Tender - Definition and Overview

Tender may mean:

• one of several types of boat or ship, all sharing the general function of servicing another type of air or sea vessel:
  • seaplane tender - supplies and services seaplanes
  • submarine tender - resupplies submarines
  • motor torpedo boat tender - resupplies motor torpedo boats
  • ship's tender - used to transport people and supplies to and from a large ship
  • dive tender - another name for Diving support vessel
• tenders, a type of railroad car hauled immediately after the locomotive proper that contains the fuel and water
• Legal tender, a term used of currency
• When a government, or sometimes a company, wants a particular project (such as a construction job) to be carried out by a contracting company, it often calls for tenders, or sealed offers naming a price to do the job. The competitors for the job must submit their tenders by a certain deadline, after which all are opened together, and typically the lowest tender wins the project.
• The Israeli name for a pickup truck