AMPA - L'achat public simplifié en Nouvelle-Aquitaine

What AMPA - L'achat public simplifié en Nouvelle-Aquitaine does

AMPA (Association Marchés Publics d'Aquitaine) is a non-profit association (loi 1901) founded in July 2008 and headquartered in Bordeaux, France, that simplifies public procurement for local government entities in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region. The organization serves over 2,000 active and associate members as of December 2025, including communes, EPCIs, departments, chambers of commerce, public education establishments, and deconcentrated state services, addressing the administrative complexity and compliance burden of French public procurement codes.

AMPA operates two distinct product platforms. DEMAT is a mutualized dematerialization platform that gives public buyers autonomous spaces to manage consultations, distribute DCE documents, transmit advertising to BOAMP/JOUE/MONITEUR/SUD OUEST, receive and open electronic responses, exchange secure messages with candidates, and archive market events, while offering free services to over 54,000 registered companies including rapid search via interactive cartography, alerts, electronic signature, and co-contracting exchange. CAPAQUI is the regional public purchasing center launched in 2011 — notably the first purchasing center created at regional scale in France — covering 9 product universes (IT systems, furniture, hygiene, outdoor equipment, catering, textiles/PPE, sports/leisure, stationery, and early childhood) across 65 markets and 50 suppliers. Together, these platforms combine procurement dematerialization (workflow software) with centralized purchasing (aggregated volume contracting).

The business model is membership-fee based. Base annual adhesion is €50 TTC per member, granting access to association activities, working groups, and CAPAQUI marketplace. DEMAT access requires an additional annual contribution scaled by the population of the member's territory, with specific pricing provided on request. The association is governed by a Board of Directors and General Assembly composed of member representatives; there is no external equity ownership. The organization is staffed by approximately 11-12 personnel including a Director (Julie Tomas), legal-purchasing officers, accountants, and communications roles.

Name

AMPA - L'achat public simplifié en Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Legal name

Association Marchés Publics d'Aquitaine

Website

https://a-mpa.fr

Company type

Private

Founded year

2008

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

AMPA is a French non-profit association founded in 2008 that simplifies public procurement for over 2,000 public entities in Nouvelle-Aquitaine via its DEMAT dematerialization platform (54,000+ registered companies) and CAPAQUI regional purchasing center covering 9 product universes.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Public Procurement Software & Services

NAICS

Business Associations (813910), All Other Support Services (561990)

SIC

Services-Membership Organizations (8600)

akta.pro primary industry

Enterprise Application License Advisory, Vendor Management & Optimization (BPAEAGAO)

Keywords

• Public procurement software
• Dematerialized tendering platform
• Central purchasing services
• Electronic procurement management
• Public sector associations

Headquarters

HQ city

Bordeaux

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Cotisation annuelle d'adhésion: Base membership fee of 50€ TTC (all taxes included) granting access to association activities including member encounters, general assemblies, thematic working groups, and unlimited access to available product segments on the purchasing center.
2. Option Demat - Cotisation additionnelle: Additional membership fee for DEMAT platform access, determined based on the number of inhabitants in the member's territory. Price varies by population size, requested via email with territory population specification.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

AMPA is a non-profit association that helps public entities in Nouvelle-Aquitaine simplify their public procurement through two main services: the DEMAT platform for dematerialized management of public markets (consultation documents, electronic responses, secure messaging, advertising distribution), and the CAPAQUI central purchasing center providing access to 9 product universes across 65 markets with 50 suppliers. Members pay an annual subscription (€50 TTC plus a population-scaled DEMAT option) and gain access to community working groups, the purchasing center, and the dematerialization platform.

Product overview

AMPA offers two distinct core products: the DEMAT platform for dematerialization of public procurement markets (serving over 54,000 registered companies) and the CAPAQUI central purchasing body for public procurement (covering 9 product universes across 65 markets with 50 suppliers). The DEMAT platform enables public buyers to manage their markets electronically while providing companies with free access to services including document retrieval, electronic responses, and co-contracting opportunities. CAPAQUI provides public entities in Nouvelle-Aquitaine with simplified purchasing processes and competitive pricing through regional purchasing aggregation.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• DEMAT: Mutualized dematerialized platform for managing public procurement. Provides services for public buyers (document management, electronic responses, secure messaging, DUME device) and companies (registration, alerts, DCE access, electronic signature, co-contracting exchange).
• CAPAQUI

Products and services

• DEMAT Platform (Plateforme DEMAT)

Quantifiable outcome

• Over 2,000 active and associate member entities as of December 2025
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers7 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Région AquitainecoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 July 2008Founding member of AMPA since July 2008, one of three founders who established the association to develop cooperation between public buyers and simplify public procurement in Nouvelle-Aquitaine.
• Communauté Urbaine de BordeauxcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 July 2008Founding member of AMPA since July 2008, one of three founders who established the association.
• Ville de FloiraccoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 July 2008Founding member of AMPA since July 2008, one of three founders who established the association.
• CDG47 (Centre de Gestion de la Fonction Publique Territoriale du Lot-et-Garonne)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCDG47 digital services (services numériques du pôle Ressources) created the association's website at a-mpa.fr.

Scale indicators5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• UniHA: Cooperative purchasing network for French public hospitals, sharing AMPA's mutualized procurement model and member-driven governance structure, but focused specifically on the healthcare sector rather than general local government.
• RESAH: Central purchasing body for health, social, and medico-social sector entities in France, operating a cooperative member-driven model with its own dematerialization platform, closely comparable to AMPA's CAPAQUI and DEMAT combination.
• Achat Public: SaaS platform for public procurement dematerialization in France serving both buyers and suppliers, directly comparable to AMPA's DEMAT offering in functionality and customer base, but operating as a private-sector technology provider.

Regional players

• Approlys: Regional central purchasing center serving the Hauts-de-France region, operating a similar mutualized model to AMPA's CAPAQUI for local government procurement, but in a different French geography without direct territorial overlap.

Broad incumbents

• UGAP (Union des Groupements d'Achat Public): France's national central purchasing body for the public sector, offering a much broader catalog and operating at national scale. Overlaps with AMPA's CAPAQUI in central purchasing but does not focus on regional mutualization or a membership-association model.
• PLACE (Plateforme des Achats de l'État): French state's e-procurement platform for ministerial buyers, providing dematerialized public procurement at national-government scale. Comparable to AMPA's DEMAT in function but serves state-level rather than local-government entities.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/associationampa

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles10 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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