Software tenders in France
Figures from TED · updated 4 Nov 2026
In the 12 months from November 2025 to October 2026, public buyers in France published 763 software packages and information systems tenders on TED, the EU's official tender journal. That is about 64 a month, and 56 were published in the last 30 days.
In 271 sampled award notices that report bids, the median contract received 3 bids, and 19% received only one bid.
64% of awards that state the winner's size went to small and medium-sized companies (SMEs), and 5% went to a company from outside France.
Price was the only award criterion in 40 of 218 awards that list their criteria; across all of them, price carried a median weight of 40%.
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| Published | Tender | Buyer | Deadline |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4 Nov 2026 | Acquisition of software licenses, subscriptions and associated maintenance Acquisition de licences de logiciels, abonnements et maintenances associées Estimated 6,000,000 EUR | Conseil départemental du Cantal | 4 Dec 2026 |
| 4 Nov 2026 | SUPPLY, MAINTENANCE AND SUPPORT OF A BACKUP SOLUTION, DATA PROTECTION AND BUSINESS CONTINUITY FOR THE INFORMATION SYSTEM FOURNITURE, MAINTENANCE ET SUPPORT D'UNE SOLUTION DE SAUVEGARDE, DE PROTECTION DES DONNEES ET DE REPRISE D'ACTIVITE DU SYSTEME D'INFORMATION Estimated 900,000 EUR | IMPRIMERIE NATIONALE SA | 4 Dec 2026 |
| 4 Nov 2026 | Information System for Time and Absence Management for ARTE France and its subsidiaries Système d'Information de la Gestion des Temps et des Absences pour ARTE France et ses filiales | ARTE FRANCE | 19 Nov 2026 |
| 3 Nov 2026 | Supply of IT equipment, software solutions, Cloud subscriptions and associated services Fourniture d'équipements informatiques, de solutions logicielles, d'abonnements Cloud et prestations de services associées Estimated 2,800,000 EUR | COEUR ESSONNE AGGLOMERATION | 30 Nov 2026 |
| 3 Nov 2026 | Archiving, ECM-SAE Archivage, GED-SAE Estimated 310,000,000 EUR | CANUT | 4 Dec 2026 |
| 3 Nov 2026 | Supply, installation, commissioning of sterilization equipment and supervision qualified in the context of restructuring sterilization sites Fourniture, installation, mise en service de matériels de stérilisation et de supervision qualifiés dans le cadre de restructurations des sites de stérilisation | 29 CHRU | 2 Dec 2026 |
| 3 Nov 2026 | Acquisition of subscriptions, services and additional features for solutions based on the ELK software suite Acquisizione di sottoscrizioni, servizi e funzionalità aggiuntive per soluzioni basate sulla suite software ELK Estimated 11,849,960 EUR | Banca d'Italia; Deutsche Bundesbank; Banque de France | 10 Dec 2026 |
| 3 Nov 2026 | Acquisition of a Product Information Management solution for the regional purchasing centre Acquisition d'une solution de gestion des Informations Produits pour la Centrale d'achat régionale | Conseil régional Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes | 1 Dec 2026 |
| 2 Nov 2026 | Supply, implementation and maintenance of a contact/customer relationship management solution with marketing automation Fourniture, mise en œuvre et maintenance d’une solution de gestion de la relation contact/client avec marketing automation | EPA / Musée de l'Armée | 4 Dec 2026 |
| 2 Nov 2026 | Securing the Information System - Relaunch of lot no. 1: Replacement of virtualization servers and creation of a redundant rack Sécurisation du Système d'Information - Relance du lot n°1 : Remplacement des serveurs de virtualisation et création d'une baie redondée | Commune de Petite-Ile | 4 Dec 2026 |
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How many tenders, month by month
Competition: how many bids
| Median bids per contract | 3 |
|---|---|
| Awards with a single bid | 19% |
| Awards won by SMEs | 64% |
| Awards won by a company from outside France | 5% |
| Awards with at least one bid from outside the EEA | 4% |
| Awards decided on price alone | 18% |
| Winning value against the buyer's estimate (median) | 100% |
From 290 award notices: the newest 25 of each month, out of 381 published in the same 12 months. Bids are the number of tenders received that each notice reports, as the median of its lots.
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Questions
How many software packages and information systems tenders are published in France?
In the 12 months from November 2025 to October 2026, public buyers in France published 763 software packages and information systems tenders on TED, the EU's official tender journal. That is about 64 a month, and 56 were published in the last 30 days.
How many companies bid on software packages and information systems tenders in France?
In 271 sampled award notices that report bids, the median contract received 3 bids, and 19% received only one bid. Fewer bids usually means better odds for a well-prepared bid.
Can a company from another country win software packages and information systems tenders in France?
Yes. Tenders published on TED are open to companies from every EU and EEA country, and often to companies from countries with a procurement agreement with the EU, such as the UK, the US, Switzerland and Israel under the WTO GPA, depending on the tender's own rules. In practice 5% of sampled awards in this market went to a company from outside France, often through a local partner or subsidiary.
Where can I find software packages and information systems tenders in France?
Contracts above the EU thresholds are published on TED (ted.europa.eu). Smaller contracts appear on France's national portal, BOAMP. Orbigate searches both together, translates titles into English and sends the new matches every morning.
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Where the numbers come from
Counts are contract notices on TED (Tenders Electronic Daily, the EU's official journal for public tenders) from buyers in France, classified under CPV division 48 (licensed software, information systems and software maintenance). They cover tenders above the EU thresholds and those buyers chose to publish on TED; smaller national tenders are not counted. Monthly figures are rebuilt when a month ends; open tenders every day, from the TED Search API. Always confirm details in the official notice.