# Bidding in France as a foreign company

> Whether a company established in the EU may bid for public contracts in France, the instrument that decides it, and the channels it would register on.

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## The single market

Yes. A company established anywhere in the EU bids in France on the same terms as a company established there, and a buyer that treats it differently is breaking the rule it is bound by. Above the EU thresholds the procurement directives apply directly. Below them the Treaty principles of equal treatment and non-discrimination still bind the buyer for any contract a firm in another member state would plausibly want.

Instrument: EU membership, procurement directives 2014/24 and 2014/25.

## Where you would register

- PLACE (https://www.marches-publics.gouv.fr/): The French state's procurement platform, where central government consultations are published.
- BOAMP (https://www.boamp.fr/): The official bulletin of public procurement announcements.

## A right to bid is not a notice

27 sources publish public procurement in France and 16 of them are read by a dedicated connector. Registering on the national portal and stopping there watches one address out of 27. Every source: https://trinta.ai/government-tenders/france

This is not legal advice. Trade agreements grant what their annexes list, and a particular procedure's documents can require local registration, an agent or local content that no agreement overrides.

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