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French health-sector training body opens bid for professional-project training for disabled workers

OPCO SANTE published a tender for collective training aimed at helping workers in sheltered workshops engage with their professional projects. Bids are due August 28.

The French health-sector training fund OPCO SANTE has issued a public procurement notice for vocational training services, inviting bids to deliver a collective training program titled "S'engager dans son projet professionnel" (Committing to your professional project) for workers in sheltered workshops, known as ESAT (Établissement et service d'aide par le travail).

The notice was published July 15, 2026, on the French public procurement portal marchesonline.com. It is classified as an education service procurement. Bidders must submit tenders by August 28, 2026.

The procurement is issued under the framework of French public contract law and covers the organization of group training sessions. No further details on the contract value, duration, or number of participants were included in the notice. The training is intended for employees of ESATs, which are medical-social establishments that provide work activity and support for adults with disabilities who cannot work in ordinary employment settings.

OPCO SANTE is one of France's sector-based skills operators (opérateurs de compétences), which collect employer training levies and finance professional development programs for the health, social, and medico-social sectors. The tender is part of its mission to support workforce transitions within the sector.

Sources

  1. marchesonline.com. Marché de formation, à destination des travailleurs en situation de handicap exerçant au sein d'un ESAT adhérents de l'OPCO Santé, concernant la thématique « S'engager dans son projet professionnel » View
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