Single-bid tenders in France
18.8% of the 26,902 lots France awarded through the EU Official Journal (TED) from January to July 2026 received one tender and no other, below the European 35.9%. The median lot drew 3. 23 countries leave more undisputed. France's own register, the DECP, reads 17.5% for its open procedures, because it also carries the marchés below the EU thresholds, which the Official Journal does not, and those are more contested.
Data: TED, the EU Official Journal, harvested
By CPV division in France
The 39 divisions carrying at least 30 France lots, computed on that country's lots alone.
| CPV | Division | Single bid | Lots |
|---|---|---|---|
| 92 | Recreational, cultural and sporting services | 49.3% | 235 |
| 24 | Chemical products | 38.9% | 77 |
| 14 | Mining, basic metals and related products | 38.7% | 49 |
| 66 | Financial and insurance services | 36.7% | 802 |
| 98 | Other community, social and personal services | 35.8% | 78 |
| 38 | Laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses) | 34.7% | 161 |
| 37 | Musical instruments, sport goods, games, toys, handicraft, art materials and accessories | 34.0% | 47 |
| 34 | Transport equipment and auxiliary products to transportation | 32.6% | 508 |
| 60 | Transport services (excl. Waste transport) | 31.7% | 545 |
| 16 | Agricultural machinery | 31.4% | 35 |
| 15 | Food, beverages, tobacco and related products | 29.5% | 562 |
| 85 | Health and social work services | 29.2% | 198 |
| 72 | IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support | 28.9% | 425 |
| 48 | Software package and information systems | 26.4% | 34 |
| 42 | Industrial machinery | 25.6% | 78 |
| 75 | Administration, defence and social security services | 25.5% | 172 |
| 50 | Repair and maintenance services | 25.4% | 990 |
| 80 | Education and training services | 24.5% | 363 |
| 65 | Public utilities | 23.5% | 34 |
| 31 | Electrical machinery, apparatus, equipment and consumables; lighting | 22.8% | 114 |
| 90 | Sewage, refuse, cleaning and environmental services | 22.7% | 1,562 |
| 03 | Agricultural, farming, fishing, forestry and related products | 22.0% | 154 |
| 77 | Agricultural, forestry, horticultural, aquacultural and apicultural services | 21.7% | 695 |
| 33 | Medical equipments, pharmaceuticals and personal care products | 20.7% | 2,215 |
| 32 | Radio, television, communication, telecommunication and related equipment | 20.6% | 63 |
| 44 | Construction structures and materials; auxiliary products to construction (except electric apparatus) | 19.6% | 254 |
| 64 | Postal and telecommunications services | 19.4% | 67 |
| 51 | Installation services (except software) | 18.7% | 32 |
| 22 | Printed matter and related products | 17.7% | 118 |
| 70 | Real estate services | 17.3% | 46 |
| 55 | Hotel, restaurant and retail trade services | 16.5% | 224 |
| 39 | Furniture (incl. office furniture), furnishings, domestic appliances (excl. lighting) and cleaning products | 16.2% | 479 |
| 63 | Supporting and auxiliary transport services; travel agencies services | 14.4% | 76 |
| 30 | Office and computing machinery, equipment and supplies except furniture and software packages | 12.9% | 232 |
| 18 | Clothing, footwear, luggage articles and accessories | 12.6% | 182 |
| 09 | Petroleum products, fuel, electricity and other sources of energy | 11.3% | 141 |
| 45 | Construction work | 10.0% | 3,296 |
| 79 | Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security | 9.4% | 945 |
| 71 | Architectural, construction, engineering and inspection services | 7.3% | 1,973 |
Code by code in France
The 73 CPV codes carrying at least 30 France lots from a notice that named exactly one code. Each opens its page in the CPV tree.
| Code | Description | Single bid | Lots |
|---|---|---|---|
| 92621000 | Sports-event promotion services | 100.0% | 60 |
| 90620000 | Snow-clearing services | 80.5% | 36 |
| 72267000 | Software maintenance and repair services | 79.4% | 39 |
| 15894200 | Prepared meals | 78.7% | 33 |
| 72267100 | Maintenance of information technology software | 65.7% | 35 |
| 80500000 | Training services | 47.9% | 121 |
| 34300000 | Parts and accessories for vehicles and their engines | 47.6% | 63 |
| 60172000 | Hire of buses and coaches with driver | 46.6% | 75 |
| 24111500 | Medical gases | 46.6% | 30 |
| 34913000 | Miscellaneous spare parts | 45.7% | 35 |
| 33651600 | Vaccines | 41.9% | 31 |
| 50750000 | Lift-maintenance services | 41.6% | 36 |
| 15882000 | Dietetic products | 40.8% | 98 |
| 90500000 | Refuse and waste related services | 39.5% | 86 |
| 66510000 | Insurance services | 37.7% | 98 |
| 33696300 | Chemical reagents | 33.3% | 36 |
| 33140000 | Medical consumables | 33.2% | 596 |
| 60130000 | Special-purpose road passenger-transport services | 32.2% | 121 |
| 33696500 | Laboratory reagents | 28.2% | 46 |
| 50324200 | Preventive maintenance services | 27.6% | 94 |
| 50700000 | Repair and maintenance services of building installations | 27.5% | 58 |
| 90513000 | Non-hazardous refuse and waste treatment and disposal services | 25.8% | 31 |
| 90900000 | Cleaning and sanitation services | 25.2% | 99 |
| 77310000 | Planting and maintenance services of green areas | 25.1% | 377 |
| 15800000 | Miscellaneous food products | 23.6% | 76 |
| 50531100 | Repair and maintenance services of boilers | 21.8% | 32 |
| 60100000 | Road transport services | 21.4% | 56 |
| 60112000 | Public road transport services | 20.9% | 81 |
| 71315400 | Building-inspection services | 20.5% | 39 |
| 33122000 | Ophthalmology equipment | 19.4% | 72 |
| 50710000 | Repair and maintenance services of electrical and mechanical building installations | 17.5% | 40 |
| 50720000 | Repair and maintenance services of central heating | 16.9% | 59 |
| 71241000 | Feasibility study, advisory service, analysis | 16.3% | 61 |
| 55242000 | Holiday home services | 16.1% | 31 |
| 45421000 | Joinery work | 15.7% | 38 |
| 45000000 | Construction work | 15.6% | 147 |
| 33600000 | Pharmaceutical products | 15.5% | 45 |
| 80530000 | Vocational training services | 14.4% | 90 |
| 22113000 | Library books | 14.2% | 35 |
| 90911200 | Building-cleaning services | 13.7% | 167 |
| 39830000 | Cleaning products | 12.5% | 80 |
| 50413200 | Repair and maintenance services of firefighting equipment | 11.7% | 51 |
| 66133000 | Processing and clearing services | 11.7% | 34 |
| 71000000 | Architectural, construction, engineering and inspection services | 11.6% | 77 |
| 55520000 | Catering services | 11.1% | 45 |
| 45211000 | Construction work for multi-dwelling buildings and individual houses | 11.1% | 36 |
| 79620000 | Supply services of personnel including temporary staff | 10.7% | 65 |
| 71221000 | Architectural services for buildings | 9.5% | 94 |
| 79311000 | Survey services | 9.5% | 42 |
| 45223220 | Structural shell work | 8.9% | 56 |
| 15897000 | Canned goods and field rations | 8.8% | 34 |
| 45221119 | Bridge renewal construction work | 8.5% | 35 |
| 79810000 | Printing services | 7.8% | 38 |
| 75310000 | Benefit services | 7.6% | 104 |
| 71200000 | Architectural and related services | 7.2% | 125 |
| 71336000 | Engineering support services | 6.0% | 33 |
| 90910000 | Cleaning services | 5.7% | 121 |
| 71300000 | Engineering services | 5.5% | 108 |
| 71240000 | Architectural, engineering and planning services | 4.8% | 123 |
| 45233141 | Road-maintenance works | 4.5% | 44 |
| 71351810 | Topographical services | 4.4% | 45 |
| 71335000 | Engineering studies | 3.8% | 77 |
| 79632000 | Personnel-training services | 2.7% | 37 |
| 71631300 | Technical building-inspection services | 2.5% | 40 |
| 15000000 | Food, beverages, tobacco and related products | 2.0% | 48 |
| 45233140 | Roadworks | 0.9% | 103 |
| 79713000 | Guard services | 0.0% | 36 |
| 71317210 | Health and safety consultancy services | 0.0% | 63 |
| 45233220 | Surface work for roads | 0.0% | 38 |
| 33692000 | Medical solutions | 0.0% | 57 |
| 45311000 | Electrical wiring and fitting work | 0.0% | 40 |
| 33141700 | Orthopaedic supplies | 0.0% | 52 |
| 33141110 | Dressings | 0.0% | 206 |
How this is counted
The source is TED, the EU Official Journal, and the field is eForms BT-759, the count of submissions received, which every contract award notice must carry. Only the BT-760 total is read, never the electronic, SME or non-EEA subsets, because they overlap. The unit is the lot and not the notice: a notice can award many lots and each is a contract bid for on its own. A division or code appears only above 30 France lots, and a notice counts towards a division only when all its CPV codes sit in one and towards a code only when it carries exactly one, because the CPV array does not line up with the lots. TED carries procurement above the EU thresholds, so this is the large end of the France market and not the whole of it. Harvested 2026-09-08. The European table and the whole aggregate as one file carry the same numbers.
France's own register, the DECP, carries every notified marché and not only those above the EU thresholds, and there 17.5% of the 30,376 open procedures (appels d'offres ouverts) drew a single offer over the same months. Both numbers are true of their own universe: the small contracts only a national register carries are more contested. The French register, code by code.
Frequently asked questions
01What share of public tenders in France receives only one bid?
18.8% of the 26,902 lots France awarded through the EU Official Journal between January and July 2026 received exactly one tender. The median lot drew 3 and the mean was 5.9. That is below the European 35.9% and ranks 29 of 34 countries. Counted on eForms BT-759, the submission count every contract award notice must carry. France's own register, the DECP, carries every notified marché and not only those above the EU thresholds, and there 17.5% of the 30,376 open procedures (appels d'offres ouverts) drew a single offer over the same months. Both numbers are true of their own universe: the small contracts only a national register carries are more contested.
02Which sectors get the fewest bids in France?
Recreational, cultural and sporting services: 49.3% of 235 lots. Chemical products: 38.9% of 77 lots. Mining, basic metals and related products: 38.7% of 49 lots. Financial and insurance services: 36.7% of 802 lots. Other community, social and personal services: 35.8% of 78 lots. Laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses): 34.7% of 161 lots. Musical instruments, sport goods, games, toys, handicraft, art materials and accessories: 34.0% of 47 lots. Transport equipment and auxiliary products to transportation: 32.6% of 508 lots. Transport services (excl. Waste transport): 31.7% of 545 lots. Agricultural machinery: 31.4% of 35 lots.
03Which CPV codes are least contested in France?
92621000 Sports-event promotion services: 100.0% of 60 lots. 90620000 Snow-clearing services: 80.5% of 36 lots. 72267000 Software maintenance and repair services: 79.4% of 39 lots. 15894200 Prepared meals: 78.7% of 33 lots. 72267100 Maintenance of information technology software: 65.7% of 35 lots. 80500000 Training services: 47.9% of 121 lots. 34300000 Parts and accessories for vehicles and their engines: 47.6% of 63 lots. 60172000 Hire of buses and coaches with driver: 46.6% of 75 lots. 24111500 Medical gases: 46.6% of 30 lots. 34913000 Miscellaneous spare parts: 45.7% of 35 lots.
How to cite
TRINTA, "Single-bid public tenders in France", TED, the EU Official Journal, harvested 8 September 2026, https://trinta.ai/single-bid-europe/france (accessed [date]).