förfrågning

22:33 Jan 17, 2023 

:D
Right, people are complicated when they mix things up

11:23 Jan 17, 2023 

I don’t think it’s at all complicated. It’s just confusing when people mix it all up.

10:16 Jan 17, 2023 

The difference is not a whole lot, and in English it is also complicated. Spend some time getting updated on the Swedish laws (starting here https://www.konkurrensverket.se/upphandling/lagar-och-regler... and look for the KKV translations. These laws have been translated and there is a lot of reading on this in relation to EU regulations (many references from the Swedish site). Still, it isn't all entirely consistent.

Take 'anbudsförfrågning' ... there must be a difference, right? = Request for tender. That's the header, but sloppy Swedish writers often refer to this as 'förfrågningen,' when it involves an anbudsförgrågning. And others refer to your clients 'anbud...' in the same set of documents. Förfrågningsunderlag? = Tender documentation.

This is where reading about the tendering process altogether becomes important. There are many sites with good reference material describing standard tendering process in Eng, and you can get a good idea reading about this process in EU documents. British and US references help, but the Swedish laws are based on EU regs, so you get the best results keeping things local.
Yes, a lot of work. Not something for a single translation

09:10 Jan 17, 2023 

A förfrågning isn't a tender. Quite the opposite.