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Acquisition of naval drones and their aerial and underwater sensors

Acquisition de drones navals et de leurs capteurs aériens et sous-marins — original title

FRFrance · Brest

Your path to submission

Deadline: 25 November at 11:00 — 24 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.

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What the buyer is looking for

The subject of the consultation is the acquisition of naval drones and their aerial and underwater sensors · The subject of the consultation is the supply of the structured hull of the 7m drone and the supply of the adapted trailer · The subject of the consultation is the supply of the structured hull of the 3.5m drone and the supply of the adapted trailer · The subject of the consultation is the motorisation of the structured hulls · The subject of the consultation is the supply of all the underwater sensors: scientific probes and speed sensors · The purpose of the consultation is to supply all navigation sensors (servitude) · The purpose of the consultation is to supply LIDAR sensors · The purpose of the consultation is to supply communications systems for drones

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

Contract

BuyerEPSCP-GE ENSTA Campus Brest

TypeSupplies

Estimated valuevalue not published

Published27 Oct 2026

ProcedureOpen procedure

Place of performanceBrest

7 lotsEU-funded

Type of service

35 · Security & defence38 · Laboratory & optical equipment32 · Radio, TV & communications

CPV 35512400 · 38114000 · 38112100 · 38296000 · 32570000

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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Annex 1

Specifications and annexes at the buyer — usually viewable without registration

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Annex 2

Specifications and annexes at the buyer — usually viewable without registration

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Administrative conditions

The full notice, official wording

Contracting authority contact

Email[email protected]

Websitewww.ensta.fr/

Deadline — Wednesday 25 November at 11:00

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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This procedure is published on 2 portals

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TEDNoticeBOAMP / profil d'acheteurNotice

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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