Dairy Tenders on SmartTender.biz

Dairy products are one of the types of goods that are purchased constantly and in large quantities. Milk, butter, cheeses, cream – all this is bought daily by state organizations through the announcement of public procurement Prozorro. All such tenders are available on SmartTender.biz.

How Does Procurement of Milk Take Place?

The tender for dairy products is carried out as follows:

1. A state agency announces a purchase in the Prozorro system, indicating all requirements for the product and a potential supplier.

2. Interested suppliers find announcements of tenders for milk on SmartTender.biz and submit their price proposals – the amount for which they are ready to sell the specified volume of goods.

3. An auction is taking place, in which all who submitted an offer take part. The participant with the best price wins.

4. The bid of the winner of the auction is checked for compliance with the customer's requirements and, if all goes well, a contract is signed.

How to Participate in a Tender for the Supply of Dairy Products?

If you want to sell your products to state agencies, participate in public tenders. To do this, follow these steps:

1. Register on the SmartTender.biz platform as a participant or log in if you are already registered.

2. Find the tender you are interested in on the Prozorro procurement search page. To do this, enter keywords in the search feed and set up additional filters.

3. Check out the tender documentation for the found purchase. Pay attention to the price, delivery time, list of required documents, and other points that are important to you.

4. Submit a price bid: fill in the electronic fields and add the documents required by the customer in full. Be careful, the absence of at least one certificate will be the reason for your disqualification.

5. Wait for the auction and take part in it. For three rounds, alternately with other participants, reduce or leave unchanged your price offer. The winner is the one with the best price.

Carefully consider the preparation of your proposal – it must be 100% consistent with the terms of the tender documentation. An approximate list of documents you will need is available here.

How Much Can You Earn on Purchasing Milk and Cheese?

Organizations annually spend about 1 billion hryvnias on the purchase of dairy products. Successful suppliers earn in the category from hundreds of thousands to 40 million hryvnias per year.

If you are in the supply of other food products, you can additionally work in the following categories:

1. Purchase of meat.

2. Tenders for flour and cereals.

3. Fish and seafood.

4. Oils and fats.

5. Vegetables and fruits.