Île-de-France Pavilion – Avignon Festival 2027

Summary

The Région Île-de-France is procuring services for the design, organisation, coordination, delivery and communication of the Île-de-France Pavilion at the Avignon Festival. The contract has two lots: Lot 1 covers the full event and at least six professional Île-de-France artistic teams; Lot 2 covers a multichannel press-relations campaign. Services will be delivered in Avignon, primarily within the city centre, for an initial one-year period with three possible renewals, up to four years in total. The submission deadline is 30 September 2026 at 17:00 local time, and electronic submission in French is mandatory. Lot 1 has a maximum annual budget of EUR 148,750 excluding VAT and EUR 178,500 including VAT; Lot 2 has a maximum annual budget of EUR 15,000 excluding VAT and EUR 18,000 including VAT. Lot 1 includes a mandatory social-inclusion commitment of 105 insertion hours per year. The bidder must submit the required application evidence, technical response, fixed-price breakdown and compliance documents. Lot 1 requires suitable venues, technical management, event programming, audience development, partnerships, communications and environmental measures. Lot 2 requires press expertise, a dedicated press officer, a media strategy, journalist management, press materials and measurable reporting.