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Provision of transport, handling and logistics services for heritage, fragile OR valuable items for municipal services
Prestations de transport, manutention et logistique d’objets patrimoniaux, fragiles ou précieux pour les services municipaux — original title
Your path to submission
- Deadline: 10 December at 16:00 — 39 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
transport, handling, packaging, installation, packaging, storage, logistics and associated operations relating to heritage objects, fragile or precious, for the needs of the City of Marseille. This contract concerns all types of works of art, fragile or precious objects without limitation of materials, weights or formats, intended for loans, loans, deposits, acquisitions, restorations, carried out in France and abroad. The following are excluded from the scope: - movements for which the contracting authority has been required to provide a service by the lender(s) or partner(s) of the contracting authority. - movements related to exhibitions co-organised by the contracting authority with another institution or private partner, requiring the establishment of a grouping agreement in accordance with the rules of the Code de la Commande Publique (CCP). · Permanent collections and exhibitions…
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… dossier Single-awarded framework agreement with purchase orders for the transport and logistics, in France and abroad, of heritage, fragile or precious objects from permanent collections and exhibitions dossier, for all municipal departments of the city of Marseille · Temporary exhibitions with national and international loans. Multi-awarded framework agreement with subsequent mixed-price contracts for the transport and logistics of heritage, fragile or valuable objects from temporary exhibitions for all municipal services in the city of Marseille in France and abroad.
Contract
Type of service
Clement What the numbers say about this buyer
- 13% of this buyer's awards went to companies that had already won here before (2,071 awards since 2013, spread over 1,192 companies). That is well below the sector norm (26%) — this buyer switches suppliers more often than others.n = 2,071 awards since 2013
- 12% of awards went to companies from abroad (2,071 awards with a known winner country). Sector average: 4%.n = 2,071
- The median procedure drew 3 bids (805 procedures with a bid count); 17% ended with a single bidder. Sector: median 3 bids.n = 805
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.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| SNEF SA | 14 | 2018–2023 |
| SNEF | 11 | 2015–2026 |
| LÉO LAGRANGE méditerranée | 8 | 2015–2017 |
| GROUPE CHAILAN | 5 | 2016–2026 |
| Société des Eaux de Marseille | 5 | 2016–2023 |
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 4 completed awards — not a statement about this procedure.)
This procedure allows 43 days between publication and deadline — typical in this country is 32 (median of 12,485 procedures). Much more generous than usual — time for a thorough bid rather than a quick one.
Foreign bidders
In France · Transport services, 150 contracts went to foreign companies over the last 3 years (of 3,736 recorded awards) — mostly from Germany, Italy, Belgium.
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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