Tender and bid are words most people are familiar with.
Primarily applied with regard to government tenders, these words have got a wider applications over their evolution.When an entity needs the service of another entity, the entity needing the service creates an open request for with the service details and invites bids on the requirement.
Organizations that are interested to offer their services submit their bids on the project mentioning the cost, deadline they can work with and the other specifications of the services they will deliver to meet the buyer’s requirement.
The entities interested to deliver the service asked for will submit their bid with the quotes.
Different types of tendersTendering is a detailed process.
There are mainly three types of tenders which can be elaborated as follows.Open tendersOpen tenders are those that are open for bidding to anyone.