Networks, treatment and the health obligations underneath the engineering
Sewerage work covers collection networks, pumping, treatment and the disposal or reuse of what comes out, and the discharge consent governs all of it. A treatment works is designed to meet numerical limits on the quality of the effluent it releases, measured and enforced by a regulator, so process guarantees are contractual and performance testing over a defined period is a condition of acceptance. A plant that is built to the drawing and cannot hold consent has not been delivered.
Network work is street work, with the constraints that implies: permits from the highway authority, traffic management, reinstatement to a specified standard with a guarantee period, and out-of-hours working where the road cannot be closed in the day. Rehabilitation techniques that avoid excavation -- lining, patching, pipe bursting -- are frequently specified because they shorten road occupation, and they require different plant and different accreditation from open-cut laying. Working in confined spaces and in sewers brings its own authorisation, gas monitoring and rescue provision.
Sanitation programmes in settings without a piped network are a distinct market with distinct evaluation. Latrine and septic construction, faecal sludge collection and treatment, and public or school facilities are judged as much on operation, maintenance arrangements and community acceptance as on construction quality, because facilities built without an emptying service and a maintenance owner fall out of use quickly. Safeguarding of workers handling waste, and separate accessible facilities for women and for people with disabilities, are specified requirements rather than design preferences.
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 sanitation sewerage in France?
GlobalGov holds 505 sanitation sewerage records from 400 distinct buying organisations in France. The most frequent publishers are Grand Lieu Communauté (9 records); Vendée Eau (85) (6 records); Eaux De Vienne - Siveer (5 records); Paris Terres D'envol (5 records); Saint-etienne Métropole (5 records); Agglopolys (41) (4 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Grand Lieu Communauté | 9 | 1.8% |
| Vendée Eau (85) | 6 | 1.2% |
| Eaux De Vienne - Siveer | 5 | 1.0% |
| Paris Terres D'envol | 5 | 1.0% |
| Saint-etienne Métropole | 5 | 1.0% |
| Agglopolys (41) | 4 | 0.8% |
What are sanitation sewerage contracts worth in France?
172 of the 505 records publish a contract value. The median is $1.0M and the largest single published value is $702.0M. By size, 3 under $100k, 82 between $100k and $1M, 64 between $1M and $10M, 23 above $10M. The remaining 333 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 | 3 | 1.7% |
| between $100k and $1M | 82 | 48% |
| between $1M and $10M | 64 | 37% |
| above $10M | 23 | 13% |
How long do bidders get to respond to sanitation sewerage tenders in France?
Across the 215 France sanitation sewerage 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 43. Short turnarounds are the exception rather than the rule here: only 6 (2.8%) closed within a fortnight of being published.
How often are sanitation sewerage tenders published in France?
France publishes about 15 notices a month in this category, 175 in the last twelve months. That is 55% more than the 113 published in the twelve months before that. Over the last three years there were 482, spread across 33 separate months of activity since 11 June 2021. January is historically the busiest month. No new notice has been published in this category since 21 April 2026, 163 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 sanitation sewerage markets?
Among the 18 countries where GlobalGov holds a comparable sanitation sewerage market, France ranks 1st by number of records. No other country in the corpus publishes more of it. Within France itself, sanitation sewerage is the 51st largest of the 86 procurement categories tracked here.
Where do the France sanitation sewerage records on this page come from?
These 505 records are collected from 2 official sources: BOAMP (406), TED (99). 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 Sanitation Sewerage 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 sanitation sewerage notice in France is visible. Set an alert to be told when the next one opens.
Réalisation du programme de surveillance des eaux usées et eaux pluviales des installations Icpe de la compétence déchets de Grenoble Alpes Métropole
DSP non-collective sanitation
Construction of the new wastewater treatment plant in La Chevrolière
Design-build contract for the rehabilitation and expansion of the Pierrefonds wastewater treatment plant and the Balance pumping station
Project management for two priority wastewater treatment plants, Prades and Bergerottes, in the municipality of Quinssaines
France – Construction work for water and sewage pipelines – Renouvellement d'une canalisation AEP - de SAINT VALERIEN à LA CHAPELLE THEMER (RD n°52 - Vendée)
Municipality of MONTENDRE - rehabilitation of the sanitation network - sectors: La Grève, Le Grand Pré, Route du Bois des Baronnes, Route de Blaye, Moulin Buisson, La Douberie
Construction of a sludge storage platform for the Bourg-en-Bresse wastewater treatment plant on the site of the tienne
France – Machinery for the treatment of sewage – LA FOURNITURE ET L'INSTALLATION D'UN DISPOSITIF DE TRAITEMENT DES LIXIVIATS POUR LA PLATEFORME DE STOCKAGE DES DECHETS DE L'OUEST A SAINT-LAURENT DU MARONI
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