"TENDER" :
Adjective : Easily chewed or cut
Noun: A formal offer, as a written offer to contract goods or services at a specified cost or rate; a bid.
"Tender" is a word i am being reintroduced to time and again in my line of business as days go by.
I do not understand how a word meaning easily chewed or cut can be used in the commercial sphere as a legal term to find the best vendor for purchase of supplies or services.
I presume the person who coined the term belonged from a culinary background ...he or she probably thought that the best way to get the desired result to any activity was just to cook the vendor on a slow fire..till he was TENDER enough to be served, just like a nice tender chicken.
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The whole process of Tender Notices, EMD's, Technical Specifications, Financial Bids....etc, resemble a bouquet of spices a chef would use to prepare a marinade.
The Negotiations,Formalities,Re-negotiations, The movement of the file form here to there... the endless wait ..imitate the chef grilling his dish on a slow fire waiting for just the right tenderness in it before being served.
The only thing common in both, the Cooking and the "Tender" process, is the end, the vendor eventually is left resembling a pile of bones.... just the way a Chef would expect one of his tenderly cooked chicken dishes at the end of a meal.
Adjective : Easily chewed or cut
Noun: A formal offer, as a written offer to contract goods or services at a specified cost or rate; a bid.
"Tender" is a word i am being reintroduced to time and again in my line of business as days go by.
I do not understand how a word meaning easily chewed or cut can be used in the commercial sphere as a legal term to find the best vendor for purchase of supplies or services.
I presume the person who coined the term belonged from a culinary background ...he or she probably thought that the best way to get the desired result to any activity was just to cook the vendor on a slow fire..till he was TENDER enough to be served, just like a nice tender chicken.
.
The whole process of Tender Notices, EMD's, Technical Specifications, Financial Bids....etc, resemble a bouquet of spices a chef would use to prepare a marinade.
The Negotiations,Formalities,Re-negotiations, The movement of the file form here to there... the endless wait ..imitate the chef grilling his dish on a slow fire waiting for just the right tenderness in it before being served.
