Before you price a single BOQ line, the tender notice has already told you something important: how the client plans to buy. An open tender, a limited tender and a single tender look similar on paper, but they differ in who can bid, how many competitors you face, how much documentation you submit and how much room there is to negotiate. For contractors, understanding these types of tenders is not academic. It affects your bid or no-bid decision, your estimating budget, your p
