A dual-supplier, 96-month framework agreement for electrical supplies and materials across all Paris airport sites relaunched after a previous €35 million notice was cancelled due to changes in operational requirements, represents one of Europe’s most significant airport infrastructure supply contracts currently open for bid.
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Aéroports de Paris (ADP), the operator of Charles de Gaulle, Orly, and Le Bourget airports, has published a €30 million competitive negotiation framework for the supply of electrical materials across all its sites. The framework will appoint a maximum of two suppliers, runs for 96 months, and covers electrical supplies, accessories, and materials under CPV codes 31680000 and 31681410. Performance sites are Val-de-Marne and Seine-Saint-Denis, the departments where ADP’s principal airport infrastructure is located.
This is the second attempt at this procurement. A previous notice published on 25 March 2025 under reference JOUE 191318-2025, valued at €35 million, was cancelled following a modification to ADP’s operational requirements. The current notice at €30 million reflects the revised scope. Published on 17 February 2026 with a deadline of 3 March 2026, this is an extremely tight 14-day submission window for a €30 million, eight-year framework. Speed of response is the immediate priority for any qualified supplier.
Opportunity Overview
Contracting Authority: Aéroports de Paris
Reference Number: SPA023036
Document ID: 00110820-2026
Tender Title: Supply of Electrical Materials Across All Aéroports de Paris Sites (Fourniture de matériels électriques sur tous les sites d’Aéroports de Paris)
Scope of Work: Framework agreement for the supply of electrical materials and accessories across all Aéroports de Paris sites. The framework is multi-supplier (maximum two appointed suppliers). It establishes ADP’s technical requirements and supplier obligations, and governs the conditions under which purchase orders will be placed throughout the framework duration. Technical specifications are detailed in the Dossier de Consultation des Entreprises (DCE) transmitted during the candidacy phase, in particular the Cahier des Clauses Techniques Particulières (CCTP).
Lot Structure:
- Lot 1: Supply of electrical materials across all Aéroports de Paris sites – lot value €30,000,000.00
Location / Place of Performance: Val-de-Marne, Seine-Saint-Denis, France
Estimated Total Value: €30,000,000.00
Contract Duration: 96 months (8 years)
Procedure Type: Negotiated with prior publication of a call for competition / competitive with negotiation
Award Criteria: Unknown (not stated in the PDF)
Publication Date: 17/02/2026
Deadline: 03/03/2026
Language Requirements: French only
EU Funding: No
Contact: DHATI / dhati@adp.fr / 0174221567
Submission Portal: https://fournisseurs.aeroportsdeparis.fr/
Previous Related Notice: JOUE 191318-2025, published 25/03/2025, value €35,000,000 – cancelled due to modification of operational requirements
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Authority and History
Aéroports de Paris is the operator of the Paris airport system, classified under airport-related activities. It manages Charles de Gaulle (CDG) in Val-de-Marne and Seine-Saint-Denis, Orly in Val-de-Marne, and Le Bourget, among other facilities. ADP is one of the largest airport operators in Europe by passenger volume. Its infrastructure maintenance and supply requirements are substantial, continuous, and cover a broad range of electrical, mechanical, and technical materials across terminals, runways, logistics facilities, and operational buildings.
The procurement context in the Hermix platform reflects the scale of ADP’s overall buying operation. All open tenders currently stand at 8, totaling €243 million. All contract awards reach 50, totaling €266 million. The all-renewals pipeline is very large: 301 contracts worth €8.4 billion. Similar renewals number 14, valued at €173 million. Similar contract awards are recorded as 1, with a value of €0 in the dataset (the data reflects the classification rather than a zero-value award). No similar prior notices are active.
The renewal pipeline is the defining strategic figure. With 301 all renewals worth €8.4 billion, ADP is a continuous, high-volume buyer across multiple procurement categories. A supplier winning this electrical materials framework gains an eight-year relationship with an authority whose total renewal pipeline dwarfs any single contract value. Beyond ADP, 681 other buyers hold similar projects totaling €1 billion in comparable electrical materials and supplies procurement, confirming sustained demand across European infrastructure operators.
Competitive Landscape
The Winners of Similar Contracts table contains a single entry with incomplete financial data. The full dataset as recorded in the PDF is:
- Fonroche Lighting: 1 contract, value not stated in the PDF
The Contractors’ Countries table records France with 1 contract, value not stated. No financial figures are available for either Fonroche Lighting’s contract value or the France country total in the similar contracts dataset.
Fonroche Lighting is a French company specialising in solar-powered and energy-efficient public lighting systems. Its presence as the sole recorded similar contract winner at ADP indicates a prior engagement in the lighting and electrical materials space at the airport. However, with only one recorded entry and no financial data, this dataset offers limited competitive intelligence for this specific procurement.
The thin similar contracts data should not be misread as low competition. ADP is a major infrastructure buyer that historically works with large electrical distribution and materials supply companies. The electrical materials market across French infrastructure operators involves established distributors such as Rexel, Sonepar, and Würth, as well as specialist airport infrastructure suppliers. The prior €35 million notice that was cancelled before award means no incumbent was formally appointed from that process, leaving the field more open than a direct renewal scenario would imply. The competitive negotiation procedure gives ADP the ability to shortlist and negotiate with a select group of qualified candidates, meaning the effective competition is shaped by the candidacy phase rather than an open submission free-for-all.
Commercial and Procedural Signals
Dual-Supplier Framework: The multi-attributaire structure with a maximum of two appointed suppliers is commercially significant. ADP will divide its electrical materials purchase orders between two framework holders throughout the 96-month term. This is not an exclusive single-supplier arrangement. Both winners will receive orders, though the split mechanism and minimum/maximum order allocation per supplier are governed by the CCTP documentation rather than stated in the PDF. For bidders, the practical implication is that two positions are available and competition is not winner-takes-all.
96-Month Duration: Eight years is an exceptionally long framework term for a supply contract of this type. It reflects ADP’s operational requirement for long-term supply continuity across critical airport infrastructure. For a supplier, 96 months of purchase order flow from one of Europe’s busiest airport operators represents a strategic position worth significant investment to secure. Pricing must be structured to sustain delivery and margin across the full eight-year period, accounting for material cost inflation, supply chain disruptions, and operational scale changes.
Cancelled Predecessor: The previous notice at €35 million was cancelled due to a modification of ADP’s operational requirements. This is stated explicitly in both the short description and the lot description. The revised value of €30 million represents a €5 million reduction from the original scope. Suppliers who participated in the cancelled 2025 process should review what changed in the operational requirements before submitting the revised candidacy. Suppliers new to this procurement should request the full DCE to understand the current scope precisely.
Procedure Type: The competitive negotiation with prior publication is a two-stage process. The candidacy phase screens and shortlists qualified suppliers. Shortlisted candidates then receive the full technical documentation (CCTP) and submit competitive proposals followed by negotiation rounds. The award criteria are not disclosed in the PDF; they will be communicated with the full consultation documents to shortlisted candidates.
Submission Timeline: From publication on 17 February 2026 to the deadline of 3 March 2026 is just 14 days. This is the tightest window across the current set of tenders. For a €30 million, eight-year framework from one of Europe’s largest airport operators, 14 days is an unusually compressed initial response period. Suppliers must register immediately on fournisseurs.aeroportsdeparis.fr and submit their candidacy without delay. The deadline is firm.
Language: French is the only permitted language for all submission documents.
Narrative Insight
The cancellation and relaunch story is the most strategically important context for this tender. ADP published a €35 million version of this framework in March 2025, ran the process, and then cancelled it before award due to a change in operational requirements. The revised procurement at €30 million reflects a restructured scope that has presumably passed internal approval. For suppliers, this history signals two things: first, that ADP has been planning this supply relationship for almost a year; second, that the revised scope is more stable than the first version.
The dual-supplier structure deserves careful strategic attention. Two positions are available. A supplier that wins a framework position but is not the primary order recipient still holds a contractually guaranteed relationship with ADP for eight years, and can accumulate revenue through the secondary allocation of purchase orders. For electrical materials distributors looking to establish or deepen a presence in French airport infrastructure supply, the second position may be as commercially valuable as the first if the primary winner holds only a marginal volume advantage under the call-off mechanism.
Fonroche Lighting as the sole similar contract entry is an interesting data point. Fonroche’s specialism in solar lighting does not obviously position it as a full-spectrum electrical materials distributor, which is what this framework requires. This suggests either that the similar contract dataset is narrow in scope, or that ADP’s prior electrical materials procurement has not been fully captured in the Hermix dataset. Either way, the competitive landscape should be assessed from first principles based on who the major French electrical materials distributors are, not solely from the one-entry similar contracts table.
Hermix users tracking French infrastructure procurement can access ADP’s full authority profile, the €8.4 billion all-renewals pipeline, and the 681 comparable buyers across Europe totaling €1 billion in similar projects, building a comprehensive picture of the electrical materials supply market for major infrastructure operators in minutes rather than days.
Practical Takeaways for Bidders
Who this tender suits:
- Major French electrical materials distributors and wholesalers with the supply chain breadth, logistics infrastructure, and French airport or comparable critical infrastructure supply experience to serve all ADP sites across Val-de-Marne and Seine-Saint-Denis across an eight-year framework
- Electrical materials specialists with established relationships with leading manufacturers across the full range of electrical supplies, accessories, and materials required in airport operational and maintenance environments
- Companies with the financial capacity and operational scale to sustain delivery across a €30 million, 96-month framework, including pricing models that account for material cost inflation and supply chain variability over eight years
- Suppliers who participated in the cancelled March 2025 process under JOUE 191318-2025 and are ready to resubmit candidacy with an understanding of the revised €30 million scope
Critical attention points:
- The submission deadline is 3 March 2026, just 14 days after publication on 17 February 2026. This is the most urgent timeline of any tender in the current batch. Registration on fournisseurs.aeroportsdeparis.fr and candidacy submission must begin immediately
- The framework is multi-attributaire with a maximum of two appointed suppliers. Two framework positions are available. Understand how ADP will allocate purchase orders between the two holders before pricing your proposal, as the call-off distribution mechanism will directly affect your revenue expectations
- The previous €35 million notice (JOUE 191318-2025) was cancelled due to a modification of operational requirements. Request the full DCE documentation to understand precisely what changed from the 2025 scope to the current €30 million scope before submitting
- Award criteria are not stated in the PDF and will be communicated to shortlisted candidates only. The competitive negotiation procedure involves a candidacy screening phase followed by technical and commercial negotiation. Your candidacy submission must demonstrate the full breadth and depth of your electrical materials supply capability
- French is the only permitted language for all documentation. All candidacy materials, technical responses, and subsequent proposal documents must be submitted in French
- The 96-month duration requires pricing stability mechanisms that protect your margin across eight years of supply. Address cost escalation, currency stability (all EUR-denominated), and supply chain resilience explicitly in your commercial proposal
Aéroports de Paris’s €30 million, eight-year electrical materials framework is one of the most strategically significant supply contracts currently open in European airport infrastructure procurement. The dual-supplier structure creates two available positions, the revised scope follows a cancelled predecessor, and the 301-contract renewal pipeline worth €8.4 billion confirms ADP as a major long-term buyer across all supply categories. The 14-day deadline to 3 March 2026 is the defining constraint. For an established French electrical materials distributor with airport infrastructure credentials and the agility to move within a fortnight, this framework represents an eight-year revenue base in one of Europe’s busiest and most demanding operational environments.
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