Tender

Schema

title:

string, multilingual

The name of the tender, displayed in listings. You can include following items:

  • tender code (in procuring organization management system)
  • periodicity of the tender (annual, quarterly, etc.)
  • item being procured
  • some other info
description:

string, multilingual

Detailed description of tender
tenderID:

string, autogenerated, read-only

the tender identifier to refer tender to in “paper” documentation.

OpenContracting Description: TenderID should always be the same as the OCID. It is included to make the flattened data structure more convenient.
procuringEntity:
 

Organization, required

Organization conducting the tender.

OpenContracting Description: The entity managing the procurement, which may be different from the buyer who is paying / using the items being procured.
value:

Value, required

Total available tender budget. Bids greater then value will be rejected

OpenContracting Description: The total estimated value of the procurement.
items:

list of Item objects, required

List containing single item being procured.

OpenContracting Description: The goods and services to be purchased, broken into line items wherever possible. Items should not be duplicated, but a quantity of 2 specified instead.
documents:

List of Document objects

OpenContracting Description: All documents and attachments related to the tender.
questions:

List of Question objects

Questions to procuringEntity and answers to them.
complaints:

List of Complaint objects

Complaints to tender conditions and their resolutions.
bids:

List of Bid objects

A list of all bids placed in the tender altogether with information about tenderers and their proposal and other qualification documentation.

OpenContracting Description: A list of all the companies who entered submissions for the tender.
minimalStep:

Value, required

The minimal step of auction (reduction). Validation rules:

  • amount should be less then Tender.value.amount
  • currency should either be absent or match Tender.value.currency
  • valueAddedTaxIncluded should either be absent or match Tender.value.valueAddedTaxIncluded
awards:

List of Award objects

All qualifications (disqualifications and awards).
enquiryPeriod:

Period, required

Period when questions are allowed. At least endDate have to be provided.

OpenContracting Description: The period during which enquiries may be made and will be answered.
tenderPeriod:

Period, required

Period when bids can be submitted. At least endDate have to be provided.

OpenContracting Description: The period when the tender is open for submissions. The end date is the closing date for tender submissions.
auctionPeriod:

Period, read-only

Period when Auction is conducted.
awardPeriod:

Period, read-only

Period that Awarding process took.

OpenContracting Description: The date or period on which an award is anticipated to be made.
status:

‘active.enquiries’, ‘active.tendering’, ‘active.auction’, ‘active.qualification’, ‘active.awarded’, ‘unsuccessful’, ‘complete’, ‘cancelled’

Status of the Tender.
revisions:

List of Revision objects, autogenerated

Historical changes to Tender object properties.

The Tender dates should be sequential:

  • Current time
  • enquiryPeriod.startDate
  • enquiryPeriod.endDate
  • tenderPeriod.startDate
  • tenderPeriod.endDate