Three hundred pages of tender. Every clause answered, every deviation declared, every claim traceable to your datasheet.
Tender Answer reads the invitation to tender, splits it into requirements, matches each one against your product documentation, standards and past bids, and produces the compliance matrix, the deviation table and a first draft of the technical response — with a question list for your engineers where the documents don't settle it.
- Compliance matrix and deviation table generated from the tender text, not retyped
- Every 'Comply' is linked to the datasheet page or test certificate that supports it
- Draft responses in your past-bid voice; engineers review the open questions, not the whole document
| Clause | Requirement | Status | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4.2.1 | Body material ASTM A216 WCB | Comply | Datasheet DS-V300 p.2 |
| 4.2.4 | Fire-safe to API 607 | Comply | Cert. FS-2025-118 |
| 4.3.2 | 150 bar at 120 °C | Partial | Rated at 100 °C — deviation D-03 |
| 5.1.1 | Hydrostatic test per API 598 | Comply | ITP-V300 §6 |
| 6.4 | ISO 15848-1 class B packing | Needs engineer | Class C certified — Q-07 |
| 7.2 | Documentation in buyer's EDMS format | Comply | Past bid PB-2025-022 §7 |
The work it takes off your desk
Who it is for: Bid and proposal teams at equipment and engineering suppliers who answer 200–600 page technical tenders.
Fifteen hours of retyping
Someone copies each clause into a spreadsheet, finds the datasheet, and writes 'Comply' — for 400 clauses — before any engineering judgement starts.
A missed deviation is a contract risk
The one clause that didn't match was on page 287, and it becomes a penalty after award.
Engineers answer the easy ones
Senior engineers spend their tender week on questions the datasheet already answers, and run out of time for the hard ones.
From the case library
24 situations documented so far — each with the documents involved, what the agent does and what you get back.
Buyer's technical clarification round
After submission the buyer sends 23 technical clarification questions referencing the matrix.…
Win/loss: which requirements cost the bid
The bid was lost on technical scoring. Sales wants to know which requirements scored low.…
Comply — datasheet supports it directly
Requirement: body material ASTM A216 WCB. The datasheet lists exactly that for the offered model.…
How it works
Deterministic where it should be deterministic; a language model only where documents have to be read and explained. Every output cites its source.
You give it
The tender package (PDF/DOCX — specifications, data sheets to be filled, standards references), your product datasheets, test certificates and manuals, and two or three past technical responses for voice and structure.
The agent
Extracts every numbered requirement, classifies it (performance, material, standard, documentation, commercial-technical), searches your documentation for evidence, decides Comply / Partial / Deviate / Needs engineer, and drafts the response paragraph with the supporting reference.
You get back
Compliance matrix (clause, requirement, status, evidence link), deviation table in the buyer's required format, draft technical response document, and an engineer question list sorted by impact — exportable to DOCX and XLSX.
A single tender is 200–600 pages read against thousands of pages of your own documentation, then re-read as engineers answer questions. One bid is typically 30–80 million tokens; a team answering four tenders a month runs 100–300 million. Requirement extraction and matrix assembly are deterministic; the model is spent on reading and drafting.
Pricing
One Tender = one tender package analysed end to end (requirements, matrix, deviations, draft, question list), including revisions within 60 days. Model tokens are a separate meter billed at the provider's list price. Bring your own key (BYOK) and the model meter is zero; use our channel and tokens appear on the same Google Cloud invoice.
Pay as you go
- No minimum
- All features
- Model tokens at list price or BYOK
- Email support
Bid desk
- Overage $150/tender
- Documentation library
- Past-bid voice profiles
- Priority support
Multi-line
- Overage $120/tender
- SSO (Google, Microsoft)
- Team workspaces and win/loss tagging
- Named support
Enterprise
- Private offer on Marketplace
- API access
- Data residency options
- Dedicated onboarding
| Tender package up to 300 pages | 1 tender |
| Each additional 150 pages | +0.3 tender |
| Re-run after engineers answer the question list | free within 60 days |
| Documentation library ingestion | free |
tenders (per tender)model_access_usd (provider list price, cents)- Annual plans bill once; included monthly units are netted before any overage is reported. Usage reports go to Google hourly; your invoice shows them as separate line items.
Security and data
One company, one set of policies, across every product we ship.
Your documents stay yours
Tenant-isolated storage on Google Cloud; retention you set; deletion on demand; never used to train models.
One legal framework
Privacy policy, terms, DPA (GDPR / UK GDPR / PDPO) and the sub-processor list are published once at carnegieintel.com and apply to every product.
Transparent metering
Every metered unit is itemised with request ids in your workspace before it reaches your invoice. Model tokens are billed at the provider's list price, never marked up silently.
Questions
Does it submit the bid?
No. It prepares the matrix, deviation table and draft; your bid manager reviews, your engineers answer the open questions, and your team submits.
What if our documentation doesn't cover a clause?
The clause is marked 'Needs engineer' with the closest evidence found, and goes on the question list. The agent never writes 'Comply' without a document behind it.
Does it handle standards (ISO, API, IEC, GB)?
It recognises standard references and matches them against the certificates and declarations in your library. It does not interpret the standard's text itself unless you upload it.
Our past bids and datasheets are confidential.
They stay in your tenant on Google Cloud, are used only for your bids, and are never used to train models.
Which models?
Google Vertex AI models by default via our channel, or bring your own key. Model tokens are a separate meter at list price.
How do we buy?
Through Google Cloud Marketplace on your existing Google Cloud invoice, or directly by invoice.
Insights
Field notes written for the people who do this job every day.
Four hundred times 'Comply'
The compliance matrix is where a technical bid is won or lost, and most of the work of building it is clerical. Here is …
The deviation you did not know you had
Lost bids are rarely lost on the headline requirements. They are lost on page 287: a certification class, a standard edi…
Past bids are voice, not evidence
Every bid team reuses its last response. The structure and phrasing are worth reusing; the compliance claims are not, be…
Tender Answer is in early access.
We are onboarding a small number of design partners with real documents and real deadlines. Tell us what you reconcile, dispute, diagnose or bid on, and we will set up a workspace with your material.