Friday, October 22, 2010

Free Tenders – Know How to Fill Free Tenders

Free tenders can be filled by anyone, which means that so many business entrepreneurs like you will be filling it. Hence you will have to complete it in a way that you stand out of the crowd. Before filling these you should be very clear on the biding price, documentation, your resources and other related things. Also be apparent on the requirements and associated paper work. So writing a winning tender is not that simple and really need an expert hand to do this. Tender is basically a proposal that is made by the government or private company to get the response. In case of free tenders the request is open to all. You can apply for it, if your business is in the same field as that of tender. Many legalities are associated with these, which must be abided to write a winning proposal.

Before anything, it is actually the ability to get the first hand information on publishing is important. You must know where these tenders are published. Most of these are published both in online as well as offline media. Magazines, newspapers, business magazines, word of mouth, and company's monthly magazines are the best off line source to get the first hand information. If you are net savvy then there is nothing better than this as on Internet there are many websites, forums, article sites that can provide you with the required information. It is really convenient to track and get all the details online as you do not have to go physically to any place for that information.

Also if you have experience in filling the tenders then you must have noticed that there is no fixed format for the free tenders and it vary from company to company. But almost in all the free tenders date, place, deadline, organization name, ref number, tender type, announcement date, last date of submission, description and pre-qualification is given. While filling the proposal keep accuracy at par therefore everything must be done accurately. Also you must submit the free tender before deadline as submission after the said period is generally not accepted. So all your efforts would go waste if you are late in doing the submission.
If you are a bidding company and sending your quotation for the free tenders then you must include your work and company's history in detail. Accentuate the projects that are similar to the proposal and which you have handled successfully.

Clearly state that what procedure you will follow to complete the said project and how your resources are going to help you in completing that. Better to keep the documentation in a sectional format to avoid confusion. Be very clear while defining or writing anything. Each and every thing should look practical and achievable. Give the exact and precise details on the total price of the project. In this do include the maintenance and repairing cost if asked. It is also advisable to fill the pre-qualification questionnaire or PPQ before actual tender filling. Most of the free tenders that are published online has made this a compulsory step.PPQ is really helpful in knowing the integrity and authenticity of the bidder. Before filling the free tenders, read all the documents very clearly as if you will miss out anything then your proposal may get rejected. Even revise the whole document and get the advice from expert at every step if you are new to tendering.
Grab the opportunity on time, submit it early, give complete and authentic information to enjoy the winning proposals.

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