France tender market report, October 2026
Month to date, updated 22 Oct 2026 · computed by FreeTender from 6,898 notices
- Notices published
- 6,898
- -17% vs September 2026 (month to date)
- Still open
- 6,617
- at the time of this report
- Median bid window
- 32 days
- middle half: 28–35 days
- With a stated value
- 1,766
- 26% of notices
Summary
So far in October 2026, FreeTender recorded 6,898 new procurement notices from buyers in France (-17% on September 2026, comparing a part month with a full one). The largest sector was Construction & Infrastructure with 2,294 notices (33% of the total). Half of all notices gave bidders 32 days or less to respond. Thursday was the busiest publishing day (22% of notices).
Notices by sector
- Construction & Infrastructure2,294 notices-22%
- Financial & Professional Services1,028 notices-8%
- Facility Management & Cleaning600 notices+2%
- Water & Environment491 notices-19%
- Manufacturing & Supply431 notices-21%
- Agriculture & Food400 notices-15%
- IT & Telecom384 notices-14%
- Transport & Logistics344 notices-25%
- Healthcare & Pharma197 notices-29%
- Energy & Power185 notices-5%
- Sports, Recreation & Events110 notices-8%
- Education & Training109 notices-9%
- Defence & Security107 notices-20%
- Real Estate & Facilities31 notices+15%
- Media, Printing & Advertising27 notices-13%
Change is against September 2026.
How buyers tendered
- Invitation to bid3,693 notices
- Open tender3,169 notices
- Contract award14 notices
- Grant / funding call12 notices
- Standing arrangement9 notices
- Request for proposal1 notices
Publishing day
- Monday1,434 notices
- Tuesday1,372 notices
- Wednesday1,121 notices
- Thursday1,540 notices
- Friday1,410 notices
- Saturday9 notices
- Sunday12 notices
Most active buyers in France
- Ville de Lyon21 notices
- EXPERTISE FRANCE15 notices
- Collectivité européenne d Alsace14 notices
- World Bank project14 notices
- CELRL 1714 notices
- Région Grand Est14 notices
- Département de la Manche13 notices
- Conseil Départemental du Nord13 notices
Stated values
1,766 of 6,898 notices stated an estimated value. Figures are in the currency the buyer used.
| Currency | Priced notices | Median | Largest | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EUR | 1,766 | 360 thousand | 3.0 billion | 8.6 billion |
Largest notices of the month
- France – Luncheon vouchers – Fourniture et gestion de titres de paiement et de dispositifs d'avantages au profit des bénéficiaires de la CANUT · EUR 3.0 billion · closes 20 Nov 2026
- France – Non-hazardous refuse and waste treatment and disposal services – Concession de service public pour l'exploitation du centre de valorisation énergétique de la CALL à Noyelles-sous-Lens et la c · EUR 608.0 million · closes 12 Feb 2027
- Fourniture, intégration et maintenance de matériels et solutions de réseaux informatiques sécurisés pour les adhérents de la CAIH · EUR 415.0 million · closes 25 Nov 2026
- France – Networks – Fourniture, intégration et maintenance de matériels et solutions de réseaux informatiques sécurisés pour les adhérents de la CAIH · EUR 415.0 million · closes 25 Nov 2026
- France – Pharmaceutical products – Fourniture de médicaments du système nerveux pour les Etablissements de santé de Bretagne · EUR 152.7 million · closes 13 Nov 2026
Other months
Method: counts are notices first published in the month, by the buyer's country, across all sources FreeTender reads. Bid window means days from publication to the deadline. Coverage grows as we add sources, so part of any rise can be new coverage rather than new demand. You may quote these figures with a link to this page. The underlying rows are in our open dataset.