Bid / No-Bid Screen
A ten-minute triage prompt for federal and municipal solicitations. Decides whether a solicitation is worth a real response before you spend a day on one. Deliberately produces a screen, never a draft response.
Syntax
tenant-onboarding
[business brief]
Here is a solicitation. Do not write a response. Answer only these, briefly:
1. Type — Sources Sought, RFQ, or RFP?
2. Scope — quote the line that says what is to be delivered.
3. Hard eligibility requirements — certifications, registrations, bonding, insurance minimums, past-performance thresholds.
4. Which of those do we appear to fail?
5. Deadline, and what must be submitted.
6. Bid / no-bid recommendation, one sentence, with the single strongest reason.
If anything is ambiguous, say so rather than guessing.
[solicitation]Parameters
| Parameter | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| business brief | document | Your standing brief — trade, geography, size, certifications held and not held. |
| solicitation | document | The full text. Do not truncate; eligibility terms often sit in the attachments. |
Example
tenant-onboarding
Type: RFQ.
Scope: "Quarterly exterior window cleaning, Building C, approx. 320 panes."
Hard requirements: active SAM registration; $1M general liability; 3 past-performance references within 24 months.
Appear to fail: none identified — confirm GL limit on current certificate.
Deadline: 14 days; quote form + W-9 + certificate of insurance.
Recommendation: BID — scope is squarely in trade, clear pricing basis, no set-aside.