Online Tender Submissions

for Suppliers

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Welcome to VZI’s online tender submission system.
As a “supplier” you have access to view tenders and submit offers or “bid” on tenders on the website. You can also
create a “watchlist” to get email notifications when new tenders are added to selected categories. To gain access to
the system, please register yourself on the website.

Registration
1) To register click on “Create an account” near the bottom of the supplier’s page.

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Once you have logged in you will have access to additional items on the menu:

1) My watchlist
2) My bids
3) My profile
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Bidding for a tender
You must log in first to be able to bid for a tender
and to download the tender documents.

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Using the message board
Each tender has a message board. Any comments or questions
posted here are visible to all other logged-in suppliers and VZI’s
buyers.

Before posting a question, we recommend you read through the

existing messages on the board to see if your question has
already been answered.

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