When it comes to subscribing to a tender notification service, the answer isn't always straightforward. It depends on your specific needs and how much value you place on convenience and efficiency. Below, we’ll break down the value of tender notifications and the associated benefits of subscribing to a procurement tool to help you decide whether or not it’s a worthwhile investment for your business.
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The Convenience of Tender Alerts
While not every business relies on tenders for work, for those who do, a notification service can be a game-changer. Tenders are advertised on hundreds of various platforms, portals, and websites, and without a central agency listing all current tenders, manually searching the vast landscape for opportunities that suit your business's capabilities can prove to be an arduous and often overwhelming ordeal. This is where a tender notification service comes in clutch. You simply pre-define your search parameters and let the comprehensive database do the searching for you. When a tender that matches the pre-defined search criteria of your tender alert comes to market, you will be notified on the same day saving you time and minimising the chances of missing your next business opportunity.
Comprehensive Search Options
Government sites offer alert facilities, but these often lack the specificity you need, flooding you with broad, less relevant tenders. Services like Australian Tenders aggregate every tender into one central repository, organising them into easy-to-navigate
categories and sub-categories. Utilising advanced
search tools allows you to filter relevant opportunities from a comprehensive database of thousands of tenders.
If you've found that a particular set of search parameters generates the best results for your business, simply press "save" on the modal on the right-hand side of the page to save that search as an alert. The system will then use those same parameters in your alert to conduct a daily scan of the database for any and all tenders that match the criteria. the results of this search are then sent straight to your inbox.
Tailored to Your Needs
With over 600 categories and sub-categories choosing the right ones for you can be confusing, especially with some tenders being listed under multiple categories. Our support staff are continually working behind the scenes, checking every new alert that is set up, ensuring it's expansive yet accurate. Their job, as your account manager, is to work with you to ensure your alert contains all the relevant categories your industry may appear in and find ways to further tailor your alert.
Why Now is the Perfect Time
If you've been on the fence about subscribing, now might be the ideal time to take the plunge. Whilst June and July are slower periods when it comes to tendering, the scope and number of active tenders begin to pick up in August, and by November, tender announcements are at their peak. As the tendering landscape becomes more active so too does your competition. Being among the first to know about upcoming and recently released tenders ensures you have ample time to plan and prepare a quality response. The time you save in being notified could be the difference between a quality response and a string of many late nights spent meeting an impending closing date.
Tendering Support Beyond Notifications
The value of subscribing to a tender notification service extends beyond simply receiving your daily alert. Many services, like Australian Tenders, offer a myriad of resources designed to assist you at every stage of your tendering journey.
Support beyond a simple search
As a company that prides itself on its human-centric appraoch to business, every subscription with Australian Tenders is assigned a dedicated account manager. As mentioned above, your account manager is an expert at setting up tender alerts and will work with you at the beginning of your subscription to gain a better understanding of your business needs and capabilities. This information is helpful to them as it helps inform the accuracy of your tender alert and allows them to identify any areas that can be adjusted to further refine or tailor your alert to be as comprehensive as possible, ensuring you don't miss out on any relevant tenders. From there, your account manager will act as your first point of contact for any subscription support and be available to answer any tendering questions when you get stuck.
Tendering resource hub
Tender writers and consultants
Finding the tenders is the easy part. What comes next can be overwhelming for some, especially those who are new to tendering. As part of our commitment to offering end-to-end tendering support, we've partnered with some of the best tender writers and consultants in the industry. While our amazing support team is here to point you in the right direction, it's our partners who have your back at crunch time, working with you to plan and draft winning bids.
Awarded tender information
Tender notification services provide regular updates on awarded tender information. Awarded tender information is helpful because it provides transparency in public procurement, allowing businesses to understand market trends and opportunities. It also helps companies assess competitors who won the tender, shaping their own capabilities and strategies for future bids.
Continuous innovation
Propelled by the launch of the new website in 2023, the team at Australian Tenders is constantly working towards becoming the most comprehensive tender support service, and we have no intention of stopping. Our goal is to maintain a user-led approach to innovation, which guarantees we are able to meet the vast needs of procurement professionals; hence, our
Feedback Portal is always open to new ideas and voices.
Still Undecided?
Sample tenders
Get in touch
Still unsure or have any unanswered questions about whether a tender notification service is right for you? Our dedicated support team is available to help answer any questions you may have about getting started with tendering at support@australiantenders.com.autenders.com.au or give us a call at 1800934117.
