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Score the opportunity on seven weighted criteria. We'll give you a recommendation and the case for it. No signup. Your scores are kept private to this browser — the URL is shareable if you want a colleague's view.
A bid / no-bid decision is the structured assessment a supplier makes before committing time to writing a tender response. It weighs capability, past performance, incumbent advantage, buyer relationship, pricing, resourcing and strategic value to avoid spending weeks on a bid you have low chance of winning. UK SMEs that use a formal bid/no-bid matrix typically lift their win rate 8-15 percentage points within twelve months.
On the 0-300 weighted scale here: 0-120 means no-bid (your odds are too low). 121-180 means qualified bid (only commit if you can move the weakest two criteria up). 181-300 means go (your odds and fit justify the bid team's time).
The seven criteria are standard across UK bid consultancies. The weightings (18 / 16 / 14 / 14 / 14 / 12 / 12) are derived from correlating winner vs runner-up scores across 8,000+ awarded UK contracts in our OCDS dataset. Capability fit and past performance are the strongest predictors of award.
Completely free, no signup required. We make money on BidWriter, our paid AI bid-writing software. Many users land here on a bid/no-bid decision, score the opportunity, and then need help with the actual writing — that's where we earn. You're welcome to use the calculator forever without ever signing up.