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Publish the tender. Receive sealed bids.

Publish a price quote or a full tender from your workspace and invite companies to bid. By default, bids are encrypted on the bidder's computer and stay sealed until the deadline. Then your openers open them, and you compare prices and award in the same place.

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Publishing and bidding are free. AI actions, such as bid analysis, use credits.

The New price quote screen with a title, a CPV code, the items to price and the Publish button, shown with fictional demo details.

From notice to award, in one place.

The buyer and the bidders work on the same tender. Bids are sealed by default: before the deadline the buyer sees none, not even how many. After it, the openers open them all at once.

From notice to award, in one place. In a sealed tender, which is the default, the buyer publishes a price quote or tender and answers questions. Bidders find it in the catalogue or through an invitation, ask questions, and submit encrypted bids, each getting a signed receipt. The sealing service keeps every bid sealed until the submission deadline, and the buyer sees no bids until then. After the deadline the openers approve the opening, the buyer compares prices and awards, and every bidder gets the result. Buyer Sealing service Bidders Sealed until the deadline Opened after the openers approve Publish price quote or tender Answer questions one answer for all bidders Sees no bids not even how many Open the bids one or two openers Compare and award notify every bidder Find the tender in the catalogue or by invitation Ask questions before the cut-off Encrypt and submit signed receipt at once Bids are closed late bids are refused Get the result with the reasons Submission deadline

What publishing covers.

Everything from the notice to the award decision, recorded as you go.

  1. A price quote on one screen

    Title, items, deadline, publish. Paste the items from Excel or upload the template. Bidders price each item, so the offers line up row by row.

  2. Full tenders from your RFP

    Publish a procurement you drafted in Tendergate, with its documents, lots, required documents, price form and opening order.

  3. Rules that apply

    Say who is paying and the estimated value. Tendergate applies the matching rules: the minimum deadline, how many openers, and what is published after the award.

  4. Invitations and the catalogue

    Public tenders appear in the Tendergate tender catalogue, and companies with a matching profile are notified. Invite others by email: everyone gets the same message and link.

  5. Questions and amendments

    Bidders ask through the tender, and you publish one answer for everyone. Amendments are numbered, dated and published to every bidder.

  6. Tenders on your website

    Paste one snippet into your own website. It lists your published tenders with status and deadline and updates by itself, without cookies or tracking.

Sealed submission

Sealed until the deadline. Opened only by your openers.

Sealed bids are encrypted before they leave the bidder's computer. The keys sit in a separate sealing service, and the Tendergate app that runs your workspace has no way to decrypt them.

Sealing service The bidder's browser encrypts the files and the prices and uploads them to the sealing service, which returns a signed receipt. The sealing service is a separate app with its own database. It holds the encrypted bids, the locked tender keys, its own clock and a signed log. The Tendergate app sends it only signed settings, such as the deadline and the openers, and holds no key. After the deadline the openers approve the opening with their own opening key, and only then does the sealing service release the opened bids to the Tendergate app. Bidder's browser Encrypts each file and the prices before upload, a new key for every file. Sealing service A separate app and database Encrypted bids Tender keys, locked Its own clock Signed log Tendergate app Your workspace. Holds no key and cannot decrypt a bid. Openers Approve with their own opening key. encryptedupload signedreceipt deadline andopeners, signed opened bids,after approval approve afterthe deadline

  • Encrypted in the browser

    In a sealed tender, each file and the price list is encrypted on the bidder's computer, with a new key for every file. Our servers store only encrypted data.

  • A separate sealing service

    Keys and sealed bids live in a separate service with its own database. The Tendergate app holds no key and has no code that can decrypt a bid.

  • Its clock decides

    A bid counts when the sealing service records it before the deadline. Later bids are refused, and the time goes into the receipt.

  • Opened by your openers

    After the deadline, your openers approve the opening with their own opening key. One opener for a simple purchase, two together for a regulated procedure.

  • Signed receipts and log

    Every bidder in a sealed tender gets a signed receipt they can check on a public page. Each submission and opening is written to a signed log that cannot be edited.

  • What we do not claim

    Tendergate operates the sealing service and holds its keys. Every opening through the app needs your openers and is signed. The full description, limits included, is public.

    How sealed submission works

For bidders

Bidding takes a work email and a few minutes.

Bidders read the tender without an account. To bid, they sign in with a work email, add the company's registration number, enter prices and attach files. In a sealed tender, prices stay in their browser until they submit.

  • Free — bidding on Tendergate costs nothing.
  • Room to change — replace or withdraw the bid until the deadline. Only the latest version is opened.
  • A private check — before submitting, a free check flags unpriced items and missing documents. Only the bidder's team sees it.
  • Submission keys when needed — the buyer can require a company submission key, a passkey or an authenticator app. Regulated procedures always do.
A bidder's submission page with a price for each item, line totals and notes, shown with fictional demo details.

Proof of submission

A signed receipt the moment the bid is in.

Every sealed bid gets a receipt with its number, the time from the sealing service's clock, the deadline and a SHA-256 fingerprint of every file. It is signed, so anyone can check that it is genuine.

  • Check it yourself — paste the JSON receipt into the public verification page.
  • Match your files — compare the fingerprints with your own copies using any SHA-256 tool.
  • Nothing for the buyer yet — in a sealed tender, the buyer cannot see who has submitted until the opening.
A submission receipt with the receipt number, time received, deadline, signing key and a SHA-256 fingerprint for each file, shown with fictional demo details.

Opening

Opened together, on the record.

When the deadline passes, your openers approve the opening on the sealing service with their own opening key. All bids open at once and arrive in your workspace as ordinary bids.

  • Opening record — who opened and when, and for each bid its receipt number, total, files and an integrity check.
  • Two openers where the rules require it — a regulated procedure needs two people acting together; a simple purchase needs one.
  • Limited readers — in a regulated procedure, only openers and evaluators can read the opened bids.
An opening record with the approvals of two openers and a row per bid with registration number, receipt, time received, total, files and integrity, shown with fictional demo details.

Evaluation and award

Compare prices item by item, then award.

Opened prices land in a grid with the lowest price in each row marked. Award the whole tender, each lot or each item, and give every bidder the outcome with reasons.

  • Price grid — unit prices or line totals, with Excel export.
  • Fixed amounts — the award amount is the bid price, and nobody can edit it.
  • AI on opened bids — run bid analysis and scoring on them like on any other bid, and ask the AI assistant about them. Analysis and scoring use credits.
  • Evidence package — receipts, opening records, the signed log and every published document in one ZIP, with steps to verify them.
A price grid with two bidders, a unit price per item, the lowest price in each row marked and the totals, shown with fictional demo details.

Your first price quote in three steps.

  1. Turn on publishing

    An owner or admin turns on publishing in the organisation settings and links the organisation to its company. Bidders see the buyer's legal name.

  2. Fill in one screen

    Add the title, items and deadline. For sealed bids, set up your opening key once: a passkey or an authenticator app. Tendergate checks your first tender before it goes live.

  3. Publish and invite

    The tender appears in the catalogue and on your website list. Invite companies by email, answer their questions, and open the bids after the deadline.

Before you publish

What does it cost?

Publishing and bidding are free. AI actions, such as bid analysis on the opened bids, use credits as anywhere else in Tendergate.

Which purchases can I run here?

Private purchases, purchases below the Public Procurement Law thresholds, and procurements by funding recipients under Cabinet Regulation No. 104. Full Public Procurement Law procedures stay in EIS: Tendergate can list such a tender with a link to EIS. Rules and deadlines follow Latvian law.

Are all bids sealed?

Sealed until the deadline is the default, and regulated procedures are always sealed. For a private purchase you can choose open bids instead: you see each bid as it arrives, and bidders are told so before they bid.

Can Tendergate read the bids before the deadline?

The Tendergate app holds no key and has no code that can decrypt a bid. The keys are held by the separate sealing service, which Tendergate operates. An opening through the app needs your openers' approval after the deadline and is written to a signed log. Someone with direct access to the sealing service's keys could decrypt outside the app; the page How sealed submission works explains this limit.

What if Tendergate is down before the deadline?

If the service is unavailable for at least 120 minutes in the last 24 hours, or 10 minutes in the last four hours, before the deadline, the deadline moves by one working day and a service notice is published.

Do bidders need an account?

Not to read the tender or download its documents. To submit, a bidder signs in with a work email and adds the company's registration number. It is free.

Who checks the buyer?

Tendergate checks your organisation's company details and its first tender before the tender goes live. Bidders see the buyer's legal name on the tender page.

Run your next price quote on Tendergate.

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