lot
Page approvedn. m. · trade package · work package · bid package (US) · works package (UK)
Definition
Partie du chantier confiée à une entreprise ou à un corps de métier, avec sa propre description dans le CCTP et son propre prix : gros œuvre, charpente, plomberie, électricité, peinture… Le projet est divisé en lots pour consulter les entreprises.
A part of the project given to one contractor or trade, with its own description in the specification and its own price: structural work, roof framing, plumbing, electrical, painting… The project is divided into lots to consult the contractors.
Example sentences
Written (email, official document)
FRLes travaux de plomberie font l'objet du lot 3 ; le lot 2 couvre la charpente.
ENPlumbing is package 3; package 2 covers the roof framing.
Spoken (standard)
FRÇa, c'est dans le lot électricité, pas dans le nôtre.
ENThat's in the electrical package, not ours.
Spoken (informal)
FRPersonne ne veut le lot « divers », c'est le plus pénible.
ENNobody wants the “miscellaneous” package, it's the worst one.
Nuances and pitfalls
A split by trade. In France, lots most often follow the trades (structural work, roof framing, joinery, plumbing, electrical, painting…) and are numbered. The DCE (n. m.) gives one CCTP (n. m.) per lot, and contractors may bid on one or several lots.
Lot or corps d'état? A corps d'état is a trade (mason, plumber, painter); the lot is the share of the contract given to it. A lot can group several trades, for example “plumbing, heating, ventilation”.
A tous corps d'état contractor. An entreprise tous corps d'état (TCE), or entreprise générale (close to a general contractor), can be given all the lots of a project and subcontract those it does not carry out itself.
Related terms
DCECCTPmaître d'œuvreavenantValidation
- French term, register, FR sentences : ✓ validated
- US/UK equivalents and EN sentences : ✓ validated
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