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Based on 4 comparable awards by this buyer in this sector over 5 years. Every verdict is recorded before the outcome and graded against the award notice. How we score ourselves.
Summary
Machine-generated summaryThe Department of La Sarthe in France is procuring the supply and delivery of permanent and temporary road signs, including illuminated road signs, for its various services. The consultation is launched under the open tender procedure defined in articles R2161-2 to R2161-5 of the French Public Procurement Code. The contract takes the form of two framework agreements without a minimum value and with a maximum value, each awarded to a single economic operator and executed through purchase orders. The maximum amount per period is 542,000 EUR excluding VAT for one agreement and 132,000 EUR excluding VAT for the other. Candidates must provide, free of charge, a sample of each article identified in the annex to the consultation regulations.
Description
2 lots
- Lot 1
- Signalisation permanente estimated €2,168,000
- Lot 2
- Signalisation temporaire estimated €528,000
- How tenders are scored
- Quality: 40 percent; Quality: 10 percent; Price: 50 percent
As the official notice states them.
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- Open procedure: any interested supplier may submit a bid. Above the EU threshold: open to companies from any EU country.
- The notice is written in French.
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Official source
Source: TED - Tenders Electronic Daily (Publications Office of the EU)
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Last verified against TED - Tenders Electronic Daily (Publications Office of the EU) 2 days ago
Expected award price
- likely award for this notice, from its published estimate of €2,696,000
- €2.5M to €3.0M
Comparable awards in this country and sector came in at a median of 100% of their published estimate, half of them between 92% and 110%, based on 44 awards of the last 3 years.
Each award is compared with the estimate of the same lots, framework agreements excluded. A published estimate may include options and renewals, so an award under it is not always a discount.
What this market pays
The buyer has too few awards of its own in this sector, so this is the range of the last 1,981 awards for Transport equipment & vehicles in France.
- This notice
- €2.7M
- Median award
- €120,000
- Middle half of past awards
- €50,319 to €300,600
The estimate is larger than three in four past awards.
Award values as published by the official sources. Use them as a guide, not a rule: scope, lots and duration differ between contracts.
The buyer
Full buyer profileDépartement de la Sarthe
- notices in the register
- 192
- awards
- 108
- awarded in total
- €19.4M
Who wins its contracts
Many suppliers- different companies won its awards
- 82
- of the awards went to the three most frequent winners
- 9%
- winners of the last 12 months were new here
- 44 of 48
- of its calls state an estimated value
- 61%
Based on 91 awards with a named winner over the last 3 years. Counted by award, not by value, because lot and framework amounts are not comparable. Concentrated means the three most frequent winners took 65% or more of the awards; many suppliers, under 35% with at least ten different winners. New: no award from the same buyer or market in the two years before.
Competition
- tenders per lot on average (open and restricted procedures)
- 3.1
- of those lots received a single tender
- 21%
- of the awards went to companies based in another country
- 0%
As the official award notices state them, over the last 3 years. Tenders per lot count open and restricted procedures only: in a negotiated procedure or a direct award a single tender is the procedure itself. The country is the one the notice gives for the winner.
One dot per award, on the day it was signed, sized by its value. A ring is an award with no published value.
Who usually wins this buyer's contracts in this sector
| Company | Wins | Total awarded | Last win |
|---|---|---|---|
| GRUAU LE MANS | 1 | €120,594 | Sep 2026 |
| ENERGREEN FRANCE; SEPAMAC; FREINAGE POIDS LOURDS SERVICES F.P.L.S; NOREMAT | 1 | Mar 2026 | |
| GRAPHI'CONCEPTS | 1 | Oct 2025 | |
| SIGNAL CONCEPT SARL | 1 | Jul 2026 |
Based on 4 awards with a linked company profile over the last 5 years.
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Market context
Larger than 85% of the open notices in Transport equipment & vehicles across Europe.
- open now in Transport equipment & vehicles
- 4,351
- median open notice
- €250,000
Who wins in this market
Many suppliersFrance · Transport equipment & vehicles
- different companies won awards here
- 1,818
- of the awards went to the three most frequent winners
- 3%
- winners of the last 12 months were new here
- 1,336 of 1,454
- buyers awarded contracts here
- 1,506
Based on 2,803 awards with a named winner over the last 3 years. Counted by award, not by value, because lot and framework amounts are not comparable. Concentrated means the three most frequent winners took 65% or more of the awards; many suppliers, under 35% with at least ten different winners. New: no award from the same buyer or market in the two years before.
Competition
- tenders per lot on average (open and restricted procedures)
- 30.4
- of those lots received a single tender
- 25%
- of the awards went to companies based in another country
- 2%
- of the tenders came from another country
- 12%
As the official award notices state them, over the last 3 years. Tenders per lot count open and restricted procedures only: in a negotiated procedure or a direct award a single tender is the procedure itself. The country is the one the notice gives for the winner.
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