Definition - 1 A tender is an offer in writing for executing certain specified work or for supplying specified materials subject to certain terms and conditions like rates, time limit, etc.
Definition - 2
A tender is a formal offer to supply goods or to do a particular job, and a statement of the price that you or your company will charge. If a contract is put out to tender, formal offers are invited. If a company wins a tender, their offer is accepted. There is a procedure you need to follow to file a tender and win it. Tender can be released by private as well as government players. While most of the new government tenders get published on few of the government websites, but it may not contain the government tender from the authority that you might be looking for. A better alternative to this may be; to subscribe to any of the tender aggregation websites.