Centre Hospitalier de Cayenne issued an outlier supply notice

Katrīna Ozola
Katrīna Ozola
Writes on procurement data and what public records do and do not disclose. Based in Riga.
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Centre Hospitalier de Cayenne Andrée ROSEMON buys for a hospital system serving French Guiana, where routine supplies support wards, cleaning operations, administration and clinical work. Its latest notice brings hotel supplies, cleaning products and other non-food goods into one procurement opportunity, linking everyday hospital consumption to a purchasing decision that sits well outside the buyer’s usual notice scale.

KEY NUMBERS
190M EUR
The notice, as advertised
104×
The buyer’s median notice over 180 days
0.6×
Everything else it advertised in 180 days, combined

The notice concerns supplies for the hospital environment rather than a clinical treatment contract. Its advertised value is 190483644 EUR, covering hotel supplies, cleaning products and non-food products for the needs of the CHU de Guyane. That figure describes the opportunity published to the market, not money already awarded to a supplier.

The contrast with Centre Hospitalier de Cayenne’s own purchasing history is the reason for the alert. The buyer’s median notice is 1830075 EUR, making this notice 104 times that level. The buyer had 14 other notices, while the largest other notice listed is 229540000 EUR. A large notice is therefore not automatically the largest item in the buyer’s wider purchasing activity.

Read against the buyer’s median, the comparison shows a sharp departure from its normal notice scale. At the same time, the advertised notice equals 0.6 of the combined value of everything else, so its outlier status is relative to the buyer’s typical notice rather than to every notice taken together. For bidders, the practical distinction is between an unusually large advertised opportunity and an awarded contract.

NoticePublishedValue
ACQUISITION DE FOURNITURES HOTELIERES, PRODUITS D’ENTRETIEN 2026-10-10190,483,644 EUR
FOURNITURE DE PAPIERS D’IMPRESSIONS, TAMPONS ET CONSOMMABLES2026-09-10229,540,000 EUR
FOURNITURES DE COLLECTEURS ET DE FUTS LIES AUX TRAITEMENTS D2026-09-1337,776,000 EUR
TRANSPORT SANITAIRE PAR AMBULANCE ET EN VSL POUR LES BESOINS2026-09-0621,600,000 EUR
FOURNITURE D’IMPRIMES ADMINISTRATIFS, SUPPORTS DOCUMENTAIRES2026-10-029,096,000 EUR
FOURNITURE DE GAZ, FLUIDES MEDICAUX, EQUIPEMENTS CAPTIFS ET 2026-09-208,352,000 EUR
Advertised values in EUR, this buyer only. Framework ceilings excluded.

The procurement mechanism matters here: an advertised value sets the scale presented to potential bidders, but it does not establish the final contract value. Businesses assessing the opportunity would need to examine the notice documents for lots, quantities, duration, ordering arrangements and any applicable ceiling. The figures provided exclude framework ceilings, so the published amount should not be treated as a confirmed call-off total.

The notice is 104 times the buyer’s median, but its 190483644 EUR is advertised value, not awarded value.

WHY IT MATTERS

A notice can be an extreme outlier for a buyer without proving impropriety or guaranteeing equivalent supplier revenue. The transferable lesson is to separate advertised value from awarded value, then inspect the procurement structure: lots, ordering terms, duration and ceilings determine how a headline amount translates into a bid opportunity.


Data: Otnox — live procurement intelligence across 56 markets. Basis: 15 distinct priced notices published by Centre Hospitalier de Cayenne Andrée ROSEMON in the last 180 days, values as advertised, 2026-04-16..2026-10-13. Reproducible in the Otnox platform.

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