# BidOps — Extended description

## What BidOps is

BidOps is a written, asynchronous RFP (request-for-proposal) diagnostic service
for consulting firms operating in the DACH region (Germany, Austria, Switzerland).
It is not a SaaS tool to roll out and not a proposal-writing agency that sells
workshops and calls. It is an artifact-first process: a firm sends a sanitized
tender document or excerpt by email, and receives a set of written, exportable
analysis artifacts.

The core insight BidOps sells is **chain thinking**. A single missing item in a
tender is rarely fatal on its own. The danger is when items combine:

    missing certificate -> no owner -> deadline conflict -> non-compliance -> bid rejection

BidOps reads these chains, then computes a **bid cut-set**: the smallest set of
interventions that breaks the most dangerous rejection paths. The customer does
not get "here are 27 problems"; they get "here are the 3 things to fix first,
and this is the chain each one breaks".

## Who it is for

- Consulting firms that regularly respond to RFPs and public procurement.
- Firms without a dedicated proposal manager or a large bid apparatus.
- Teams that want faster, more structured delivery without losing quality.
- Organisations active in DE / AT / CH, public procurement and private tenders.

## Who it is NOT for

- Anyone needing a legal procurement review (Vergaberecht / VgV opinion).
- Anyone expecting a guaranteed win probability.
- Anyone who cannot share any document.
- Anyone expecting a live workshop or full proposal outsourcing by call.

## Inputs accepted

RFP (PDF/DOCX), Ausschreibung, Leistungsverzeichnis (LV), Fragebogen, prior
proposals, case studies, CV library, standard text modules. No system
integration is required for the first diagnostic — email is enough. Larger file
sets or ZIP folders can be arranged by email when needed.

## Outputs produced

1. **Compliance matrix** — every requirement with status, owner, deadline,
   proof source, and gate type. Excel/CSV.
2. **Risk list** — separated into isolated risks and chain risks.
3. **Bid-chain risk map** — how requirements, proofs, owners, deadlines and
   format rules connect into rejection or quality chains.
4. **Missing-proof list** — what evidence is absent or unclear.
5. **Questions to the buyer** — each tied to a specific gate.
6. **Answer draft (DOCX)** — track-changes-ready, assembled from the customer's
   own materials, sections marked by confidence / evidence source.
7. **Go / Conditional Go / No-Go** — justified via the bid chains, on the basis
   of: missing must-have proof; unclear owner; impossible deadline; no reference
   fit; high answer-generation risk; unresolved buyer question; format
   non-compliance.
8. **Bid cut-set** — the minimal action list before submission.

## How it works

1. Handover — the customer sends documents (and optionally 2–3 past offers or
   case studies as a text source).
2. Reading — BidOps extracts every must-have criterion, deadline and proof,
   orders them into a compliance matrix, names risks, and formulates questions.
3. Draft — the customer receives a defensible DOCX draft with a proof checklist.

Everything is asynchronous, in writing, typically within ten working days for a
pilot. Review is a comment round by email with track-changes. No call.

## Trust and continuity

- Data export at any time, in CSV/DOCX. No lock-in.
- Backups and a written, testable continuity plan with more than one operator.
- Processing governed by written agreement, with defined retention/deletion
  periods. NDA on request.
- Escrow-light (Pro plan): artifacts and templates are handed over at a defined
  trigger.

## Pricing (excl. VAT)

| Package            | Price            | Purpose                                   |
|--------------------|------------------|-------------------------------------------|
| BidOps Preview     | free             | sample report + email-based entry         |
| Diagnostic Lite    | EUR 490–750      | 1 RFP, matrix excerpt + top risks + cut-set, no draft |
| Pilot              | EUR 1,500–3,000  | 1 RFP end-to-end                          |
| Core Monatsplan           | EUR 999/month    | up to 4 RFPs/month, one workspace         |
| Team Monatsplan           | EUR 1,999/month  | shared library, higher limits             |
| Pro Monatsplan            | EUR 2,999/month  | priority handling / concierge / backup operator         |

## External one-line formula (shared across SKV products)

Send the artifact. Get the failure structure. Fix the critical path.

## Contact

General: hello@bidops.ch
Pilot intake: pilot@bidops.ch
Security: security@bidops.ch
BidOps is a project by SKV Graph Labs, operated by Svietlov Kostiantyn in Switzerland.

## Intake mode

BidOps currently uses email-based intake. The `#sample` section is the public sample-report and diagnostic entry area, and the legacy `#upload` anchor points to the same section. Browser-based file upload is intentionally not implemented during the pilot stage. Clients send sanitized RFPs or excerpts by email.