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Bid/No-Bid Agent

You only know which tender fits once you have read it. By then half the bidding period has gone.

Breaks a tender down into procedure type, deadlines and suitability, and makes a reasoned recommendation.

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Public administration

Four processes that take up the most time today

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A 180-page tender document is read before anyone knows whether it is worth the effort.

The procedure type, deadlines and evidence required are spread across the contract notice, the specification of services and the suitability criteria. By the time bid management and the business unit agree on a shared view, two meetings have gone by. The procedures that are declined in the end cost just as much reading time as the ones that lead to a bid.

11procedures per quarterThat is how many tenders reach the bid management team of a mid-sized consultancy.
180pages per procedureContract notice, specification of services, suitability criteria and draft contract combined.
2coordination meetingsBid management and the business unit see the documents separately and meet twice.
4declined in the quarterFour procedures are rejected after reading, but the reading time has already been spent.

Procedure type, deadlines and suitability are on the table before the first coordination meeting, and the effort per tender falls by 50%, including for the four procedures that are declined in the end.

The 50% reduction in effort per tender is this agent's headline figure. The number of procedures, page count and declines reflect a typical quarter in bid management; they are not measured values.

Three steps through the process.

Ahead of the bid decision, the agent breaks the tender down into procedure type, deadlines and suitability and makes a reasoned recommendation; executive management takes the decision itself.

Break the tender documents down into attributes

The agent reads the contract notice and the specification of services and compiles procedure type, lots, deadlines and the evidence required. Every item comes with a source reference to the document.

Procedure VgV-2026-0731, 180 pages, 27 attributes with source references

Check suitability against the procedure

The agent compares the evidence required with the firm's stored references. It lists missing evidence item by item.

5 of 7 suitability requirements evidenced, reference above 250,000 euros missing

Draw up a reasoned recommendation

The agent writes a recommendation for or against participation and grounds it in the attributes of the procedure. The counter-arguments are set out in the same document.

empfehlung_vgv-2026-0731.pdf, recommendation to participate, 4 counter-arguments

What the agent does not do.

It does not decide whether to take part.

It presents the recommendation and the counter-arguments. Executive management makes the bid or no-bid decision.

It submits nothing through the procurement portal.

It prepares the list of attributes and the deadlines. Bid management handles registration, the request to participate and bid submission itself.

It does not calculate prices or contribution margins.

For procedure VgV-2026-0731 it gives the estimated contract value from the contract notice. The commercial director works out what the firm charges.

Connected systems

  • Procurement portal
  • CRM
  • reference database

Operations

  • Deployment modelEU cloud, private cloud or on-premises
  • Data processingGDPR-compliant, no model training on your data
  • Responsible teamsBid management, sales, executive management

The questions that come up before the first meeting.

How quickly is the Bid/No-Bid Agent ready to use?

A pilot typically runs on your own data within 4 to 6 weeks. The agent connects to your existing systems rather than running as a separate, parallel environment.

Where is the data processed?

EU cloud, private cloud or on-premises. Processing is GDPR-compliant and models are never trained on your data. Details in the Trust Center.

Where does the figure “50% less effort per tender” come from?

It is based on experience from comparable projects and process benchmarks, not a commitment. We work out the realistic effect for your organisation during the assessment before the pilot.

Related agents.

Intake review, case 2026/04711

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