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Public procurement in France
Key facts for bidders, checked against official sources (2026-10). General information, not legal advice. Always confirm the rules in the tender documents and on the official portal.
- Main procurement law
- Code de la commande publique (Public Procurement Code) (2019) — implements the EU public procurement directives
- WTO procurement agreement
- France is covered by the WTO Agreement on Government Procurement (GPA) through the EU: above set value thresholds, suppliers from other GPA parties must be treated like local ones.
- Foreign bidders
- France applies the EU procurement directives, so suppliers from other EU/EEA states and from WTO Government Procurement Agreement parties can bid on equal terms for covered contracts.
- Notice languages
- French
- Currency
- EUR
- Good to know
- BOAMP, published by DILA, is the official bulletin for notices. Central government buyers run their tenders and take electronic responses on the PLACE platform (marches-publics.gouv.fr).
Trade snapshot
- GDP (2025)
- US$3.37 trillion
- Exports (2025)
- US$1.12 trillion in goods and services
- Imports (2025)
- US$1.14 trillion in goods and services
- Trade share (2025)
- 67% of GDP
- Average tariff (2022)
- 1.3% (applied, trade-weighted, all products)
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0).
France on FreeTender right now
8,775 open notices; the busiest sectors are construction & infrastructure (3,041), financial & professional services (1,169), facility management & cleaning (742), water & environment (653) and manufacturing & supply (522).
Most active buyers: Chambres de Commerce et d'Industrie (CCI) — CCI / EPCI-C - CHAMBRE DE COMMERCE ET D'INDUSTRIE DE CORSE (66), VILLE de PARIS - DFA - SDA (23), Eurométropole de Strasbourg (23), Ville de Lyon (20), Autres organismes — AO / CEA / CEA / CADARACHE - CENTRE DES BOUCHES DU RHÔNE (19).
Sources: economie.gouv.fr · boamp.fr · marches-publics.gouv.fr · wto.org