Tender Procurements for Dredging Tenders

Dredging is indispensable part of activities in many industries. It is basically an excavation that is carried out partly underwater or in areas covered by shallow or fresh waters. Purpose in all cases is gathering up bottom sediments and disposing them at various locations. Everyday one would find dredgers performing such feat on the roads, at work sites, at industrial complexes, and especially in all construction work sites. It is natural that online or offline there are a host of dredging tenders almost all the times.

Objectives of Dredging Tenders

Tender procurement for dredging tenders can be for two purposes –

For dredging works that will help dig out the sediments and depositing them outside of the locations from where they are dredged out;

For procurement of dredgers and its related accessories for the purpose of dredging work.

Use of Dredging

Dredging is used in construction and renovation works and often for cleaning out the roads and navigable waterways. Other ways of using dredging are –

For replenishment of sands where river banks have lost too much due to coastal erosions; It is also used for fishing of edible clams and crabs; Dredging tenders are often floated for scraping or sucking the sea beds and in such cases the

dredger is mounted on a ship or boat that is named as dredger.

Components of Tenders

In tender procurements for dredging works various aspects are given importance. For instance; dredgers also create excess materials or spoils that are to be carried out from the dredging area and deposited elsewhere so that the inhabitants in the area or traffic movements are no obstructed. Dredging works play a significant role in all types of mining. But the disadvantage is that it can create imbalance in the eco system.

Major Sources of Tenders

Major sources of dredging tenders are –

Public works departments of the central and state governments; All line departments like irrigation, lift irrigation, public health and such other departments of

both governments; Agencies like DRDAs, ITDAs, Public Sector Undertakings and enterprises like NALCO, MCL, Port

authorities; Railway authorities and water transport authorities; Industries and companies setting up their units, factories, railways, and other installations; Local self-government and PRI institutions;

Real estate industries and people involved in it also make tender procurements for dredging works; and

Defense departments.

Importance in Mining

Especially in the fields of mining of different ores and metals like coal, iron, gold, manganese, bauxite, and many others the use of dredgers and dredging operations are huge. That is one of the reasons that majority of the big and rewarding dredging tenders are floated in these mining sectors.

Dredging is a hazardous job and the bidder should understand that it requires a lot of experience, expertise and efficiency to perform the dredging operations effectively. Similarly, suppliers of machineries should also realize that these machines should be qualitative to be effective. Else they could suffer a loss of reputation that would be suicidal for their business enterprise.

No bidder would like it to happen to him.