competitive tendering

noun

A process in which the public sector requires private firms to bid for contracts or projects in order to provide goods or services to the public.

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Meanings

nouncompetitive tendering (countable and uncountable, plural competitive tenderings)

plural competitive tenderings

  1. countableuncountableA process in which the public sector requires private firms to bid for contracts or projects in order to provide goods or services to the public.
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