Award & settlement

How tender funds settle after work completes.

Tender funds sit in escrow the same way purchase funds do. Release happens on work acceptance, not on invoice.

Acceptance criteria

On award, the tender scope becomes the acceptance contract. When the provider signals completion, the buyer has a 48-hour acceptance window (shorter than purchase handover, because the work is typically simpler to inspect). Silent release at T+48h if no dispute.

Partial delivery

Multi-machine tenders (e.g. inspection of 3 machines) settle per-deliverable. Each machine's portion of the fee releases when its report is signed; the final machine triggers the 48-hour acceptance clock for the whole tender.