How it works
How TenderSeal turns a tender into a first draft
Upload the tender. TenderSeal does the reading and the first draft. You add what only you know, check it, and submit. Here is each step on a sample tender, what it gives you, and what to check yourself.
What do you need to start?
The tender’s documents, as you downloaded them, in any of 11 languages. And, once, your company’s documents: policies, certificates, case studies, CVs, past bids. Every tender after that starts from what TenderSeal already knows about you.
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01Is it worth bidding?
Is this tender worth bidding for?
Know before it eats your week. TenderSeal checks the tender against your company profile and gives you a go/no-go recommendation, the must-haves you already meet, and the gaps to close.
Our advisor tested it on four tenders where he already knew the answer. Every time, it came within “a gnat’s whisker” of his own call. It only knows what you upload, so add your certificates and policies. And like any AI, it can make mistakes: check it.
What you get
- A recommendation: go, conditional go or no-go, and a compatibility score for how well you fit
- The must-haves you already meet, each with the evidence from your documents
- The gaps to close before you bid, and the less obvious findings, such as two clauses that contradict each other
What to check yourself
- It only knows what you upload: a certificate you hold but haven't added shows as a gap
- The score is about fit, not your odds of winning
“All four of those occasions, the Go-No-Go information that the app came back with was not exactly what I would have done, but within a gnat's whisker.”
Dr Simon Raybould, bid writer and TenderSeal advisorCall, 25 Aug 2026 IT Support Services Framework· Go/No-GoSample tenderGo/No-Go
AI viability assessment of this tender against your company documents.
74Compatibility score
Conditional goYou meet the experience and reference requirementssource 3. Lot 2 asks for Cyber Essentials Plus at contract start, and your documents show Cyber Essentials onlysource 4.
Key strengths
- 4 years running a service desk for schools, at the same hourssource 2
- Turnover above the £250,000 minimumsource 3
Key gaps
- No Cyber Essentials Plus certificate in your documentssource 4
- No social value commitment yetsource 1
Eligibility criteria (3)
Selection
- Met92/100 evidence
At least 2 years delivering similar contractssource 3
- Met88/100 evidence
1 reference client with over 50 endpointssource 3
- Partial40/100 evidence
Cyber Essentials Plus at contract startsource 4
A Go/No-Go result on a sample council IT tender: a conditional go, with the requirement to close first. 02Read
What does the tender ask for, and how is it scored?
See the scoring, eligibility, pass/fail questions and key dates in minutes, before you write a word. Every figure carries a chip for the page it came from.
What you get
- The client, budget, deadline, submission language and validity period
- The lots, and what each one covers
- How it is scored: each question's weight and word limit, and the price weighting
- The pass/fail questions you must meet to be considered at all
What to check yourself
- Open a figure's chip to see the page it came from before you rely on it
“It would have taken me up to about four hours to determine if a tender was suitable. Whereas I downloaded the document, put it into the system, and within 20 minutes, I was able to say, this is good. I could apply for that.”
Operations Manager, MotorTron, fleet management, IrelandCall, 19 Jun 2026 IT Support Services Framework· Tender infoSample tender- ClientEastmere Borough Councilsource 1
- Budget£180,000 – £240,000 over 3 yearssource 1
- DeadlineFriday at 12:00, in 12 dayssource 1
- Submission LanguageEnglishsource 1
Lots
- Lot 1: Networks and data centre
- Lot 2: Service desk and desktop support (SME eligible)
Evaluation Criteria
How the sample tender is scored Question Weight Limit Q1 Service delivery 20% 750 words Q2 Mobilisation 15% 500 words Q3 Account management 15% 500 words Q4 Social value 10% 500 words Price 40% – Pass/fail
- Minimum 2 years delivering similar contracts
- 1 reference client with over 50 endpoints
- Cyber Essentials Plus
- Average turnover of £250,000 a year
The Read summary of a sample council IT tender: key facts, lots, scoring and pass/fail questions, each with its source page. I read every page. You keep the day job.
03Ask
What are they actually asking for?
Ask the tender in plain English: payment terms, minimum turnover, the format they want. Straight answers, taken from the tender itself, with the page they came from.
What you get
- A plain-English answer from the tender's own documents
- The page each answer came from, with the passage, one click away
What to check yourself
- If the summary seems to miss something, ask about it directly: Ask searches the tender's documents for the answer
“… it saw it, it found it, it pointed me back to the actual page on the tender document, which was brilliant.”
Operations Manager, MotorTron, fleet management, IrelandCall, 19 Jun 2026 IT Support Services Framework· AskSample tenderAsk about this tender
Answers cite the documents they came from.
What’s the minimum turnover for Lot 2?
£250,000 a year, averaged over the last two financial yearssource 3.
Conditions of participation · page 6
“Bidders for Lot 2 must show an average annual turnover of at least £250,000 over the last two financial years.”
Checked against the source
Ask about requirements, deadlines, criteria…Asking a sample tender a question: the answer cites the page, and the passage it came from is one click away. 04Draft
Can it write the first draft?
Get a first draft built around how the tender is scored. It uses your services, experience and examples, and keeps to the word limits and format. It marks what only you can fill in. Highlight any part to rewrite or strengthen it, then accept or reject each change.
What you get
- A first draft of each question, written to how it is scored and within its word limit
- Your services, experience and examples, from the company documents you uploaded
- The gaps only you can fill, marked in the draft and listed in one place
- An assistant that rewrites, shortens or strengthens any passage you select, as changes you accept or reject
What to check yourself
- Read it all and make it sound like you: it is a first draft, not a finished bid
- Check the facts and figures before you submit: AI can make mistakes
- Check whether the tender allows AI-assisted answers, and say so if it asks
“It is a first draft that I can work with. It's good. It's genuinely good.”
Dr Simon Raybould, bid writer and TenderSeal advisorCall, 5 Oct 2026 “I liked that it was basically telling you the bits that you needed to fill in.”
Freelance copywriter, IrelandCall, 6 Jul 2026 IT Support Services Framework· EditorSample tenderLot 2 · Quality responseSaved 1 item to provide11pt · 1.15 line spacing · per tender3 pages · 4 page limit AssistantQ1 Service delivery
20% of the score · 750 words max
Our service desk is open 08:00–18:00, Monday to Friday, matching the council’s hourssource 2. Every call is logged, triaged within 15 minutes and owned by one engineer until it is closed.
We aim to respond quickly.Priority 1 faults get an engineer on site within 4 hours, and we report against that target every month.Your account manager is [To be provided by the bidder: your account manager’s name], who meets the council’s IT lead every month.
Editing assistant
1 block: “We aim to respond quickly.”
Make this stronger: say how fast we respond.
Review: I’ve proposed one change. Accept or reject it in the document.
A first draft of a sample tender's service delivery question, with a gap to fill and a suggested change to accept or reject. I write the first draft. You make it yours.
Then what?
You finish the draft in the editor, or export it, and submit it through the buyer’s portal as you always would. TenderSeal never submits anything for you.