Provides useful best practice information on e-tendering for anyone involved in procurement, allowing clients and tenderers to their costs, remove unnecessary administration and streamline the overall tendering process. Use standard practice to show the benefits of a consistent approach and avoid ambiguities and technical incompatibility. Examines the tendering process, from preliminary enquiry through to tender acceptance and withdrawal, considering the practical and legal implications of e-tendering in relation to: tender methodologies, different electronic formats and their impact upon information exchange; the benefits and constraints that different technologies provide; security issues, tendering procedures and workflow; assessment of tenders and notification of results. Appendices include a glossary of terms, sample materials, checklists and sources of further information on implementing e-tendering.

Superseded by second edition (ISBN 9781842195635).