Output specifications, staff transfer and why labour cost is mostly fixed
Cleaning contracts are written one of two ways and the difference changes everything a bidder does. An input specification states how many hours are worked, where and when, and the supplier is paid to provide them. An output specification states the standard a space must reach and leaves the method to the supplier, with inspection against the standard deciding payment. Buyers have moved toward output specifications, which rewards bidders who can demonstrate a credible staffing model and punishes those who simply quote fewer hours to win.
Labour is the overwhelming majority of the cost and much of it is not within the bidder's control. Where an incumbent workforce exists, employment protection commonly transfers the existing staff on their existing terms, so the bid is built on a payroll the bidder inherits rather than designs. Applicable wage floors, and increasingly a contractual commitment to a voluntary living wage, set the rest. The realistic levers are productivity, supervision ratios, equipment and materials -- which is why method statements and proposed cleaning schedules are scored seriously rather than filed.
Several requirements sit outside cleaning itself. Staff working in schools, healthcare and secure sites require background checks and sometimes clearance before they attend. Materials must be accompanied by safety data sheets and used under a documented control regime, with environmental criteria on products and packaging now frequently scored. Specialist frequencies -- periodic deep cleans, window and high-level work, carpet and floor treatment, washroom consumables and waste -- are priced separately from the daily service, and a bid that folds them into an hourly rate is usually not comparing like with like.
This section describes how this category is bought generally, across the public buyers that publish it. The figures elsewhere on this page are measured for this market alone.
Who buys facilities and cleaning in France?
GlobalGov holds 3,120 facilities and cleaning records from 2,461 distinct buying organisations in France. The most frequent publishers are Bordeaux Métropole (9 records); Paris Habitat - OPH (7 records); Ville de Toulon (6 records); region grand est (6 records); AFPA (5 records); Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (5 records). Between them the 6 largest account for 1.2% of everything published, so buying here is spread across many separate authorities.
| Buying organisation | Records | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Bordeaux Métropole | 9 | 0.3% |
| Paris Habitat - OPH | 7 | 0.2% |
| Ville de Toulon | 6 | 0.2% |
| region grand est | 6 | 0.2% |
| AFPA | 5 | 0.2% |
| Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives | 5 | 0.2% |
What are facilities and cleaning contracts worth in France?
1,368 of the 3,120 records publish a contract value. The median is $820,800 and the largest single published value is $702.0M. By size, 58 under $100k, 713 between $100k and $1M, 522 between $1M and $10M, 75 above $10M. The remaining 1,752 publish no value at all, so every figure here describes the priced subset only, and values are as stated by the buyer rather than as finally awarded.
| Contract size | Records | Share of priced |
|---|---|---|
| under $100k | 58 | 4.2% |
| between $100k and $1M | 713 | 52% |
| between $1M and $10M | 522 | 38% |
| above $10M | 75 | 5.5% |
How long do bidders get to respond to facilities and cleaning tenders in France?
Across the 1,461 France facilities and cleaning notices that publish both a publication date and a closing date, the median response window is 35 days. A quarter of them allowed 31 days or fewer and a quarter stayed open for more than 41. Short turnarounds are the exception rather than the rule here: only 24 (1.6%) closed within a fortnight of being published.
How often are facilities and cleaning tenders published in France?
France publishes about 70 notices a month in this category, 843 in the last twelve months. That is 24% more than the 678 published in the twelve months before that. Over the last three years there were 2,290, spread across 61 separate months of activity since 12 May 2021. January is historically the busiest month. No new notice has been published in this category since 26 May 2026, 128 days ago, so treat the figures above as a record of the market rather than as this week's pipeline.
How does France compare with other facilities and cleaning markets?
Among the 37 countries where GlobalGov holds a comparable facilities and cleaning market, France ranks 1st by number of records. No other country in the corpus publishes more of it. Within France itself, facilities and cleaning is the 22nd largest of the 86 procurement categories tracked here.
Where do the France facilities and cleaning records on this page come from?
These 3,120 records are collected from 2 official sources: TED (2,211), BOAMP (909). GlobalGov is an independent aggregator and is not affiliated with any of them; each record links back to the notice on its issuing portal. The set is rebuilt nightly, and the counts on this page were taken on 2026-10-01.
Open Facilities and Cleaning tenders in France
Showing 2 of the 2 notices open in this category today. Openness uses the same definition as the France market page: active, not marked awarded, cancelled, closed or expired, and either closing in the future or published within the last 90 days with no stated closing date.
France – Building-cleaning services – Prestations de nettoyage des locaux de l'Université Bretagne Sud : Lot 1 - Bâtiment IAE – DSP, Vannes / Lot 2 - Bâtiment ENSIBS, Lorient / Lot 3 - Bâtiment STAPS, Lorient
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