What is a tender?
Tender is prepared by the issuing unit or entrusted to the design unit to prepare, to provide bidders with the main technical, quality, schedule and other requirements of the project document.
Tender is the bidding work when the procurement parties are subject to legal effect and enforceable bidding behavior standard documents. It is also the tender bidder bidding to prepare the basis of the tender, the bidder must be a substantial response to the content of the tender, or else be judged invalid bid (according to the discarded bid processing). The bid is also the most important basis for bid evaluation. Tender generally have at least one original, two or more copies.
What are the categories of bids?
A. According to the scope of the tender, it can be categorized into international tenders and domestic tenders.
International tenders and bids require two versions, with the English version prevailing in accordance with international practice.
Generally the language of the location of the construction purchaser shall prevail. If a foreign company conducts international bidding, English (or the local language) generally prevails.
If an international tender is conducted by a Chinese organization, it is generally stated in the tender documents that the Chinese version shall prevail in case of discrepancies between the English and Chinese versions.
B. According to the subject matter of the tender, it can be divided into three main categories; goods, works and services.
According to the specific subject matter can be further subdivided. For example, the engineering category can be further divided into construction works, decoration works, water conservancy works, road works, chemical works and so on. The content of the tender for each specific project varies greatly. Goods tender is the same, simple goods such as food, oil; complex goods such as machine tools, computer networks. The difference in tenders is also very large.
What is the difference between a tender and a bid?
Tenders and bids are different in 2 ways, as analyzed below:
I. Different concepts
(1) Tender is prepared by the issuing unit or entrusted to the design unit to prepare, to provide bidders with the project's main technical, quality, schedule and other requirements of the document.
Tender is the bidding work when the procurement parties are to comply with the legal effect and enforceable bidding behavior standard documents. It is logical to be strong, can not be inconsistent, ambiguous; language to be concise, short.
(2) the tender is the tender unit in accordance with the conditions and requirements of the tender, the tender unit submitted to the offer and fill in the tender instrument. It requires sealed mailed or sent to the bidding unit, it is also known as the bid letter.
Tender is a bidding process, both parties should recognize the legal effect of compliance with the document, so the logic should be strong, not inconsistent, ambiguous, concise language, to be short, accurate understanding of policies and regulations and implementation, the bidder is conducive to the producer to eliminate discriminatory provisions, is the party (purchaser or contracting engineering party), "money want to buy What you want to buy," the traditional concept of strong resistance.
Two, different primary and secondary
(1) the tender is also the bidder bidding for the preparation of the bid, the bidder must be a substantial response to the content of the bid, or else be judged invalid (according to the discarded bid processing). The bid is also the most important basis for bid evaluation. Tender generally have at least one original, two or more copies.
(2) and the tender is the bidding unit in the full understanding of the bidding documents (tender), on-site site visits and investigations on the basis of the preparation of the tender documents, is the response to the requirements of the tender notice and commitment, and at the same time, a specific price and related matters to compete for the winning bid.
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