What is Sealed bid pricing

Another from of competition oriented pricing is the sealed bid pricing. In a large number of projects, industrial marketing and marketing to the government, suppliers are asked to submit their quoted as a part of tender. The price quoted reflects the firm's cost and its understanding of competition. If the firm was to price its offer only at its cost level it may be the lowest bidder and may even get the contract but may not make any profit out of the deal. So it is important that the firm uses expected profit at different price level to arrive at the most profitable price. This can be arrived at by considering the profit and profitability of getting a contract at different prices. This method obviously assumes that the firm has complete knowledge or information about the competition and the customer.