Today, Humanitarian Tenders lists 1,102 open tenders, including 401 invitations to bid (ITB), 313 expressions of interest (EOI), 49 requests for quotation (RFQ) and 43 requests for proposals (RFP).
How to bid on a humanitarian tender, step by step →The 8 steps to bid on a tender from the UN, an NGO or a World Bank-funded project: reading the documents, eligibility, questions, technical and financial offer, submission.RFQ, ITB, RFP, EOI: what is the difference? →Request for quotation (RFQ), invitation to bid (ITB), request for proposals (RFP) and expression of interest (EOI): what each notice type is for and how bids are evaluated.Which documents are required for a humanitarian tender? →The documents most often required in tenders from the UN, NGOs and World Bank-funded projects: administrative, technical and financial.How are bids evaluated? →Compliance, lowest evaluated price, quality and cost: how the UN, NGOs and World Bank-funded projects evaluate bids, and how to use this.10 mistakes that get a bid rejected →The most frequent mistakes that get a bid rejected in humanitarian tenders, and how to avoid them.Getting registered as a supplier with the UN, NGOs and donors →UNGM, long-term agreements, shortlists, EU and US portals, NGO prequalification: how a company or consultancy firm gets onto the supplier lists of humanitarian buyers.Finding focal points, experts and suppliers for a tender →Who to contact at the buyer, and how to find key experts and local suppliers or subcontractors for a humanitarian bid, without breaking procurement rules.
These guides describe the most common practices. Each buyer has its own rules: the rules in the tender documents always prevail.