Principles of public procurement
At SNCF, we believe in strict compliance with public procurement guidelines and specify our quality requirements in every contract.
Core principles
- open access to procurement contracts. Notices are published in official journals and on this website
- competitive bidding for all contracts. Approved suppliers do not automatically win contracts
- equal treatment of bidders. Contracts are awarded to the most competitive, most reliable candidate
- transparent procedures. All suppliers and employees know the rules
- traceability. The procurement contracts and past history of approved suppliers are traceable
- confidentiality. Data from all bidders is kept confidential, whether they win the contract or not
Notices published in the Official Journal of the European Union (OJEU)
There are two types:
- qualification notices—for products that require advance qualification
- tender notices—for invitations to tender covering specific projects
Non-OJEU announcements do not appear in official tender notices and are usually used by regions to find service and product providers.
Browse notices
All current SNCF tender notices are posted on this website. The full text of notices published in the Official Journal of the European Union (OJEU) may be viewed directly on the Journal’s website.
Applicable law
The legal structure of what is now France’s public rail group has been completely overhauled. Since 1 January 2020, it consists of a parent company (SNCF) with enhanced responsibility for strategy and steering, and 5 subsidiaries:
- SNCF Voyageurs, in charge of passenger rail business
- SNCF Réseau, handling core rail network functions
- SNCF Gares & Connexions, a subsidiary of SNCF Réseau charged with station design and management
- Rail Logistics Europe (RLE) handling rail freight and reporting to the parent company
- KEOLIS, a global operator of urban, suburban and regional mass transit systems
- Geodis, for freight transport and logistics solutions.
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