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Create a tender manually or from buyer documents

Turn a purchase requirement, spreadsheet, PDF or screenshot into a reviewed tender.

7 min readAnchor BuyerReviewed 4 November 2026

Before you start

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Step 1: Requirement / files

Step by step

  1. 1

    Define the requirement

    Open Workspace → Tenders and create a tender. State the products or services, specification, units, delivery region, currency and procurement deadline clearly.

  2. 2

    Import documents when useful

    Attach up to eight Excel/CSV/PDF/image files, each within the upload limit shown (10 MB per file). Spreadsheet rows and Gemini document extraction help form the draft.

  3. 3

    Review the draft

    Confirm quantities, item descriptions, pricing currency, deadlines and delivery assumptions against your originals. Correct extracted errors before publishing. Filenames in a draft do not guarantee suppliers can download the original buyer documents.

  4. 4

    Publish and monitor

    Check the assigned category, industry and delivery region and publish. Monitor bids and the closing countdown. Use the awarded order’s secure chat for detailed specifications after award.

Expected outcome

A tender with clear requirements and a defined bidding deadline.

Important checks

  • AI can misread units, dates and tables. The buyer is responsible for reviewing the draft.

Questions & answers

Are source attachments automatically available to bidders?

Do not assume so. The tender import currently retains filenames; provide the necessary bid-stage information in the published scope. Deal chat supports secure attachments once there is an order.

Can Gemini choose the supplier?

Classification organises the tender; it is not a supplier award or procurement approval.

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