Communications & Networks tenders in India

38 open notices

Who buys communications & networks in India

These are the organisations with the most communications & networks notices open in India right now. Buyers in this sector tend to repeat — following the few that award the work you do is usually more productive than watching the market as a whole.

Department of Military Affairs · 6
Ministry of Information and Broadcasting · 5
Indian Oil Corporation Limited · 3
Steel Authority of India Limited · 3
Department of Defence · 3
Department of Defence Production · 2
GAIL India Limited · 1
Home Department Karnataka · 1

Communications & Networks market snapshot

Since 17 Jul 2026, FreeTender has recorded 60 communications & networks notices in India, 36 of them open today. The median bid window is 14 days, so plan to have documents ready before a notice appears. Where buyers state a value, the median is INR 1.4 million (8 priced notices).

Notices on record: 60
Open now: 36
Median bid window: 14 days
Median stated value: INR 1.4 million

JulAugSeptOctNov

Most active communications & networks buyers

Ministry of Information and Broadcasting5 notices
Department of Military Affairs4 notices
Indian Oil Corporation Limited3 notices
Steel Authority of India Limited3 notices
Department of Defence3 notices
Department of Defence Production2 notices
Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO)2 notices
BSNL — Punjab2 notices
NTPC Limited · Corporate Centre · USSC · CPG-31 notices
Industries and Commerce Department · Assam Gas Company Ltd - ICD1 notices

Where the work is

Central3 notices
Punjab3 notices
Defence (MoD)2 notices
Central/Multi2 notices
Madhya Pradesh2 notices
Coal India (CPSE)2 notices
West Bengal2 notices
India1 notices
Vadodara1 notices
Tamil Nadu1 notices

Procedures used

Open tender53 notices
Request for proposal4 notices
Grant / funding call1 notices
Contract award1 notices

Computed by FreeTender from the notices we hold, refreshed nightly. Monthly market reports.

How they buy

Indian public procurement runs through several parallel systems rather than one. Central ministries and most states publish on GePNIC-based e-procurement portals (eprocure.gov.in and its state equivalents), commodity and service purchases increasingly go through the Government e-Marketplace (GeM), and large public sector undertakings — power utilities, coal and mining companies, oil marketing companies, railways — operate their own portals. Municipal bodies, development authorities and universities publish independently again, which is why a supplier watching only one portal sees a fraction of the market.

Across the communications & networks notices we currently hold for India, the most common form is the open tender or invitation to bid, followed by request for proposal and invitation to bid. Each has its own rules — see RFP, RFQ and EOI compared and tendering procedures explained.

What qualifies you

Bidding almost always requires a Class III digital signature certificate, registration on the relevant portal, GST and PAN details, and audited accounts for the turnover test. Most works tenders set prior-experience thresholds expressed as completed similar works of a stated value within the last three to seven years. Registered micro and small enterprises can claim exemptions from earnest money and tender fees, and a share of central procurement is reserved for them — but the claim must be made in the bid with the Udyam certificate attached.

Before committing effort, it is worth running a deliberate bid/no-bid decision and checking your submission against the responsiveness checklist.