ONERA's Procurements

ONERA's procurements aim to achieve performance by searching for the expected technical quality level and optimising costs.

Objective: opening up its procurement contracts to companies, especially the most innovative ones.

ONERA's annual procurement budget is 60 M€.

Over 50% of "business" procurements are made from SMEs, one third of which are innovative SMEs. Every year, more than 1500 SMEs work with ONERA.

ONERA's procurements are divided into 5 main categories:

Electronics : 15%
IT : 22%
Machinery : 9%
Outsourcing of studies : 7%
Real estate : 32%
Miscellaneous : 15%

1. IT (22%)

Computer hardware and consumables
Development of calculation codes, software, demonstrators and licenses
System and application maintenance, application management
Facilities management

2. Electronics (15%)

Measuring instruments and electronic components (acquisition systems, general instrumentation, pressure/temperature/speed sensors, etc.)
Microwave instrumentation and components
Measuring device and optical components (cameras, lasers, microscopes, spectrometers, black bodies, etc.
Wiring services, and printed circuit board manufacturing
Measuring systems maintenance

3. Real estate (32%)

New and rehabilitation projects
Finishing work
Roads and various networks
Project management and management assistance

4. Mechanics (9%)

From micro-mechanics to general mechanics, especially for test benches and wind tunnels
Machining
Production of mechanical assemblies including mock-ups
Machining
Welding
Boiler-making, piping
Tools
Machines (machining, testing, furnaces, etc.)
Calibration

5. Miscellaneous (15%)

Services: security service, cleaning, transport and handling, printing, maintenance of green spaces, mail management, telephony, temporary employment, training, translations, company consultancy
Miscellaneous supplies: office supplies, paper, photocopies and reprography, books and periodicals, office furniture, vehicle rental and maintenance, industrial gases

6. Sous-traitances d’études (7%)