This topic page discusses tenders. Tenders have been disregarded until recently as a means of acquiring outsourcers, although they have been used for contractors; RFPs were thought to be more appropriate to outsourcing. With the maturity of many outsourced services into commodities, tenders can be an effective, quick and cheap tool towards outsourcing those services.

Tender development

Tender development criticises the lack of proper development exhibited by many providers and suggests ways to improve both tenders and responses to RFPs.

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