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France – Hire of helicopters with crew – Location de vecteurs aériens types hélicoptères bombardiers d'eau avec équipages pour la lutte contre les feux d'espaces naturels

France – Hire of helicopters with crew – Rental of air carriers type helicopters water bombers with crews for fighting natural space firesEnglish, machine translated

Issued by SDIS de la Sarthe · via TED — Tenders Electronic Daily (EU)

Published
2 Nov 2026
Closes
4 Dec 2026, 23:59 UTC
Value
EUR 2,000,000
Reference
759302-2026
Location
France
Sector
Transport & Logistics
Type
services

At a glance

SDIS de la Sarthe in France has published an invitation to bid in transport & logistics: “France – Hire of helicopters with crew – Location de vecteurs aériens types hélicoptères bombardiers d'eau avec équipages pour la lutte contre les feux d'espaces naturels”. Submissions close on 4 December 2026, 33 days from today. The stated value is EUR 2,000,000. Quote reference 759302-2026 in any correspondence with the buyer. One document is attached to this notice. FreeTender has recorded 2 notices from this buyer since 2026, 2 of them currently open. There are 520 open transport & logistics notices in France on FreeTender. Bids are submitted to the buyer through TED — Tenders Electronic Daily (EU), not through FreeTender.

English summary

Machine translated from French by FreeTender. The original notice below is the binding text.

Rental of water bomber helicopters with crews, including immobilization, pilotage, maintenance, refuelling and implementation of the jetting device for the control of natural space fires.

Details

Location d'hélicoptères bombardiers d'eau avec équipages, incluant immobilisation, pilotage, maintenance, avitaillement et mise en oeuvre du dispositif de largage pour la lutte contre les feux d'espaces naturels. Le marché comprend une part fixe (location et immobilisation du 21 juin au 21 août et 180 heures de vol) et une part variable (prestations supplémentaires selon besoins opérationnels)

Lots Lot 1 — Location de vecteurs aériens types hélicoptères bombardiers d'eau avec équipages pour la lutte contre les feux d'espaces naturels (estimated 2000000)

Buyer: SDIS de la Sarthe

Buyer country: FRA

Procedure: open

CPV code: 60424120

Full notice, tender documents and how to bid are on the official TED page (link above).

Context for bidders

We hold 2 notices from SDIS de la Sarthe, going back to October 2026 — 2 of them still open. They buy mostly in Construction & Infrastructure and Transport & Logistics. There are 520 open Transport & Logistics tenders in France. This one closes in 33 days.

Documents

Before you bid on this tender

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