Sustainment, spares and the contracts that keep equipment available
Defence logistics is bought as sustained availability rather than as a series of deliveries. The dominant contract shapes are long-term support arrangements in which a supplier is paid for an equipment fleet being ready to use -- measured as availability, sortie rates or vehicles fit for task -- and is left to decide how much spares stock, repair capacity and preventive work that requires. The bidder's commercial risk moves from supplying parts to predicting failures, which is why reliability data and its ownership are negotiated early.
The supply chain itself is a specified deliverable. Requirements typically cover codification and unique identification of every item, packaging and preservation standards for long storage or harsh transit, shelf-life management, and configuration control so that a part fitted matches the approved build standard of the platform. Counterfeit parts avoidance and traceability to an approved manufacturing source are explicit obligations, not assurances, and an inability to evidence provenance is a disqualifying finding rather than a corrective action.
Access to the competition is controlled before capability is assessed. Security clearance for personnel and facilities, national security exemptions that restrict participation to particular suppliers, export control and end-use licensing, and offset or industrial participation obligations all determine who may bid. Deployed support adds its own requirements: contractors operating alongside deployed forces need defined status, insurance and medical arrangements, and the contract has to say what happens when the operation moves or the theatre closes.
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 military logistics in France?
GlobalGov holds 443 military logistics records from 264 distinct buying organisations in France. The most frequent publishers are depafi (28 records); MARINE/DCSSF/DSSF/Brest (25 records); Direction Générale de l’Armement / DOMN / Service des achats d'armement (10 records); arm/sca/pfaf-rbt (8 records); Ministère de l'Intérieur / DEPAFI / SAILMI (7 records); marine/Dcssf/Dssf Toulon (7 records). Between them the 6 largest account for 19% of everything published, so buying here is spread across many separate authorities.
| Buying organisation | Records | Share |
|---|---|---|
| depafi | 28 | 6.3% |
| MARINE/DCSSF/DSSF/Brest | 25 | 5.6% |
| Direction Générale de l’Armement / DOMN / Service des achats d'armement | 10 | 2.3% |
| arm/sca/pfaf-rbt | 8 | 1.8% |
| Ministère de l'Intérieur / DEPAFI / SAILMI | 7 | 1.6% |
| marine/Dcssf/Dssf Toulon | 7 | 1.6% |
What are military logistics contracts worth in France?
143 of the 443 records publish a contract value. The median is $777,600 and the largest single published value is $396.1M. By size, 5 under $100k, 77 between $100k and $1M, 44 between $1M and $10M, 17 above $10M. The remaining 300 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 | 3.5% |
| between $100k and $1M | 77 | 54% |
| between $1M and $10M | 44 | 31% |
| above $10M | 17 | 12% |
How long do bidders get to respond to military logistics tenders in France?
Across the 149 France military logistics notices that publish both a publication date and a closing date, the median response window is 37 days. A quarter of them allowed 32 days or fewer and a quarter stayed open for more than 50. Short turnarounds are the exception rather than the rule here: only 1 (0.7%) closed within a fortnight of being published.
How often are military logistics tenders published in France?
France publishes about 3 notices a month in this category, 38 in the last twelve months. That is 65% fewer than the 109 published in the twelve months before that. Over the last three years there were 226, spread across 62 separate months of activity since 29 March 2021. 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 military logistics markets?
Among the 30 countries where GlobalGov holds a comparable military logistics market, France ranks 2nd by number of records. The largest is Germany (723 records against 443 here). Within France itself, military logistics is the 53rd largest of the 86 procurement categories tracked here.
Where do the France military logistics records on this page come from?
These 443 records are collected from 2 official sources: TED (419), BOAMP (24). 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 Military Logistics 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 military logistics notice in France is visible. Set an alert to be told when the next one opens.
France – Combat suits – FABRICATION DE CHEMISES TACTIQUES GILET PARE-BALLES
France – Parts for warships – M25T20023 : Fourniture de matériels électroniques courants pour les forces armées françaises
Contract for major vehicle inspections on the Lyon funiculars (Saint-Just and Fourvière)
France – Weapons, ammunition and associated parts – G5D0058MG-ACQUISITION DE VETEMENTS, CHAUSSURES, EQUIPEMENTS, MUNITIONS POUR LA POLICE MUNICIPALE, POLICE METROPOLITAINE DES TRANSPORTS ASVP,GARDES-SQUARES,GARDES-CHAMPETRES, BRIGADE MONTEE, AGENTS DE PROTECTION DES ECOLES ET RESERVE COMMUNALE DE SECURITE CIVILE- relance du lot 3: ACQUISITION D'ARMEMENT ET MUNITIONS POUR LA POLICE MUNICIPALE et POLICE METROPOLITAINE DES TRANSPORTS
France – Weapons, ammunition and associated parts – ACQUISITION ET MAINTENANCE DE PISTOLETS A IMPULSIONS ELECTRIQUES, CARTOUCHES ET ACCESSOIRES
France – Individual and support equipment – Casques et boucliers de maintien de l'ordre
France – Fire-brigade uniforms – FOURNITURE DE VETEMENTS D'EQUIPEMENTS DE PROTECTION ET PRESTATIONS ASSOCIEES POUR LES SAPEURS POMPIERS DE VAUCLUSE
France – Land mines – Fourniture de mines antichar à pression à pose manuelle (MI ACPR) et prestations associées
France – Weapons, ammunition and associated parts – Fourniture d'artifices de signalisation à mains multi-effets et documentation associée
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