Government tender reviews for consultancies
Every requirement answered, before the panel reads it.
I check your tender or quote response against every form, schedule and criterion in the request, and send back a ranked fix list in two business days.
Why bids lose marks
Most bids don't lose because the firm can't do the work.
They lose marks on things nobody had time to check in the last week before closing.
A must-have is missing
An unsigned declaration or a pricing schedule in the wrong format can rule a bid out before anyone reads the method.
A criterion is half answered
The response talks around the question. Evaluators can only score what is written against what was asked.
Evidence isn't there
"Highly experienced" means nothing without named people, past projects and results the panel can check.
What I check
The things that get bids excluded come first.
Must-haves
Every form, signature, schedule and condition in the request, with the clause it comes from and what happens if it's missing.
Every criterion, mapped
Where your draft answers each criterion, page by page, and what it leaves out.
Evidence gaps, with an owner
Which facts are missing and who in your team needs to supply them.
One worked rewrite
A marked-up paragraph showing how to fix the rest. I never invent people, dates or promises.
I don't guess your score. I show you every place you could lose it, with the clause and the page.
How it works
Four steps, and you stay in control.
Kick-off call
20 minutes on the tender, your deadline and what worries you. I sign your NDA first.
Send the full pack
The request, every addendum, the criteria, your draft, the schedules and your evidence.
Two business days
A findings report ranked by priority, plus your draft marked up line by line.
Debrief call
30 minutes walking through the fixes and answering questions.
You check every fact, approve the final wording and submit. The bid stays yours.
Price
A fixed quote before any work starts.
Bid Review
A$897plus GST
- Drafts up to 15 pages and 4 criteria
- 20-minute kick-off and 30-minute debrief
- Ranked findings report with clause and page references
- Your draft marked up line by line
- Back in two business days after the full pack arrives
When you need more than a review
A short quote response written with your team, using your approach and evidence.
Case studies and evidence built before your contract comes back to market.
A standard tender response written with you. Complex bids get their own quote.
All prices plus GST.
One client per tender. If I'm reviewing your bid, I'm not reviewing your competitor's.
Sample review
See exactly what you get back.
A two-page sample built on a made-up program evaluation quote, so you can judge the work before you book.
- Must-haves listed first, with the clause
- Each gap traced to the page and the person who can fix it
- One paragraph rewritten as a worked example
What people say
Trusted to deliver on the day.
"Sean is a very unique person to have as a mentor... He has a deep sense of commitment and integrity... He will work through with you one-on-one, from where you come from."
"They're true professionals... the integrity with which they presented... If you want good advice from anyone, he's the man to go to."
"I rang him up about a question on the first day... He rang me back at ten o'clock that night... Sean was such good value."
Quotes are from clients of Sean's live training events, shortened where shown with three dots.
Venues include Crown Melbourne, Crown Perth, the Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre, Novotel Parramatta, Lasseters Alice Springs and Wagga Wagga RSL.
About
I'm Sean Martin. I read rules for a living, and I've spent more than a decade writing to deadlines that don't move.
I'm legally trained and work as an Anti-Money Laundering Compliance Analyst, where the job is matching what the rules require to the evidence in front of you. That's what a tender review is.
Before that I wrote and ran the campaigns that filled seminar rooms around Australia. Every event had a fixed date, a paying audience and no extensions. Bid deadlines work the same way.
No handoffs, no junior team. When you call, you get me.