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 26 November 2018 and the decree of 3 December 2018.

 
The public authority thresholds now stand at €214k for services and provisions, and €5,350k 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