This report was produced by the OECD's Directorate for Public Governance (GOV) under the direction of Elsa Pilichowski, its Director, and Paulo Magina, Acting Head of the Infrastructure and Public Procurement Division. This report was written by Sanda Jugo, Policy Analyst under the supervision and coordination of Matthieu Cahen, Senior Policy Analyst in the same division and Project Manager. Kenza Khachani and Margaux Lelong, Policy Analysts, also wrote sections of the report. Pauline Gautrot provided assistance with data analysis. The report was prepared for publication by Dovile Bogusyte. Takumi Akama provided administrative assistance.
The OECD would like to express its gratitude to the French government, the Prime Minister, the Ministry of the Economy, Finance, Industrial and Digital Sovereignty and the Directorate of State Purchasing (DAE). In particular, the OECD would like to thank François Adam, Director of DAE, Sandrine Jarry, Deputy Director in charge of procurement modernization, Emilie Martinand, Head of the sustainable procurement office, and Mahfoud Baradi, Head of the office for the professionalization of the State procurement workforce, for the quality of their contributions, which have greatly enriched this report.
Dialogue and consultations with key stakeholders played an essential role in the production of this report. In particular, the OECD would like to thank the central and decentralized departments and public bodies of the Ministry of Economy, Finance, Industrial and Digital Sovereignty, the Ministry of Ecological Transition and Territorial Cohesion, the Ministry of the Armed Forces, the Ministry of the Interior, the Ministry of Education, and the Ministry of Justice, as well as the following institutions: Direction de l'Immobilier de l'État, Commissariat Général au Développement Durable, Secrétariat Général à la Planification Écologique, Institut de la Gestion Publique et du Développement Économique, Regional Procurement Platforms, and France Travail. Finally, the OECD would like to express its gratitude to all agents who took part in the various surveys conducted during the implementation of this project.
This project was funded by the European Union through the Technical Support Instrument and implemented by the OECD in cooperation with the European Commission's Directorate General for Structural Reform (DG Reform). The OECD expresses its gratitude to the European Commission for its support of this project, in particular to Ms Judit Rózsa, Acting Director of DG Reform, and to Mr Thomas Giacoletto, Project Officer and Project Coordinator at DG Reform.