Based on your description, I understand that you want to use site template to create a sub site in another site collection. Here're steps:
1.In the source site collection, go to Ste settings -> Solutions -> Click the template file to download it.
2.In the destination site collection, go to Site settings -> Solutions -> Upload solutions -> Activate it.
3.Then you could use site template to create a sub site in destination site collection.
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