Who Is This For

If you ever get invited to bid, but for some reason can’t or decide not to submit one, then it is considered good manners to send the Buyer a nice letter explaining why you can’t put a tender in.

Reasons may include:

• you are currently onboarding a new client, and don’t want to over-stretch yourself at this crucial time. The Buyer will appreciate the fact that you are devoted to providing your clients the very best service.
• you don’t feel you can comply with all the requirements, and therefore are unable to submit a compliant bid. The Buyer will appreciate the fact that you do not wish to waste their time reading a non-compliant bid, and may even decide to change their requirements if they get too much feedback of a similar nature.

This template will save you time writing the appropriate response.