM sites. · Framework agreement for the supply, delivery and maintenance of extinguishers for all our sites.

Machine translation (EU eTranslation) — official wording via the PDF link.

Contract

BuyerSOCIETE HYDROELECTRIQUE DU MIDI (SHEM)

TypeSupplies

Estimated valuevalue not published

Published23 Oct 2026

ProcedureNegotiated procedure with prior publication

Framework agreement

Type of service

35 · Security & defence

CPV 35110000

Clement

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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

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Administrative conditions

The full notice, official wording

Contracting authority contact

Email[email protected]

Deadline — Friday 20 November at 12:00

Deadline for requests to participate

Tactics

When contracts were awarded in this country and sector, usually about 4 bids came in. A normal field for this market. (Based on 623 completed awards — not a statement about this procedure.)

This procedure allows 29 days between publication and deadline — typical in this country is 32 (median of 12,485 procedures). Much tighter than usual: the first week counts.

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Foreign bidders

In France · Security & defence, 19 contracts went to foreign companies over the last 3 years (of 677 recorded awards).

Submission language: French.

Measured from linked award data; foreign winners bidding through a local subsidiary count as domestic — the true share is higher.

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.

Read the full notice — Original + documents

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Put together the evidence — in French

Certificates, references and your price — as set out in the notice.

Submit via TED — Tenders Electronic Daily before the deadline

Electronic submission — allow time for the portal registration the first time.

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