Banking, payments and treasury services for a public body
Banking and payment services are procured on operational fit and counterparty strength rather than on headline price, because the transactional charges are small against the consequences of a failure. Buyers assess regulatory authorisation, credit standing, the protection that applies to balances held, and continuity arrangements, alongside the practical questions that dominate daily use: settlement timings, cut-off times, the formats accepted for bulk payment files, and the ability to reconcile receipts automatically against the buyer's own references.
Pricing is a schedule rather than a rate, and comparing bids requires modelling against actual transaction volumes by channel. Card acquiring carries interchange and scheme fees that pass through, so the supplier's margin and the pass-through must be distinguished; cash handling is priced by collection and by value counted; direct debit and credit transfer carry per-item charges; and the interest arrangement on balances can outweigh all of it. A bid comparison that adds up unit prices without the volume profile produces the wrong winner routinely.
Compliance obligations flow in both directions. The supplier must meet payment security standards for card data, sanctions and anti-money laundering screening, and accessibility requirements for public-facing payment channels; the buyer must meet the supplier's onboarding and identity verification requirements, which for a public body with complex governance takes longer than either side expects. Migration between providers involves reissuing mandates and account details to every payer and payee, and that exercise, not the tender, is the real barrier to changing supplier.
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 financial services in France?
GlobalGov holds 267 financial services records from 229 distinct buying organisations in France. The most frequent publishers are Acoss (3 records); Agence française de développement (3 records); Asfr - Action Sociale Finances Restauration (3 records); Bordeaux Métropole (3 records); CA PAU Bearn Pyrenees (3 records); Hopitaux Universitaires Henri Mondor (3 records). Between them the 6 largest account for 6.7% of everything published, so buying here is spread across many separate authorities.
| Buying organisation | Records | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Acoss | 3 | 1.1% |
| Agence française de développement | 3 | 1.1% |
| Asfr - Action Sociale Finances Restauration | 3 | 1.1% |
| Bordeaux Métropole | 3 | 1.1% |
| CA PAU Bearn Pyrenees | 3 | 1.1% |
| Hopitaux Universitaires Henri Mondor | 3 | 1.1% |
What are financial services contracts worth in France?
76 of the 267 records publish a contract value. The median is $216,000 and the largest single published value is $28.1M. By size, 5 under $100k, 51 between $100k and $1M, 19 between $1M and $10M, 1 above $10M. The remaining 191 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 | 5 | 6.6% |
| between $100k and $1M | 51 | 67% |
| between $1M and $10M | 19 | 25% |
| above $10M | 1 | 1.3% |
How long do bidders get to respond to financial services tenders in France?
Across the 119 France financial services notices that publish both a publication date and a closing date, the median response window is 34 days. A quarter of them allowed 29 days or fewer and a quarter stayed open for more than 42. Short turnarounds are the exception rather than the rule here: only 1 (0.8%) closed within a fortnight of being published.
How often are financial services tenders published in France?
France publishes about 13 notices a month in this category, 156 in the last twelve months. Over the last three years there were 161, spread across 61 separate months of activity since 15 June 2016. March is historically the busiest month. The most recent was published 18 September 2026.
How does France compare with other financial services markets?
Among the 20 countries where GlobalGov holds a comparable financial services market, France ranks 8th by number of records. The largest is United States (2,543 records against 267 here). Within France itself, financial services is the 66th largest of the 86 procurement categories tracked here.
Where do the France financial services records on this page come from?
These 267 records are collected from 2 official sources: TED (153), BOAMP (114). 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 Financial Services tenders in France
Showing 10 of the 12 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 – Financial auditing services – Prestations de certification des déclaratifs de coûts des projets de recherche aux financeurs nationaux et européens
France – Financial management consultancy services – Accord-cadre de prestation de conseil et expertises financières
Market for accounting and payroll management support services
Supply of laundry detergents to restaurants managed by the Association Action Sociale Finance Restauration (ASFR)
26.AO.HA.040: Project management assistance for the urban, financial and operational coordination of the 13 urban renewal projects of the EPT is together
France – Financial and insurance services – PRESTATIONS DE SERVICES D'ASSURANCES
360° audit of the medical secretarial services at the Montceau-les-Mines hospital
France – Computer audit services – Prestations d'audits de cybersécurité - Ligne C du métro Toulousain
France – Financial and insurance services – SERVICES D’ASSURANCES POUR LE GIP BRETAGNE SANTE LOGISTIQUE
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