Catalogue frameworks, refresh cycles and what happens to the old kit
ICT hardware is bought through catalogue frameworks far more often than through one-off competitions, because the products change faster than a procurement cycle. A framework fixes the supplier, the terms and a discount structure, and the catalogue is refreshed during the term as models are superseded. The consequence for bidders is that the competition is won on the mechanism -- discount off a published price list, the commitment to substitute equivalent or better as models retire -- rather than on the specification of any single device.
Minimum technical specifications are stated as a floor, not a target, and the terms that differentiate bids sit around the device. Warranty length and whether it is return-to-base or on-site with a next-business-day engineer, the availability of spares for the stated support period, and energy efficiency and environmental certification are all scored. For volume rollouts, buyers frequently require imaging with their own build, asset tagging and registration, staged delivery to named sites and installation at the desk rather than delivery to a loading bay.
The obligation bidders most often underprice is at the other end of the life cycle. Taking away displaced equipment, erasing or destroying the data on it to a recognised standard with certificates issued per asset, and disposing of or refurbishing it under electrical waste rules is normally the supplier's responsibility, and the residual value of what is collected is increasingly required to be credited back to the buyer rather than kept. A bid that prices the new hardware and not the removal of the old is incomplete against the specification it is answering.
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 ict equipment in France?
GlobalGov holds 3,963 ict equipment records from 2,530 distinct buying organisations in France. The most frequent publishers are region occitanie (15 records); union des Groupements d'achats Publics (12 records); gip resah (11 records); grenoble-alpes metropole (11 records); AFPA (9 records); cnam (9 records). Between them the 6 largest account for 1.7% of everything published, so buying here is spread across many separate authorities.
| Buying organisation | Records | Share |
|---|---|---|
| region occitanie | 15 | 0.4% |
| union des Groupements d'achats Publics | 12 | 0.3% |
| gip resah | 11 | 0.3% |
| grenoble-alpes metropole | 11 | 0.3% |
| AFPA | 9 | 0.2% |
| cnam | 9 | 0.2% |
What are ict equipment contracts worth in France?
1,914 of the 3,963 records publish a contract value. The median is $674,460 and the largest single published value is $3.5B. By size, 79 under $100k, 1,078 between $100k and $1M, 601 between $1M and $10M, 156 above $10M. The remaining 2,049 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 | 79 | 4.1% |
| between $100k and $1M | 1,078 | 56% |
| between $1M and $10M | 601 | 31% |
| above $10M | 156 | 8.2% |
How long do bidders get to respond to ict equipment tenders in France?
Across the 1,113 France ict equipment notices that publish both a publication date and a closing date, the median response window is 35 days. A quarter of them allowed 32 days or fewer and a quarter stayed open for more than 42. Short turnarounds are the exception rather than the rule here: only 1 (0.1%) closed within a fortnight of being published.
How often are ict equipment tenders published in France?
France publishes about 14 notices a month in this category, 166 in the last twelve months. That is 73% fewer than the 621 published in the twelve months before that. Over the last three years there were 1,572, spread across 66 separate months of activity since 15 November 2016. July 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 ict equipment markets?
Among the 35 countries where GlobalGov holds a comparable ict equipment market, France ranks 3rd by number of records. The largest is Poland (5,761 records against 3,963 here). Within France itself, ict equipment is the 18th largest of the 86 procurement categories tracked here.
Where do the France ict equipment records on this page come from?
These 3,963 records are collected from 2 official sources: TED (3,959), BOAMP (4). 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.
Most recent Ict Equipment tenders in France
None of these are open for bids now — they are the most recent records GlobalGov holds for this market, kept here so the shape of a typical ict equipment notice in France is visible. Set an alert to be told when the next one opens.
France – Computer equipment and supplies – Accord-cadre relatif à L'acquisition, l'installation, les maintenances et le démantèlement d'un système de stockage unifié dédié aux besoins du calculateur exaflopique Alice Recoque
France – Smart card readers – Fourniture de terminaux de paiement électronique, accessoires et de services associés
France – Printer ribbons – Fourniture et livraison de consommables et de pièces détachées pour imprimantes Evolis
France – Computer-related equipment – Mise en place et maintenance d'une infrastructure de sauvegarde pour l'ONERA - Centre de Palaiseau
France – Ink sources for printing machinery – Fourniture et installation de systèmes de marquage industriel jet d'encre avec approvisionnement de l'encre et maintenance des systèmes au profit de l'Etablissement Logistique du Commissariat des Armées d'Angers (49).
France – Luncheon vouchers – Emission de titres restaurant
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