Guide
How to read a bid package in an hour
The pages that decide whether you should bid, in the order to read them.
Start every response with the whole package read
Capveon reads the solicitation, the attachments and every addendum, turns each requirement into a checklist item with an owner and a date, and writes first drafts from your past responses. Your team starts at review.
Lakemont County, OhioDraft readySkip the first read. Start at review.
200 pages to build the matrix by hand
Every requirement listed with the page it came from, before kickoff.
An addendum two days before the deadline
Capveon reads it, marks what changed and updates the checklist.
Boilerplate copied from old proposals
First drafts written from your past responses, each passage citing its source.
Every requirement, found and cited
Capveon reads the whole package, specifications, forms, drawings and addenda, and lists what the response must include: the bond, the insurance, the forms, the page limits, the evaluation criteria. Each item links to its page.
- Reads every page and addendum
- Catches the buried pre-bid and the page limit
- Each requirement cites its page
Bid bond10% of the bid
p. 7Pre-bid meeting18 Nov, mandatory
p. 2Page limitForms do not count
p. 3Evaluation criteriaApproach, team and cost
p. 11First drafts from what you already wrote
Add your past proposals, templates, references and security answers. Capveon drafts each section from them, cites the document every passage came from and leaves what is new for your writers.
- Company details, references and insurance filled in
- Each passage cites the document it came from
- Owners and due dates on every item
Safety planDraft ready
Written from your last two responses, each passage with its sourceEvery addendum read, and the change flagged
When an addendum changes the due date, the scope or the specification, the bid updates and everyone working the response is told what changed, so a new form does not slip through.
- Due date, scope and forms read again
- What changed, in one line
- Sent by email, Slack or Teams
Addendum 2 postedBids now due 19 Dec, was 12 Dec
Date changedAddendum 1 postedAdds a subcontractor list form
New formClarifier No. 2 replacementLakemont County, Ohio
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Pick any public bid. We send it back read against what you make, each answer with its page.
Works with the rest of Capveon
Every product reads from the same record of each public buyer.
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Can Capveon build a compliance matrix from an RFP?
Yes. It reads the solicitation, attachments and addenda and lists each requirement, form and deadline as a checklist item with the page it came from. Your team assigns owners and checks it off.
Does Capveon write proposals?
It writes first drafts from your past responses and templates, and each passage cites the document it came from. Your writers edit, add what is new and approve. Nothing is sent without a person.
What happens when an addendum is issued?
Capveon reads it, shows what changed and updates the checklist, so a changed due date or a new form does not slip through.
Is our proposal library used to train AI?
No. Your past bids and proposals are used to draft for your team alone, and none of it trains a model.
Bring a bid you are working on
We'll read it together in the demo: the requirements, the dates and a first draft from material like yours.