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How this actually works, written down

How bids are scored, what gets you excluded, what evidence a buyer accepts, and how a small firm gets onto a big bid. Every summary is free to read. The articles themselves are in every level from Lite upwards.

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Scoring · 6 min

How a tender is actually scored, and where the marks really go

Most bids lose marks in places the bidder never looked. Here is what the evaluator has in front of them.

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Compliance · 5 min

The five things that get you excluded before anyone reads your bid

Exclusion is not a scoring decision. It happens before scoring, and it is usually administrative.

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Structure · 5 min

Selection and award are not the same thing, and mixing them costs marks

One asks whether you are allowed to do this work at all. The other asks how well you would do this particular job.

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