Tendl APMP ANZ 2026 · Melbourne

Tendl Stand · Bid Cost Estimate

What does a single
bid cost you?

Most organisations underestimate it by two to five times. The hours, the senior time, the coordination, the direct costs rarely add up the way people expect.

So we are running a contest at the Tendl stand to see who has it pinned.

Enter what you currently know your cost per bid to be, or your best estimate if you are not sure. Then run the calculator from first principles. Closest to the calculated number wins. We will tally entries after the conference and announce the winner.

Closest estimate takes home $1,000 USD in Tendl credit and a bottle of wine.

Lock in your number

What you know it costs, or your best estimate. One figure, locked when you continue.

Run the calculator

People, hours, loaded rates, direct costs. The calculator works out the real number.

See the gap

Your number versus calculated. Plus your annual spend, cost per win, and where the savings sit.

Takes 5 minutes. Entries close end of day Thursday 7 May 2026.

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Bid Cost Estimate · APMP ANZ 2026

Lock in your cost per bid. Run the calculator. Closest estimate wins $1,000 USD in Tendl credit and a bottle of wine.

Your contest entry

Your details for the contest. Email is how we contact the winner. All fields required.

Full name *

Position / Title *

Company *

Work email *

Your number

Enter what you currently know your cost per bid to be, or your best estimate if you are not sure. Labour, senior time, direct costs — all in. Locked when you continue.

Cost per bid

Known figure, or best estimate before running the calculator

$500$200K

Your bid activity

These three inputs drive the entire calculation. Use your best estimates. You can adjust them later.

Bids per month

Total submissions across all opportunities

bids

1200

Current win rate

Estimated percentage of bids won

1%100%

Average contract value

Typical value of a contract won

$10K$5M

Your locked number

Locked in. Now run the calculator to see how close it is.

Run the calculator

Enter the people, hours, and rates involved in a typical bid. The calculator works out your true cost per bid from first principles.

Bid team

People on a typical bid

Hours per person

Per bid, not per week

Avg hourly rate (loaded)

Salary + on-costs

Senior stakeholder time

Senior people involved

Hours per person

Per bid

Avg hourly rate (loaded)

Direct costs per bid

Printing, design, subcontractors, data

Calculated cost per bid$8,375

Your bid economics report is ready.

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Your number vs the calculated cost

Your number

Calculated

Gap

Most teams are out by two to five times.

Annual tendering spend

Before a single contract is won. Every year. Regardless of win rate.

Cost per bid

Labour + overhead + direct

Monthly spend

The true cost of winning work

Cost per bid

Cost per won bid

What would change

If you improve win rate by 5 points

Extra wins per year

Extra revenue per year

If you kill 20% of low-probability bids

Cost saved per year

Hours recovered per year

Use the Go/No-Go Scorecard to identify which bids to kill

10 criteria, 7 auto-no flags, and a Bid / Bid If / No Bid decision in 10 minutes.

What would Tendl save you?

Tendl reduces the labour costs of each bid through structured reuse, evidence governance, and AI-assisted drafting. Direct costs (printing, design, subcontractors) stay the same. Select a reduction level to see the impact.

We typically see more than 80% reduced time spent per bid.

Every organisation is different. The actual reduction depends on your current process maturity, the complexity of your tenders, and how much reusable content you already have. But for most teams running structured bids at volume, 80% or more is common, not exceptional. The reduction applies to labour hours only. Direct costs such as printing, design, and subcontractors are not affected.

Estimated Tendl cost

$0/mo

Book a demo to discuss your numbers

You are entered. Now come and talk to us at the stand.

Your entry is logged. We will tally results after the conference closes on Thursday 7 May and email the winner. While you are here — the numbers above are what tendering costs without infrastructure. Tendl changes the economics: structured reuse, AI-assisted drafting, qualification discipline, capacity recovered.

Structured go/no-go workflows that kill unwinnable bids early

AI-assisted response engineering grounded in your institutional memory

Evidence governance so compliance gaps never slow you down

Weighted revenue forecasting across your entire pipeline

Throughput pricing: you pay for usage, not a subscription

Book a demo

Tendl APMP ANZ Bid Winning Conference 2026 · Melbourne

What does a single
bid cost you?

Bid Cost Estimate · APMP ANZ 2026

Your contest entry

Your number

Your bid activity

Run the calculator

Your bid economics report is ready.

The true cost of winning work

What would change

Capacity recovered

Your inputs

What does a singlebid cost you?

Bid Cost Estimate · APMP ANZ 2026

Your contest entry

Your number

Your bid activity

Run the calculator

Your bid economics report is ready.

The true cost of winning work

What would change

Capacity recovered

Your inputs

What does a single
bid cost you?