These are tenders which are not open for anyone to bid and to which only selected or invited organisations can tender. Unfortunately, if you are not invited you can’t tender and it is likely you will not be able to get an invite once the tender has already been issued. In most cases, you are not able to access the tender documents from the portal on which they are published without a special password.
We endeavour to maintain a comprehensive database of every tender in Australia and this includes all different types of tender including invited tenders. We include invited tenders so that you can at least identify tender opportunities that you are missing out on and also identify potential sub-contract opportunities.
There are a number of circumstances that may give rise to an Invited Tender:
What CAN you do? There is no harm in contacting the issuer and asking to be invited (however gatecrashing is not an option). Whilst it is unlikely that they will extend you an invitation you can at least ask how you can get on the invite list for the next tender!