what s the difference between tender and tender offer 
people often confuse the terms tender and tender offer tender or tendering is mainly defined as the invitation to submit a bid for a project governments and other entities normally put out calls for contractors to submit proposals for projects that need to be done they review these proposals and choose the best one for the job a tender offer on the other hand is made by a public company or third party to purchase shares from another company s shareholders the bidder is the party conducting the tender offer companies can offer to repurchase debt securities or bonds from holders using a debt tender offer the bottom linetender is an often used term in business finance and investing that can have various meanings in a business setting tender refers to the process where governments invite vendors to bid for the right to work on government projects or provide goods or other services 