Does it mean "Egypt decided to increase the supplies for 2017" or "Egypt held a bid and Qatar won the bid to supply LNG to Egypt"? <http://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/tender_2>

"Egypt last year awarded a large tender for 2017 supplies, much of it sourced from Qatar, although traders said rising domestic output and alternative sources including Norway, Nigeria and the United States could fill a potential gap."

Source: <http://af.reuters.com/article/egyptNews/idAFL3N1J220N>