Owner-side advisory for private operator water management contract at SIGN 2026 Tender
Original: Mission d'assistance à maîtrise d'ouvrage pour la mise en place d'un contrat de gestion par un opérateur privé du service public d'eau du SIGN
Synd Intercommunal du Grand Noumea
In context
This is a contract notice published by a government body covering consulting. Delivery covers France and Oceania (Europe). It is classified under Water against the sustainability taxonomy rather than matched on keywords.
The Grand Nouméa intercommunal water syndicate (SIGN) seeks owner-side advisory support to set up a management contract transferring its public drinking-water service to a private operator. It suits consulting firms with public-service delegation (DSP) and water-utility contracting expertise.
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About this tender
The Syndicat Intercommunal du Grand Nouméa (SIGN) is procuring a project-management assistance mission (mission d'assistance à maîtrise d'ouvrage) to support the set-up of a management contract under which a private operator would run SIGN's public water service. The notice identifies the subject as the implementation of a private-operator management contract for the SIGN public water service. The contract is for a duration of 24 months from notification of the contract. The place of execution and delivery is 16 rue Raymonde JORE, Ducos, 98000 Nouméa, New Caledonia. The procedure is a procédure adaptée (adapted procedure). The SIGN internal reference is C26S03. The notice does not describe the specific deliverables or detailed technical scope. These are presumably set out in the tender documents (règlement de la consultation / cahier des charges), which are not included in the notice text.
Bidder eligibility
The notice states that candidatures and offers must be entirely drafted in French, together with the associated presentation documents. It lists headings for documents the candidate must provide with its application (Section 6), and for documents the successful bidder must provide before signature (NOTI1 form), but the specific requirements are not reproduced in the page text. Detailed eligibility requirements are therefore not available from this notice.
How bids are scored
The award is based on the most economically advantageous tender (offre économiquement la plus avantageuse), assessed against the criteria set out in the tender specifications (règlement de la consultation, lettre d'invitation or descriptive document). The individual criteria and any price/quality weightings are not disclosed in the notice text.
Key requirements
- ✓Assist the contracting authority with setting up a private-operator management contract for drinking water
- ✓Expertise in public service delegation (délégation de service public) and water utility governance
- ✓Support across the procurement process for the SIGN water service
Procurement contact
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