Bid time savings calculator.
Change the assumptions to match your team. The model separates normal qualification and first-draft time from optional weak-fit bid time you may avoid by filtering earlier. The first question is simple: can better BID/SKIP calls return at least five hours a month?
Qualification effort
First-response effort
Cost and expected time saving
Weak-fit drafting avoided
Shown separately so the headline value stays conservative.
What the calculator is measuring.
Current bid operations time.
The baseline is the time your team spends reviewing notices plus the time spent drafting first responses for opportunities that make it past the first filter.
Capacity returned to the team.
The saved-time estimate applies your chosen percentage to the baseline. It should be grounded in your actual process, rather than a generic vendor claim.
Monthly cost divided by hourly staff cost.
If TenderLead Pro costs £79/month with no annual lock-in and staff time costs £45/hour, it needs to save about 1.8 hours/month to break even on time alone.
Revenue and win-rate assumptions.
The model does not assume more wins, larger contracts, or better win rates. Those may matter, but they should be tested with real pilot data.
Where this sits in the TenderLead workflow.
Use the calculator before the team commits to more drafting.
The clean workflow is discovery, qualification, compliance, then first draft. The calculator helps decide whether the qualification layer is expensive enough to fix.
Common questions.
Is this calculator a revenue forecast?
No. It estimates bid-team time capacity from your own assumptions. It does not forecast win rate, contract revenue, or guaranteed savings.
Why separate weak-fit bid avoidance from the main value?
Because no-bid filtering can protect a lot of time, but it is easy to double-count. TenderLead keeps the headline value conservative and shows avoided weak-fit drafting separately.
Where should this sit in the bid workflow?
Use it beside a bid/no-bid score, route check, and evidence review. If the opportunity clears those checks, move it into drafting.
Does responding faster improve bid success?
Not as a direct public-procurement claim. Buyers assess tenders against the published criteria, regardless of whether a compliant bid arrived earlier. The useful speed advantage is operational: qualify sooner, leave more time for evidence, clarifications, compliance checks, and avoid deadline risk.