Tenderit – pledges free membership for contractors to aid Canterbury quake rebuild

Tenderit is a New Zealand-owned and operated on-line tendering site where organisations seeking goods and services tender their opportunities.

An on-line tendering web site has called for restoration work following Saturday’s Canterbury earthquake to be tendered far and wide to keep the best dollar cost on the work.

To promote the concept, Tenderit Limited, will let contractors, sub-contractors and suppliers join free of charge, believing the site is a natural choice to keep control of costs during the large rebuild required the quake.

Tenderit accepts paid membership from organisations calling tenders and had also been charging potential bidders on those tenders.

Tenderit Marketing Director, John Bates, says to accommodate the many contractors and suppliers who would compete in tender work if only they knew it was available, he would drop the entry fee. He says Tenderit had granted some free access recently and now is the time to drop it altogether to encourage contractors to sign up.

“Granting uncompetitive access to companies to repair and restore the damage is not the way to get the best value from the huge public investment that recovery will take,” he says. “We have always worked competitively where tendering got the best price and services and we think the situation in Canterbury would benefit from that same competitive process.”
Mr Bates says Tenderit will open membership free to any firms, large or small, who want to be advised on tender work. A small fee remains for those calling the tenders.

Tenderit.co.nz, being Internet-based, covers all of New Zealand and delivers tenders in a member’s area of interest daily. Mr Bates says tendering will draw out the best in the skills and products that New Zealand companies have to offer, rather than seeing all the work go to a few. And, he says, tendering will Keep suppliers competitive and keen because it’s such a transparent process.

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