Guides to Nigerian tenders
How public and donor procurement works in Nigeria, where tenders are published, and how to prepare a bid, with links to the official sources.
Finding tenders
- How do I find tenders in Nigeria?
Where Nigerian government, state, donor and oil and gas tenders are published, how long you get to bid, and how to stop missing them.
- How do Nigerian government tenders work?
How federal procurement works under the Public Procurement Act 2007: open bidding, adverts, bid opening, and who can bid.
- How do state government tenders work in Nigeria?
Nigerian states run their own procurement laws, agencies and contractor registers. What changes from federal tenders, with Lagos as an example.
- How do you get Nigerian tender alerts on WhatsApp?
How TendaRadar sends tenders for your trades and states to WhatsApp: setting alerts, instant and daily messages, and the free trial.
Bidding
- How can small businesses find and win public contracts in Nigeria?
Practical steps for Nigerian SMEs: registration, local preference rules, sizing tenders to your capacity, and finding the right ones in time.
- How do you prepare a tender submission that isn't rejected?
A step-by-step checklist for Nigerian tender bids: documents, signatures, bid security, sealed envelopes, and the mistakes that get bids rejected.
- What do you need to bid for federal government contracts?
The documents federal agencies ask bidders for, the BPP contractor database and IRR, bid security, and the 2025 thresholds.
Sectors
- How do you bid for construction tenders in Nigeria?
What works tenders ask for in Nigeria: COREN registration, similar past jobs, equipment, key staff, and separate technical and financial bids.
- How do you get oil and gas contracts in Nigeria?
NipeX, NCDMB's NOGIC JQS, the Nigerian Content Equipment Certificate and service permits: what oil and gas buyers ask suppliers for.
- How do you win UN, World Bank and NGO tenders in Nigeria?
Where UN agencies, World Bank projects, ECOWAS and NGOs publish Nigerian tenders, how UN supplier registration works, and what they check.
- How do you win supply and service contracts in Nigeria?
How goods and service contracts are bought in Nigeria: thresholds, quotations, local preference rules, and what buyers check.