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invitation to tender

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noun

  • invitations to tender
    plural
  1. a process for soliciting competitive bids for a contract, in which an announcement of the opportunity is issued to prospective potential suppliers and the contract is awarded to the one submitting the lowest bid. Abbreviation: ITT.


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The procurement process for a contractor to build Strule was suspended in 2018 but a fresh invitation to tender was released by the Department of Education in December 2021.

From BBC Mar. 12, 2022

The invitation to tender lays out specifications for a program that mines Twitter, Facebook and YouTube for data on “well known Western media journalists” and other “key personnel from political, business and media circles.”

From Washington Post Dec. 31, 2021

A formal invitation to tender is expected to be issued early next year and a contract to build the new trains to be awarded in 2016.

From BBC Oct. 9, 2014

When the fortunes of the Brocklington Ironworks Company seemed at their lowest ebb, the firm had an invitation to tender for a big contract for the recently formed Kilba Protectorate.

From The Wireless Officer by Percy F. (Percy Francis) Westerman

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