tender feels like a bit of a bottleneck. ours went for about 1.5 months, but that might be because of the detail I went to in terms of what was to be included. I think there also with people working remotely, that has added to the time required to complete the estimating / paperwork etc.
It would be an incredibly tough process to do tender at this point in time!
I'm glad in a way ours was done and dusted last year. I suppose there is always a bit of "tooing and froing" with any process. Some stages drag out too lilaandco, other seem to fly. Just checking your update now...