About us
Simplifying public procurement for every Indian business
TenderBuddy was built by a procurement head of an MNC who spent 15+ years watching capable suppliers lose orders to paperwork. We exist to remove that gap — with plain-language guidance, documented filings and hands-on execution.
We work as your private GeM consultant: registration and compliance at the start, catalogue and bid strategy as you grow, and training so your own team eventually runs it without us.
Beyond India we operate as The Tender Brief — a global public-procurement consulting platform serving suppliers bidding into government markets worldwide. Clients who outgrow GeM move across to the same team.
TenderBuddy is an independent advisory firm. We are not affiliated with, endorsed by or authorised by the Government e-Marketplace (GeM) or the Government of India.
Kanika
Public procurement consultant
Fifteen years inside public procurement — first as a procurement head at an MNC writing the specifications and evaluating the bids, now advising the other side of the table.
Works across GeM, IREPS (Indian Railways), the Central Public Procurement Portal and state e-procurement systems, so a supplier is never limited to whichever portal they happen to already know. On the seller side that means listings, brand and OEM approvals, vendor assessment and bidding. On the buyer side it means hand-holding government and PSU teams through their own procurement — specification drafting, category selection, evaluation and award.
Runs the workshop programme, and writes most of what is on this site.
FAQ
Questions sellers ask us first
The Government e-Marketplace is the Government of India’s online procurement platform. Any individual, firm or company with a valid PAN, GST (where applicable) and bank account can register as a seller — manufacturers, resellers, service providers and MSMEs alike.
No. We work alongside your credentials with your approval at each step, and every filing is documented so you can see exactly what was submitted. You can end the engagement at any point and keep running the account yourself.
With documents ready, three to seven working days. Delays are almost always caused by a mismatch between PAN, GST and bank records, which we check before starting.
We screen the tender for eligibility, draft the technical and financial documents, and support submission. No consultant can guarantee an award — but a compliant, well-priced bid is where winning starts.
Yes. We advise foreign OEMs on entity structure, authorised representation and the compliance route to sell into Indian government procurement.
No. TenderBuddy is an independent advisory and consultancy firm. We are not affiliated with, endorsed by or authorised by GeM or the Government of India, and we do not represent ourselves as agents of any government entity.