Invitations to Tender
Whenever we invite a company to tender, we:
- specify our needs in terms of outputs whenever appropriate, to encourage innovation;
- invite tenders from enough suppliers to ensure there is genuine competition; whilst still giving tenders a reasonable chance of winning;
- make sure tendering procedures and documentation are as clear and concise as possible, and only ask for information necessary to evaluate bids;
- establish the evaluation criteria on which the decision to award the contract will be based;
- provide all tenderers with the same information and opportunity.
When the Department invites suppliers to tender for work it provides full instructions on how each tender should be submitted.
A complete copy of our standard instructions is available from here.
When you submit a tender make sure all instructions are followed carefully, or it may be rejected. For example, tenders received after the stated deadline will be rejected, even if the delay occurred in transit.