FOR BID MANAGERS

Run the bid like an operator, not a courier.

A bid manager juggling five live pursuits across multiple regions spends half their week as admin courier — chasing SMEs, ferrying drafts, version-controlling Word docs. Tendor gives you one operating room per pursuit, a tagged evidence library and the same playbook used in the mid-tier civil customer story — so the workspace runs the bid and you run the judgement calls.

A Tuesday morning, two ways

BEFORE TENDOR08:00 — 17:00

Half the day is courier work.

  • 08:10Three SMEs replied. Two attached wrong versions.
  • 09:30Standup. Three of five status updates are wrong.
  • 11:15Ferry the Schedule 2 between estimating and proposals.
  • 14:00Chase compliance for the PI certificate.
  • 16:45Which is the submit copy — v3 or FINAL_v3?
WITH TENDOR08:00 — 17:00

The workspace runs the bid.

  • 08:10Evidence already pinned to the criterion. Comments inline.
  • 09:30Pursuit board is the standup. Every workspace current.
  • 11:15Draft lives in the workspace. Comments resolve in place.
  • 14:00Library pulls the current PI — expiry-flagged ahead of time.
  • 16:45One canonical response. Version history is the timeline.
THE OPERATING ROOM

One pursuit, one room — fills in as the bid takes shape.

WORKSPACEWestern Sydney · Pavement renewal · Stage 4
AWARD · COMPARABLE · $4.2M · 2024
EVIDENCE · PULLED
PI · $20M · currentPL · $50M · currentWC · currentISO 9001 · 2024ISO 14001 · 2024CV · Senior PMREF · M1 upgradeREF · Logan Hospital
RESPONSE · CRITERIAWEIGHTED
  • Methodology · construction sequencing25%
  • Experience · comparable scope, three cycles20%
  • Local content · NSW subbie network15%
  • Risk · safety record + insurances15%
  • Price · against pricing memory25%
SME · CONTRIBUTIONS
  • ESTIMATING · M.K.
    Schedule 2 rev 3 pasted — see comments on row 14.
  • COMPLIANCE · S.O.
    PI cert refreshed last Friday, library is current.
  • TECH LEAD · D.R.
    Methodology draft ready — flagged risk on staging area.
  • PROPOSALS · J.C.
    Cross-checked criteria weights against the addendum.

Every artefact, comment, version and SME contribution lives in the workspace. The bid manager runs the bid — not the file system.

TOUR THE WORKSPACE
60%
ADMIN TIME RECOVERED
5 → 12
PURSUITS PER MANAGER
71%
EVIDENCE REUSED, NOT REWRITTEN

TYPICAL · PRIVATE-PREVIEW COHORT

BID MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE

Answers for pursuit leads.

What is bid management software for tender teams?

Bid management software coordinates the pursuit from opportunity review through submission: criteria, tasks, evidence, SME comments, drafts and versions. Tendor focuses that workflow on Australian tender and RFP teams.

How does Tendor help bid managers run more live pursuits?

Each tender becomes an operating room with the buyer requirements, criteria, reusable evidence, response drafts and contributor comments in one place. That reduces chasing, version control and repeated evidence work.

Is Tendor only for proposal writers?

No. Bid managers use Tendor to run the workflow, while estimators, compliance leads, SMEs and directors contribute inside the same workspace without creating another folder structure.

WALK YOUR PURSUITS

Bring five live pursuits. We will walk the operating room against the real ones.

A bid manager demo against actual current work — not a generic deck. We will map your evidence, your criteria patterns and your SME cadence into a workspace before you commit.