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Open raceNo supplier dominates: 4 different companies have won the last 4 comparable contracts from this buyer over 5 years. This is a genuinely open race.
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 French State is procuring on-site support services for PUMA helicopters belonging to the GIH-T (Ground Helicopter Intervention Group), a fleet of eight aircraft as an indication. Services include operations outside 50-hour inspections, operations outside 100-hour inspections, expert assessments and troubleshooting, possible additional work and possible calendar-based maintenance. Periodic inspections and 300-hour operations, covered by another contract, are excluded. The contract combines fixed-price and on-demand services and includes a provisional part for supplies and services that could not be precisely defined due to significant technical uncertainties. Performance is expected to start in summer 2026. It follows a negotiated procedure, starting with a call for candidature.
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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) 4 days ago
What this buyer has paid before
Based on 3 comparable contracts this buyer awarded in this sector over the last 4 years.
- Median award
- €218.2M
- Middle half of past awards
- €124.4M to €852.3M
TED - Tenders Electronic Daily (Publications Office of the EU) publishes no value for this notice, so it has no mark on the scale. The official documents may state one.
Most recent awards
- Services de réparation, d'entretien et services connexes relatifs aux aéronefs et à d'autres équipements - Maintien en condition opérationnelle des hélicoptères FENNEC de l’Armée de l’Air et de l’Espace et de DGA Essais en vol, et prestations associées €218,158,114
- Services de réparation, d'entretien et services connexes relatifs aux aéronefs et à d'autres équipements - Maintien en Condition Opérationnelle des avions C-130J-30 et KC-130J des États français et allemand €1,486,387,775
- Services de réparation et d'entretien des matériels de défense et de sécurité - Maintien en condition opérationnelle des canons, affûts et équipements associés de responsabilité KNDS France équipant les aéronefs des armées. €30,683,065
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 profileDirection de la Maintenance Aéronautique
- notices in the register
- 18
- awards
- 9
- awarded in total
- €1.8B
Who usually wins this buyer's contracts in this sector
| Company | Wins | Total awarded | Last win |
|---|---|---|---|
| SABENA TECHNICS BOD | 1 | €1.5B | Mar 2026 |
| DEFENSE CONSEIL INTERNATIONAL - HELIDAX | 1 | €218.2M | Aug 2026 |
| KNDS France | 1 | €30.7M | Jan 2026 |
| ICARIUS AEROTECHNICS | 1 | Apr 2026 |
Based on 4 awards with a linked company profile over the last 5 years.
9 open tenders right now
- Unmanned aircraft - Supply of drones, accessories, components and related services for armed and security forces No deadline published
- Repair, maintenance and related services for aircraft and other equipment - Operational readiness maintenance (MCO) of the French Air and Space Force PC-21 fleet and associated services No deadline published
- Repair, maintenance and related services for aircraft and other equipment - Operation (excluding crews) and operational readiness of aircraft of the DGSCGC No deadline published
Market context
TED - Tenders Electronic Daily (Publications Office of the EU) publishes no value for this notice, so it cannot be placed among the open notices of its sector. The official documents may state one.
- open now in Repair & maintenance services
- 6,744
- median open notice
- €410,000
Who wins in this market
Many suppliersFrance · Repair & maintenance services
- different companies won awards here
- 2,716
- of the awards went to the three most frequent winners
- 5%
- winners of the last 12 months were new here
- 2,028 of 2,210
- buyers awarded contracts here
- 2,179
Based on 4,187 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)
- 2.4
- of those lots received a single tender
- 21%
- of the awards went to companies based in another country
- 1%
- of the tenders came from another country
- 3%
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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