Civil works, buildings, roads, bridges, water and public-infrastructure contracts issued by government bodies, agencies and private developers.
Who buys construction & infrastructure in France
These are the organisations with the most construction & infrastructure notices open in France right now. Buyers in this sector tend to repeat — following the few that award the work you do is usually more productive than watching the market as a whole.
Since 19 Oct 2022, FreeTender has recorded 6,021 construction & infrastructure notices in France, 3,226 of them open today. The median bid window is 31 days, so plan to have documents ready before a notice appears. Where buyers state a value, the median is EUR 600 thousand (1,358 priced notices).
Computed by FreeTender from the notices we hold, refreshed nightly. Monthly market reports.
How they buy
Across the construction & infrastructure notices we currently hold for France, the most common form is the open tender or invitation to bid, followed by invitation to bid and dps. Each has its own rules — see RFP, RFQ and EOI compared and tendering procedures explained.
What qualifies you
Construction and infrastructure is one of the largest tender categories worldwide, spanning roadworks, buildings, bridges, pipelines, electrification and turnkey EPC projects. Notices here usually specify eligibility criteria such as prior similar work, annual turnover and technical staff, along with earnest-money and performance-guarantee requirements. Read the bill of quantities and completion timeline carefully, and check whether the tender is item-rate, percentage-rate or lump-sum before pricing your bid.
Ministère de la Transition Écologique, Ministère de la Cohésion des Territoires, Ministère de la Mer — MTES-MCTRCT-MER / SD / DIR / DIR MC - Direction Interdépartementale des Routes Massif Central