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Personalization 4
Personnalisation 4 — original title
Your path to submission
- Deadline for requests to participate: 16 November at 12:00 — 15 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
provision of personalised smart cards complying with CEN TS 16794 and Calypso 3 standards, including the Police Card, enabling users to obtain and load, where necessary, various tickets, in order to ultimately circulate on the transport network
Contract
Type of service
Clement What the numbers say about this buyer
- 30% of this buyer's awards went to companies that had already won here before (24 awards since 2024, spread over 11 companies). 70% went to new names.n = 24 awards since 2024
- The median procedure drew 4 bids (22 procedures with a bid count); 0% ended with a single bidder. Sector: median 5 bids.n = 22
- 13% of awards went to companies from abroad (24 awards with a known winner country). Sector average: 7%.n = 24
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 — via the ESPD
The buyer states in the notice that eligibility is proven through the European Single Procurement Document (ESPD); the concrete requirements are in the tender documents. The document analysis below extracts them from there — bid and evidence in French.
Eligibility analysis from the tender documents
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 |
|---|---|---|
| TESSI DOCUMENTS SERVICES | 2 | 2024–2025 |
| CHG MERIDIAN FRANCE S.A.S | 2 | 2025–2026 |
| HOWDEN FRANCE | 2 | 2025–2026 |
| MSIG Insurance Europe AG · Köln | 2 | 2025–2026 |
| HIGH CONNEXION | 2 | 2025 |
How often this buyer tenders this kind of work
Tactics
When contracts were awarded in this country and sector, usually 5 or more bids came in. Many compete here — price and references decide. (Based on 4,034 completed awards — not a statement about this procedure.)
This procedure allows 22 days between publication and deadline — typical in this country is 32 (median of 12,485 procedures). Much tighter than usual: the first week counts.
The deadline falls on a Monday — your last full working day is the Friday before. Have evidence and guarantees together by Thursday.
Foreign bidders
In France · IT services, 232 contracts went to foreign companies over the last 3 years (of 4,707 recorded awards) — mostly from Germany, Belgium, 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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