Read a tender page

A tender page answers three questions: what is it, should you respond, and how. Here is where to find each answer without reading the whole notice.

At the top: the essentials

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• The title is rewritten to read fast. Just below, Official title gives the notice's own wording, to quote in your letters.
• The source and publication date.
• The buyer, region and sector. Tap the buyer to see its page. Follow this buyer tells you about its next notices.
• The deadline, with the days left.

Share sends the tender to a colleague. Report tells us if the notice contains an error.

Should you respond?

Under the header, the verdict card gives you a verdict and its reasons, and My documents lists the pieces you are missing. An automatic summary says in a few lines what the buyer is asking for. The verdict has its own article: The Go/No-Go verdict.

How to respond

This is the most useful block on the page. It gives the steps for this particular tender.

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   Get the tender file

   The block says where it is: in the Documents tab, at a collection address, or on the official page. See the official notice opens the source.

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   Prepare your documents

   Check my documents compares what is required with your documents.

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   File your offer

   The deadline and the place of filing, as the notice gives them. When known, the bid-opening date is added.

Guides for this notice points to the rules of the country or donor and to the type of contract.

The tabs

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• Overview: the text of the notice and its details.
• Documents: the files to download, free on every plan.
• Market Insight: what the buyer and the sector awarded before.
• Partners on this tender: companies available for this tender.
• Timeline: publication, deadline and opening on one line.
• Amendments: appears only if the notice was changed. Read it before filing, as it can change the date or the documents.

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Take action

Prepare my file tracks the tender: it joins your deadlines with a reminder 3 days and then 1 day before the deadline, and opens the file where you gather your documents.

What SangoBids does not do

SangoBids receives no offers. Do not send us yours: file it where the notice says. If anything differs, the official notice and the tender file prevail.

Next

See The Go/No-Go verdict, Track your deadlines and Prepare your submission file.