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Bid FinderPaid feature

Find the open tenders that ask for your product, straight from its manual or spec sheet, with what each tender asks for and how to bid.

How it works

An example: the tenders below are made up, to show how it works. A search shows real open tenders from official portals.

1. Add your product's manual or spec sheet

   Example: 11 kV ring main unit datasheet.pdf

   PDF, Word or text, or paste the details. Your file is read on your device and never uploaded.

2. Check what Bid Finder found in it

   • Ring main unit (RMU)
   • 11 kV
   • 630 A
   • 21 kA
   • IEC 62271-200

   Tap a word to leave it out, or add your own. Parts named in the manual, such as a surge arrester, are only searched when you choose them.

3. Choose where and when, then search

   • India
   • Within a month

   Pressing Search uses one search. A search that finds no tenders isn't counted.

4. See the open tenders that ask for it, best first

   EXAMPLE · Supply

   Supply of 11 kV SF6-insulated ring main units, 3-way and 4-way

   A state power distribution company, India · Closes in 12 days

   Matches: Ring main unit, 11 kV, 630 A, IEC 62271-200

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   EXAMPLE · Supply

   Rate contract for 11 kV outdoor ring main units with motorised operation

   A city electricity board, India · Closes in 19 days

   Matches: Ring main unit, 11 kV

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   EXAMPLE · Works

   Erection of new 11 kV RMUs and cable laying in three wards

   An electricity department, India · Closes in 8 days

   Matches: Ring main unit, 11 kV

5. Open a tender: what it asks for, and how to bid

   EMD (bid security)	INR 2,40,000
   Tender fee	INR 5,900
   Bid validity	120 days
   Period of work	180 days

   1. Enrol on the portal and get a Class 3 digital signature certificate.
   2. Check the experience, turnover and type-test certificates the tender asks for.
   3. Arrange the EMD and the fee, prepare both covers, and submit before the deadline.

6. Export the list as CSV before you leave

   Rank, Kind, Title, Buyer, Closes, Value, EMD, Reference, Notice link

   The list isn't kept anywhere: export it once, open it in Excel, and you're done.

Questions

What does a search cost?

Bid Finder is a paid feature. You buy searches with PayPal (a PayPal account or a card), and PayPal shows the price and the total before you pay. Searches you have bought stay on your account until you use them.

What counts as a search?

Pressing Search once. A search that finds no tenders isn't counted.

Is my manual uploaded?

No. Your file is read in your browser, on your device; only the words Bid Finder picked out, and the ones you add, are searched. To read a PDF, your browser loads the free pdf.js reader from cdnjs.cloudflare.com.

Can I see the list again later?

TenderGrid doesn't keep it. Export it as a CSV file for Excel before you leave the page (you can export it once). Leaving without exporting means another search to see it again.

Who can buy searches?

Anyone signed in to a TenderGrid account. Creating an account is free.

Does it check whether I qualify, or send my bid?

No. It finds tenders and sums up what the portals publish about them. The tender's own documents are what count, and bids are sent on the official portals.