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Tender

Meaning in military & defence, with examples

/ˈtendə/nounCommon term

In military & defence, tender means: A formal competition in which suppliers are invited to offer goods or services at a stated price, or one of the offers they submit.

In Turkish: ihale, teklif

How it is used

Mainly British; American English often says bid or solicitation. An organisation issues a tender, companies submit a tender, and one company wins it. Work can be 'put out to tender'. Related documents: request for proposal (RFP), invitation to tender (ITT).

Example sentences

  1. The ministry launched a tender for 300 new field ambulances.

  2. Our company submitted its tender two days before the deadline.

Common collocations

  • launch a tender
  • submit a tender
  • win a tender
  • put out to tender
  • tender documents
  • procurementThe whole process of obtaining equipment, services or works, from defining the need and running a competition to signing and managing the contract.
  • contractorA company or person that signs a contract to supply goods, build something or provide services, for example to a defence ministry.
  • requirementA clear statement of what a system, product or service must do or achieve, used to guide its design, procurement and testing.
  • offsetAn arrangement in which a foreign supplier that wins a defence contract agrees to invest in, buy from or share technology with the buying country's industry.

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