Government tenders have a varied number of sections that are pre-requisites to all tender requests. Once you have offered a few tenders, it is wise to put together all the critical tender offering parameters in order to set a standard tender template. This not only allows you to refer to it for the preparation of future tender documents but also ensures you don't miss out on the critical information you must disclose for suppliers to respond to it efficiently.
This blog is an attempt to bring to your notice the common sections in a government tender:
1. Conditions of Offer and Conditions of Contract:
Could be known by different names, but a tender document commences with conditions of offer and contract.
a. Conditions of Offer:
• By submitting your offer, you as a supplier are acknowledging to the conditions of offer that governs the tendering process.
• Conditions of offer generally include the following information: the closing date, tender timelines and the time and place for presenting your response. This section also notifies you on how to submit your tender by providing options for online or postal submissions. Additionally, It also indicates the plan of action for distributing information to the tender petitioner.
• When you are in process of submitting your offer, you will be interrogated to provide your acceptance of the proposed conditions of the contract.
• At this point, you are allowed to have a moment to propose departures, variations, alterations or additions to the conditions of the contract.
b. Conditions Of Contract:
Conditions of a contract are nothing but a series of facts and things/tasks that have to happen before parties to a contract have the obligation to perform. The conditions of the contract can be either precedent or subsequent.
Conditions of contract in a Tender document mainly contain information on the rights and devoir of the organization and successful supplier, the terms and conditions of the contract for the work.
2. Specification:
Specifications in a tender document mainly cover the Scope of Work, Special Instructions / Conditions, Technical specifications/requirements, Appendices, Site Information and drawings pertaining to the work and any other relevant reference in the Tender Document for which the Bidder is required to submit their offer. Simply put, a specification for the purchasing describes Requisite goods or services. Any correlated requirements relating to things such as delivery, technical requirements, pricing or performance requirements and expected time frames for project delivery.
3. Offer evaluation process and selection criteria:
This section is the assessment process which defines the norm that will be used to evaluate your offer and govern who wins the contract as per the criteria. Some tender documents document the criteria as per their importance. A bidder has to prepare their tender response as per these selection criteria to increase their chance of being awarded the contract.
4. Specifications, evaluation and response forms
As the above title states, this section in a government tender document gives details about how the organisation is expecting a response from eligible vendors. It mainly includes the conditions the vendor must abide by, in order to participate in the tender, what the evaluation parameters will be and the response template in which the vendor must respond which will ease the evaluation process for the buyer.
a. Conditions for Participation:
This section contours the conditions contributors must meet to be examined to participate in the contract, including professional licenses, insurance requirements, necessary and relevant experience, proficiency and qualifications.
b. Quality Standards and Accreditations:
In order to propose for and secure government public sector tenders, future suppliers usually have to exhibit that they meet specific quality assurance standards. These requirements are generally comprehended in the tender specification documentation and form part of the tender evaluation benchmark. As a potential bidder, you have to either display that you have applicable industry-specific quality standards or that the processes that presently exist in the business can convince the buyer's need for a certain quality of operations and benefits.
c. Minimum Content and Format Requirements:
This section outlines the documentation you need to include, which could include elements such as the benefactor’s resume, samples of similar work done in the past,
proposal overviews, business acceptance and insurance certificates, etc. Additionally, it also narrates the format you should stick to and provides any layout you
may need to utilize.
TenderTiger strongly believes in order to win a tender, you should use the response forms provided in this section. It is essential to verify that
you complete all response forms and are well within any word/page limits mentioned.
This section expresses any assurance or loyalty you must make to meet the terms of the settlement such as confidentiality, obligations and fair working standards.
6. Referees:
Last but not the least, Before confirming your tender, you will need to endow valid recommendations from peers and purchasers who are well positioned to comment on your business and any products or services you provide that are homogeneous to those offered in the tender.
The above mentioned are the common sections in a government public tender document. You may also want to go through
the 7 golden points to keep in mind while responding to a tender.
