BIDTEK’s costing engine turns requirements into a defensible price. Provide minimal inputs or upload your costing—AI prompts for gaps to deliver a clear, no-surprises offer.
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In Australia’s public sector, price is only persuasive when it is explainable. Evaluators balance quality, risk and whole-of-life cost, and they need to see how your number ties back to the documents on issue. BIDTEK does the heavy lifting by turning requirements into a structured cost model and by asking you only for what’s missing. If you already have a detailed costing, the platform ingests it and flows the figures directly into the draft—no rebuild, no retyping.
Because the tender pack is already unpacked inside BIDTEK, the inputs to price are known: deliverables, service levels, acceptance criteria, reporting cadence and any performance regimes. The costing engine maps these to effort drivers and standard rate cards to produce an immediate priced view of the work. You start with a coherent baseline—this is what is required, this is how we’ll deliver, and this is what it costs—without opening a single tab of formulas.
Your team provides a few foundation settings—delivery approach (e.g. staged vs single phase), indicative resource mix, any special plant or travel, and preferred payment structure. If the engine detects a gap—an unclear access window, a missing allowance for a mandatory report, an unusual inspection frequency—it raises a short, targeted prompt. You answer in a sentence or select an option; the cost model updates instantly and the narrative stays in sync.
If you prefer to price outside the system, upload your completed costing (spreadsheet or export). BIDTEK validates structure and mappings, reconciles key categories, and flows the figures into the schedules and pricing narrative. Cross-references back to method and deliverables are preserved, and totals remain consistent across the pack. You retain your model; BIDTEK ensures it reads and scores like part of a single, coherent proposal.
Public buyers dislike surprises. BIDTEK makes assumptions explicit and traceable—working hours, outages, access, approvals, data availability, client-provided items—and links each to its source clause. If an addendum changes the ground rules, the assumptions refresh and the associated costs adjust automatically. Evaluators can see what moved and why, and you don’t lose time rebuilding spreadsheets.
Some risks should be mitigated, some carried, some priced as contingency. BIDTEK keeps a live link between the risk register and the costing so supervision, QA effort, commissioning time and standby allowances sit where they belong in the numbers—not as a cryptic percentage at the end. If the draft contract pushes liability or service credits beyond the norm, that impact appears both in the narrative and the dollars, keeping the value-for-money story honest and defensible.
Where the tender allows, BIDTEK helps you present sensible options—alternative materials, delivery methods, warranty/support levels—with clear effects on service and cost. The engine can present whole-of-life views when relevant, covering training, operations and maintenance. Instead of a single bottom line, the buyer sees a transparent decision space anchored to outcomes.
The platform lets you sense-check key inputs against comparable past bids and public reference points. It won’t set your rates, but it will flag where your position looks atypical and invite a judgement call. Commercial decisions stay with you; BIDTEK supplies the context that makes those decisions faster and safer.
Government buyers need predictability. BIDTEK prompts you to confirm indexation rules, offer validity, milestone payments, retention and any service credits or performance incentives. The result is a price that reads like an operating agreement: understandable, auditable and easy to administer.
When scope or schedules move, BIDTEK pinpoints the affected tasks, refreshes the cost model and updates the narrative. Reviewers see what changed and why, and amended assumptions flow through to the final schedules automatically. No broken formulas. No version panic. Just a clean, current price that matches the documents on issue.
Pricing tables mirror the buyer’s formats and naming conventions, with cross-references back to method and deliverables. Inclusions and exclusions are plain, totals reconcile across the pack, and the narrative stays tight. Scorers don’t hunt for answers—they read them.
THE OUTCOME: COMPETITIVE, CREDIBLE, NO SURPRISES
Awards go to offers that feel safe to accept. With BIDTEK, your pricing isn’t only competitive; it is defensible. Requirements drive tasks. Assumptions are explicit. Risk is priced on purpose. If you have your own costing, BIDTEK incorporates it; if not, the engine builds a robust model and asks you only for what’s missing. When the buyer tests your figures against the story, everything lines up—and that’s what gets approved.