Monday, July 25, 2011

Bags Tenders in Government and Private Sectors


Use of bags are as old as the civilization itself and they are used for multiple purposes. While individual use of bags is quite prominent for shopping, and carrying of articles, they also have several practical uses in government and industrial sectors. Most of the bags tenders originate from these sectors.

Types of Government Bags Tenders
Most of the government tenders on bags relate to one or more of the following products.
  • Garbage bags and trash bags;
  • Bulk bags that is another name of the flexible bulk containers;
  • Messenger bags; and
  • Diplomatic bags.

Bags are used for various purposes in public sector offices. In addition to the above; the public sector undertakings also use –
  • Bag in box;
  • Duffel bag;
  • Paper bag; and
  • Plastic bag.

These are usually for the purpose of shipping of the materials and products and that is why bulk of the bags is procured using the bags tenders.

Bags Tenders in Private Sector
In the private sector, bags tenders come up from the industries, commercial houses, and from large providers to supply to shops for individual uses. Various types of bags are used in commercial circles and by individual users and they include –
  • Book bags;
  • Burn bags;
  • Duffel bags;
  • Carrying bags;
  • Sling bags;
  • Plastic and paper bags;
  • Handbags;
  • Moneybags and purses; and above all
  • Shopping bags.

There is huge demand in the market for each of the above types. For instance, most of the retail shops require huge quantity of plastic and paper bags and these are supplied by wholesalers who use the bags tenders procedure for procurement and supply of the same. On distribution these are used by the retail shops for the individual consumers.

Different Type of Bags
There is however some different types of bags for which both government tenders and private bags tenders are floated regularly. For instance –
  • Sleeping bags are used for different types of works like expedition troops to mountains, commandos on operations, and people who travel for exploration as well as in some very cold countries.
  • Hot bags and ice bags are used in hospitals, clinics and medical centers for the purpose of treatment of the patients and giving hot and cold foments. Others like the saline bags are used for saline treatment and hanging on the stands during treatment from where narrow pipes would carry the saline drips to the body of the patient.
  • Catering services on trains, planes, ships and public and private transports, hotels, and in conferences often use tea bags and coffee bags those are virtually tiny flexible containers for tea leaf, dust or coffee dusts. Bags tenders often come from these enterprises for procuring enough quantity of tea and coffee bags and that includes government tenders floated by public organizations like Indian Railways and Air India.

Empty bags, sand bags, and cement bags are used for construction and disaster management purposes and both industries and government float numerous tenders for their procurement. Only thing the aspirant bidders need to take care of is that the bags; whatever specification they might be of; are of good quality.