Procurement contracts

Legal overview

 SETE is a local public company, with the delegated responsibility of managing the Eiffel Tower. It is subject to:

• The general principles of public procurement
• Competition regulations such as those contained in EU Directive 2014/24/EU, the French ruling of 23 July 2015 and the decree of 25 March 2016.

 
Please note that decree 2015-1163 of 17 September 2015, raising the threshold from €15k to €25k, has been in force since 1 October 2015
 
Decree 2015-1904 of 30 December 2015 modified the public authority thresholds, which now stand at €209k for services and provisions, and €5,225k for construction works.

An overview of the general principles of public procurement

The following principles apply:
 

• Freedom of access to public procurement: the call for applications must not contain requirements beyond those defined in the regulations.

• Equal treatment of applicants: each applicant must receive the same information, in the same conditions and to the same schedule as their competitors. None should receive special treatment of any kind*

• Transparent procedures: each applicant must understand how their application and/or bid will be selected or rejected as soon as the call for applications is issued. Reasons for refusal will be provided upon request