Answer : A tender is an invitation to bid for a project or accept a formal offer such as a takeover bid. Tendering usually refers to the process whereby governments and financial institutions invite bids for large projects that must be submitted within a finite deadline.

Answer : Yes, there are many open available tenders in which any start-up can participate. Mainly it depends upon instruction mention in tender document. Government is also promoting startup to wrok with government. So there are many opportunities available for startup or new company as well.

Answer : CPPP is Central Public Procurement Portal of Government of India. It can be accessed at https://eprocure.gov.in/cppp/. 2. ... The primary objective of this portal is to provide a single point access to the information on procurements made across various Ministries / Departments and all the organizations under them. The Central Public Procurement Portal of Government of India facilitates all the Central Government Organisations to publish their Tender Enquiries, Corrigenda and Award of Contract details. All the information of bid available here with documents. Bider not only can view or download document on CPPP. Many of tender submission is alsosceduling on same plateform. Registration is on this portal is absolutely free. But Digital Signature certificate is mendatory to access the portal for bidding.

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Limited Tender : This type of tender is addressed to a limited number of suppliers, who are the reliable source of supply or empanelled with department.
Open Tender : s open to all the suppliers within the country who can supply the required quantity and quality of materials. Such invitation is made by advertising in newspapers, journals etc.

Answer : Yes reseller can also take participate in tender, with authorisation of principle OEM.