Elise Denjean 09:28, February 06, 2022
The Organizing Committee for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games is moving up a gear.
It is launching half of its markets this year to organize the reception of the 15,000 athletes and spectators who will set foot in the capital.
All sectors of activity are affected by this opportunity, which represents 1 billion euros.
Two and a half years before the Paris Olympic Games, the Organizing Committee is moving up a gear.
To welcome the 15,000 athletes and spectators from all over the world, Paris 2024 is launching half of its markets this year.
And they represent 1 billion euros of opportunities for French companies.
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All sectors of activity are concerned: sports equipment, but also signage, catering, cleaning, waste management, security, transport and even the manufacture of medals.
There will be something for everyone, regardless of the size of the company, even if the Paris 2024 committee will favor VSEs and SMEs as well as companies in the Social and Solidarity Economy.
Furniture "responsible" in terms of the environment
But it will take people, a lot of people, because the site is vast, as Olivier de Bargues, Deputy Purchasing Director for Paris 2024, reminds us. "Of course, we have a lot of logistics and equipment supply issues. example, the equipment for the Olympic village. You need 15,000 beds, mattresses, duvets, pillows, bedside tables for the athletes' rooms. This is a very large piece of work and above all very representative of the scale of the Games and the diversity of the purchases that we will have to make", he explains.
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With a bonus objective, that these Games be, as far as possible, responsible, particularly in terms of the environment.
Part of the Paris 2024 furniture should, for example, be able to be resold and benefit from a second life.