Swedish term
förfrågning
Anbudsgivare ska på Köparens begäran tillse att förfrågningsunderlaget i sin helhet, inklusive eventuella kopior därav (såväl elektroniska kopior som papperskopior), förstörs eller återlämnas till Köparen.
Sammanställning över samtliga för anbudet gällande avvikelser i förhållande till förfrågningsunderlaget
If förfrågning is tender, what is the difference between förfrågning and anbud?
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JaneD
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Agneta Pallinder
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Proposed translations
request for tender
I always call these "request for tender" (RFT) but there are various other terms too. The point is that it's not the tender, it's the preliminary stage setting out the details of the procurement.
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Christopher Schröder
: Although the “tendering company” is the bidder // Fair enough, a familiar problem :-)
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Yes, quite right. I had a cat on my keyboard as I typed and was distracted!
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Deane Goltermann
: Your suggestion refers to a header - 'Anbudörgragning. In running text the asker's term would generally refer to 'the request.' Like I said, it's complicated. @standardized - EU has thing pretty standardized but Eng speakers don't want to accept that.
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It is complicated. And given that it's all based on the same legislation, why aren't the terms standardised?
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Adrian MM.
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Thanks Adrian
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Michael Ellis
: Inviation to Tender(ITT) and Request for Proposal(RFP) were usual when I was in industry
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tender (tender dossier)
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Note added at 13 mins (2023-01-17 09:18:12 GMT)
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For greater clarity: anbud equals offer; förfrågning equals request for offer.
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Deane Goltermann
: I'm pretty sure EU regs don't use 'dossier.' Tender is used much more commonly than 'offer' these days, especially in EU contexts. ;-)
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As always your clarifications are to the point and very useful!
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Discussion
Right, people are complicated when they mix things up
Take 'anbudsförfrågning' ... there must be a difference, right? = Request for tender. That's the header, but sloppy Swedish writers often refer to this as 'förfrågningen,' when it involves an anbudsförgrågning. And others refer to your clients 'anbud...' in the same set of documents. Förfrågningsunderlag? = Tender documentation.
This is where reading about the tendering process altogether becomes important. There are many sites with good reference material describing standard tendering process in Eng, and you can get a good idea reading about this process in EU documents. British and US references help, but the Swedish laws are based on EU regs, so you get the best results keeping things local.
Yes, a lot of work. Not something for a single translation