Compete with large bid teams using the team you already have
Mid-sized companies lose winnable tenders simply because there's no time. The CEO writes the bid in the evenings, the technical lead QAs over lunch, and pricing happens in the same Excel sheet used since 2019. Tenderen replaces that ad-hoc process with a structured workflow built for SMEs that actually want to grow on public contracts.
How can an SME without a bid team use Tenderen?
Set up alerts on the CPV codes, regions and buyers you deliver to, decide go or no-go with the built-in scorecard (five weighted criteria), and write the bid together in one workspace with a library of reusable text. Pro covers up to 5 users with real-time alerts, unlimited saved tenders and monthly AI quotas, and starts with a 14-day free trial. Free covers one user with daily email alerts.
Best for
- Companies where two to five people share bid work alongside their day jobs
- SMEs bidding on Norwegian tenders and EU-level tenders in the Nordics, Germany, the Netherlands and France
Not the best fit
- More than 5 people on one plan: that needs Enterprise, which has unlimited users
- Companies that require single sign-on (SSO/SAML), which is not available yet
The problem
The bid process is dangerously dependent on two overworked people
In most SMEs, bid work is a hobby for the CEO and a technical second-in-command. That works while volume stays low — but once you want to grow, the bottleneck is impossible to ignore.
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The CEO ends up writing the bids personally. Strategy, sales and operations have to wait — or get pushed into evenings and weekends.
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When the same two people handle sales, delivery and bids, the bid gets the hours that are left, and a rushed bid is rarely the most complete one.
tenders you never got to assess
Promising notices slip by because you didn't have capacity to assess them in time. Your pipeline suffers from hours, not from opportunities.
The solution
A bid team in a box for the team you already have
Tenderen gives SMEs the workflow of a mature bid team — bid/no-bid framework, shared bid-text library, requirement checks and real-time collaboration — without anyone having to work on bids full time.
Shared library of bid text and references
Every time someone writes a strong paragraph on HSE, quality management or delivery model, it lives on in the library. The next bid never starts from a blank page.
Structured tender review
A standard go/no-go assessment: five knock-out questions answered from the requirement check, then strategic fit, capacity, competitive position, profitability and strategic value scored on fixed weights. Decide once, as a team, and keep the reasoning.
Collaboration without tool sprawl
CEO, technical lead, project manager and any external advisor work in the same document with clear roles and comments — no more 'Bid_v17_FINAL_TV-revised.docx' over email.
Targeted tender search
Filter by CPV, buyer, geography and value — and get alerted only when something matches your actual core competence, not everything published on Doffin.
How it works
Three steps from ad-hoc to process
Add your earlier bids
Upload the bids you have delivered. The writer uses them as sources for new drafts, and you save your strongest paragraphs to the shared library.
Assign roles across the team
Invite colleagues as Owner, Admin or Member, create a bid team per tender and assign requirements to the people who will answer them.
Move from ad-hoc to repeatable
Every tender follows the same steps: go/no-go, requirements with owners, drafts and a requirement check before submission.
Built for SMEs that want to grow in the public sector
Built for IT firms, building contractors, healthcare providers and advisers with 5 to 50 employees that want to bid more often without hiring.
Included on Pro
Free email alerts
Alerts on Pro
Free Pro trial
Stop losing to the big players on hours alone.
Upload your earlier bids, set up the team and run the next tender through one process. Pro starts with a 14-day free trial.