What Changes When Every Tender Comes
With a Match Score

Without a score, every tender looks the same until you've read it. Here's what that costs, and what the score changes.

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Results Full of Noise

Broad searches bring back tenders that were never meant for you, even with AI tender search doing the filtering. Match badges show at a glance which ones fit, so the rest can wait.

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Reading Notices Just to Rule Them Out

Opening tender documents only to learn a contract isn't right costs hours you don't get back. The score tells you where a tender stands before you open it.

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Proposals for the Wrong Contracts

Writing a bid for a tender that was never a good fit drains time and budget. Start with your Excellent Matches, and your bid hours go where the fit is strongest.

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Results You Can't Explain

When a tender turns up with no clear reason, it's hard to trust the rest of the list. Each badge shows why the tender scored the way it did.

How the Tender Scoring System
Rates Each Tender

Scoring runs in the background from the moment a tender reaches Tenderbase. Here's what happens before it lands in your results.

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Your Profile Sets the Benchmark

Your industry, services, location and business capabilities tell the system what a good fit looks like for you.

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Each New Tender Is Checked

As a tender arrives on the platform, its requirements are compared against your profile, one criterion at a time.

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A Colour-Coded Badge Is Added

The tender is tagged Excellent, Good or Potential Match, in a colour you can spot in any list. Then you can scan hundreds of tenders in seconds.

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Scores Keep Up With Your Business

Add a new service or change your location, and your scores update straight away to reflect the profile you have now.

What Excellent, Good and Potential Match
Mean for You

Each level tells you how closely a tender fits your profile, and what your next step should be.

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Excellent Match: Your Top Priority

The tender closely aligns with your industry, services, location and other key requirements. Review these first, because they're the strongest fits you have.

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Good Match: Worth a Proper Look

The tender meets most of your key criteria and looks promising. Check the requirements against your capabilities before you commit time to it.

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Potential Match: Read Before You Decide

There's some alignment, and the tender could still be worthwhile. Read the requirements carefully, then decide whether to pursue it or move on.

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The Reasons Behind Every Badge

Each score shows which of your criteria matched, so nothing feels like guesswork. Your Excellent and Good Matches soon become a ready-made shortlist you can organise in your tender workspace.

Your Match Score Is Not the
Buyer's Evaluation Score

"Tender scoring" can mean two different things. Knowing which is which helps you use your match score well.

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What Your Match Score Tells You

Your match score rates how well a tender fits your business before you bid. It helps you decide which opportunities deserve your time and effort.

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What the Buyer's Score Decides

After submission, the contracting authority scores each bid against its published award criteria, usually weighing quality and price. If you're unsure a tender is worth bidding for, our bid/no-bid decision support can help you decide.

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