iSpec has two types of tenders, closed tenders and open tenders.
Closed Tenders
If the tender is a closed tender the project manager will manually add vendors to the project during tender preparation, the vendor will then receive an email inviting them to submit a bid on that tender, if the vendor received an email then the tender will show in the open tender section on the publication date.
** Once the tenders have been published both closed and public tender will show in the Open section under ALL Tenders
Public Tenders
If the tender is a public tender and you would like to submit a bid then you need to register an interest to submit a bid.
You can register your interest when the tender is in preparation or published phase.
To register your interest you need to go to Public Tenders and either Proposed or Current section, once you have selected your tender then you need to either login or register as a vendor.
Click the Register your interest to bid on this tender button in the Proposed or current tender list.
After the vendor registers interest a confirmation notification will appear and the tender list will show vendors now have access to the tender and from which date.
If you registered during tender preparation then the tender will be available on the publication date, if you register when the tender has been published then the tender is available immediately.
The tender documents will then be visible to you.
