Tender Knowledge Centre
Everything we know about how Indian government tendering actually works, written for suppliers rather than for procurement officers. Free to read, no account needed.
Tender Guides
Practical guides to bidding on Indian government tenders — the end-to-end process, how eligibility criteria are written and read, what EMD and bid security mean for your cash, and the statutory preferences that decide who is allowed to win.
- How to bid on government tenders in India — The end-to-end process, from finding a live tender to submitting a compliant bid — and the three stages where most first bids are actually lost.
- Tender eligibility criteria, explained — What pre-qualification conditions actually mean, how to read them against your own numbers, and which of them a statutory relaxation can lift.
- EMD and bid security, explained — What Earnest Money Deposit is for, the forms it can take, when a Bid Security Declaration replaces it, when it is forfeited — and why it is the constraint on how many tenders you can chase at once.
- MSE and startup benefits in government tenders — The statutory preferences available to micro and small enterprises and to DPIIT-recognised startups — what each one actually gets you, and how to claim it so an evaluator can apply it.
- Make in India and local content rules in tenders — How the PPP-MII order classifies suppliers by local content, what preference each class gets, and the separate land-border restriction that disqualifies bidders regardless of price.
GeM Guides
Guides to the Government e-Marketplace — what GeM is and why it is mandatory for most government buying, how to register and list as a seller, how bids and reverse auctions differ, and what the platform's vocabulary actually means.
- What is GeM, the Government e-Marketplace? — What the platform is, why government buyers are required to use it, and the three ways a purchase happens on it.
- How to register as a seller on GeM — What you need before you start, how the registration and catalogue listing steps fit together, and why the listing — not the registration — is the part that determines whether you sell.
- GeM bid vs reverse auction: what's the difference? — How the two competitive modes on GeM work, what changes about your pricing strategy in each, and why a reverse auction punishes an unprepared floor price.
- GeM and tender terminology: a glossary — The abbreviations and terms that appear in Indian tender documents and on GeM, defined plainly and in one place.
Tender Market Reports
Where government tender activity actually sits right now — live counts by sector and by state, measured across the portals we read, and refreshed daily.
- How we count government tenders — The sources behind our figures, how tenders are classified into sectors and states, what is counted as open — and the limitations you should know before quoting any of it.
Industry Insights
Sector-by-sector analysis of Indian government procurement — who the buyers are, how they tender, what qualifies a supplier, and where bids in that sector are typically lost.
- IT and software tenders in India — How government IT procurement is split across hardware, licences, networking and services — and why the same company often qualifies for one and not the others.
- Construction and civil works tenders in India — Why works tendering is the strictest qualification market in Indian procurement, how BOQ pricing differs from quoting a price, and what actually disqualifies contractors.
- Medical and healthcare tenders in India — Why regulatory compliance rather than price is the binding constraint in health procurement, and how equipment, pharmaceuticals and services tender differently.