S Smart Tenders UK

Tender management system from signal to final lock.

A tender management system for UK suppliers and bid teams, from opportunity intake to initial tender creation, company evidence, approval, final lock, and export handoff. Discovery is only the intake layer; the product is designed to help create, review, lock, and hand off tender responses.

School Cleaning Workspace controlled access
3opportunities
2active packs
3open evidence gaps
7KB records
50 free workspace credits weekly product release notes. Credits are used for intake, draft pack generation, evidence checks, and review summaries. Workspace locked. Unlock workspace access to record metadata-only actions.
Public product page is open. Workspace actions need an access code.
1. IntakeSource-linked tender signals.
2. DecideFit score and bid/no-bid notes.
3. CreateDraft pack, company evidence, provenance, gaps.
4. ApproveDraft, review, locked states.
5. ExportLocked handoff now; controlled submission later.

Opportunity Intake

Every item needs a source, deadline, fit signal, owner, and a clear next state.

OpportunityBuyerDeadlineValueFitStateAction
Education cleaning services frameworkYorkshire · school-cleaning, framework, multi-site Multi-academy trust 2026-07-05 GBP 1,200,000 94% pack in progress Pack active
Fire safety inspection and maintenance servicesLondon · fire-safety, maintenance, council London borough council 2026-07-12 GBP 480,000 96% bid decision Pack active
School deep-cleaning call-offNorth West · school-cleaning, call-off, summer-work County council 2026-07-19 GBP 180,000 82% watch

Tender Packs

Draft responses start as structured, reviewable packs. They are not autonomous bid writing.

review 14 credits used

Education cleaning services framework

Commercial reviewer to approve pricing assumptions before final lock.

Decision
bid
Lock
unlocked
Gaps
2
Executive fit noteready · Strong education-cleaning fit, multi-site mobilisation needed, confirm regional capacity. · official_notice, company_kb, human_note
Method statement outlinedraft · Daily cleaning, periodic deep-clean, safeguarding, escalation process, quality checks. · company_kb, template
Pricing assumptionsreview · Requires final labour-rate and mobilisation-cost review. · human_note
draft 8 credits used

Fire safety inspection and maintenance services

Confirm certification scope and buyer geography before bid/no-bid decision.

Decision
needs review
Lock
unlocked
Gaps
1
Fit notedraft · High service match; confirm inspections, maintenance, and emergency-callout scope. · official_notice, company_kb
Evidence checklistdraft · Certification, insurance, case studies, and engineer availability required. · company_kb, template
locked 18 credits used

School deep-cleaning call-off

Archive and keep audit trail; no submission action.

Decision
no bid
Lock
locked
Gaps
0
No-bid rationalelocked · Low value, short deadline, and summer capacity conflict make this a poor fit. · official_notice, human_note
Select a tender pack Invited users can inspect pack state, attach evidence, record controlled approval actions, generate locked export handoffs, and verify credit usage.

Customer Documents

Attach real tender evidence to a workspace or tender pack when document storage is configured. Files are protected by the workspace access code and are stored outside the workflow metadata ledger.

Document Register

Protected register for uploaded specifications, evidence, policies, certificates, pricing notes, and draft responses.

No customer documents attached yet.

Approvals And Final Lock

V1 uses explicit draft, review, and locked states. Direct submission stays future-gated.

pack-school-cleaning-001 review Moved method statement outline to draft.
pack-fire-safety-001 draft Tender pack created from public notice fixture.
pack-sample-locked-001 locked Final no-bid decision locked.

Final Archive

Locked tender packs produce a customer archive view with response sections, evidence, attachments, reviewer trail, export handoff, and submission-readiness boundary.

No pack selected Select a tender pack, close evidence gaps, move it to review, lock it, then generate the export handoff.

Plans And Stripe Readiness

Subscriptions use Stripe Billing with hosted Checkout. Checkout handoffs are created only after access and workspace setup.

Starter Intake

GBP 49/month

Single-niche SME supplier

150 credits/month
  • One saved sector filter
  • Source-linked opportunity intake
  • Bid/no-bid notes
  • One active tender pack
live readbackHosted checkout configured

Workspace

GBP 79/month

Supplier team preparing live bids

300 credits/month
  • Three saved filters
  • Tender-pack creation
  • Evidence-gap tracking
  • Draft/review/locked approval states
  • Weekly release newsletter
live readbackHosted checkout configured

Team Intelligence

GBP 149/month

Bid adviser or multi-client operator

700 credits/month
  • Multi-client saved filters
  • Award intelligence
  • Reusable response library
  • Review-ready briefing notes
  • Priority feedback loop
live readbackHosted checkout configured
Billing readiness Unlock workspace access to view entitlements and Stripe Payment Link readback status.

Create Workspace

Invited users can create a metadata-only workspace shell, receive free credits, choose a plan interest, and opt into release notes.

Company Knowledge Base

Company KB starts with controlled fixture data. It proves how policies, certificates, case studies, service lines, and reusable answers can feed tender authoring.

School Cleaning Sample Company KB4 records · 1 evidence checks required · fixture_only
Fire Safety Sample Company KB3 records · 2 evidence checks required · fixture_only

Product Feedback

Capture concise usefulness, blocker, and feature feedback without storing full private tender text in feedback fields.

Operator Console

Internal controls are grouped here so the customer workspace stays focused on tender creation, evidence, approvals, archive, and feedback.

Operator Queue

Operations show work waiting for review, export-ready packs, Stripe blockers, and recent workflow evidence.

Workspace locked Unlock workspace access to read masked signup metadata, readiness blockers, and recent workflow events.
Storage health Serve through the protected API to inspect metadata-store durability, continuity risk, and blocked production uses.

Launch Readiness

This gate shows the exact approval and Stripe readback controls that protect checkout, public invites, and customer-data handling.

Launch readiness Serve through the protected API to inspect the combined launch decision, approval state, activation pack, Stripe readback tasks, review artifacts, and hard stops.

Company KB Onboarding

After signup, a workspace shell and setup pack turn a new lead into a structured company knowledge checklist for future tender creation. It covers service lines, evidence, reusable answers, and approval owners.

Service linesDefine what the supplier should and should not bid for.
Evidence recordsCapture certificates, insurances, policies, expiry prompts, and proof-point requirements.
Reusable answersPrepare method statements and response starters with provenance and human review.
Approval ownersName the people who can review, lock, export, and later authorize submission routes.

Internal Testing

These scenarios are validated by the product test script before launch handoff.

Opportunity intake becomes tender packA high-fit opportunity links to a tender pack with sections, evidence gaps, owner, credits used, and next action.
Approval and final lock controlsA locked pack has no open evidence gaps and no submission action claim.
Stripe workspace plan readinessEach workspace plan maps to a configured Stripe link id and clearly shows pending or live readback.
Workspace credits and newsletter onboardingEvery workspace receives free credits and release-note/newsletter status is visible.
Local workspace signup simulationA workspace signup can be simulated without transmitting customer data and receives the free credit allocation.
Support and compliance boundariesSupport topics are visible and excluded advice/submission topics remain blocked.
External workspace readiness gateExternal workspace readiness stays blocked until Stripe links, policy approval, invite approval, and support copy are complete.
Locked export handoffFinal export handoff is blocked until a pack is locked and evidence gaps are closed; export never submits externally.
Controlled submission readinessA locked pack with a generated export handoff can create a submission-readiness handoff, but live buyer portal submission remains blocked until a future approved portal adapter, account authority, customer approval, and audit controls exist.
Operator queueLocal operations expose counts, masked signup metadata, recent events, readiness blockers, export-ready packs, and submission-readiness handoffs without private tender data.
Create tender pack from intakeAn intake opportunity without an active pack can create a draft tender pack with sections, evidence gaps, approval trail, and sample credit usage.
Full local tender lifecycleA locally-created pack can close evidence gaps, move to review, lock, generate a manual export handoff, and create a submission-readiness handoff without portal submission.
Workspace billing and entitlementsA signup receives a local free-credit entitlement and Stripe checkout handoff remains blocked until Payment Link readback is live.
Newsletter release draftsOpted-in workspace signups can be included in a local release-update draft, but no external newsletter send is available without approval.
Workspace feedback loopWorkspace testers can record concise redacted usefulness, blocker, bug, feature, pricing, and workflow feedback without storing private tender documents.
Tender management system scopeThe product is framed as intake, decision, authoring, company knowledge, approval, final lock, and export handoff; digest-style language is only used for intake.
Company KB and tender authoringA tender pack can reference company KB records and provenance while keeping customer document storage fixture-only during workspace.
Company KB onboarding setupA local workspace signup can generate a metadata-only setup pack for company knowledge, reusable answers, approval owners, and tender creation readiness without storing private documents.
Company KB schema and maintenanceCompany KB records validate against a versioned schema and produce a maintenance report for coverage gaps, evidence-required records, and upcoming expiries.
Core tender management system pathThe product path remains opportunity intake, bid/no-bid, initial tender creation, company knowledge, evidence gaps, review, final lock, export handoff, and controlled submission readiness; digest or alert-only workflows are incomplete.
Structured export bundleA locked export handoff includes response sections, provenance, attachment prompts, reviewer checklist, export manifest, customer file-set plan, export bundle JSON, buyer-question CSV, and blocked portal-submission status without performing a live submission.
Controlled AI drafting briefAn active tender pack or buyer question can generate a provider-ready AI drafting brief using controlled metadata only, without model calls, private document bodies, secrets, payment data, or final-content claims.
Bid/no-bid decision briefAn active tender pack can generate a scored decision brief with fit, value, deadline, evidence-gap, and Company KB factors while keeping the final decision with a human reviewer.
Credit entitlement ledgerSignup-linked local workspace actions decrement free credits, report the remaining balance, and block when credits are insufficient.
Workspace shell provisioningSignup provisions a metadata-only workspace shell with plan, segment, setup status, and credit balance without production customer storage.
Local public-source opportunity intakeA workspace can add official public notice metadata and create a tender pack from that local opportunity while non-official URLs are blocked.
External workspace activation packOperators can generate a no-send, no-mutation activation pack showing exact approval scopes, Stripe setup command, webhook timing, deployment gates, hard stops, and evidence paths before external workspace.
External workspace activation APIThe local workspace API exposes the no-send activation pack for operator review, protects it when workspace access is configured, and does not expose secrets or checkout links.
External workspace deployment packOperators can generate a no-send, no-deploy deployment pack covering required secret names, protected routes, pre-deploy checks, post-deploy smoke, rollback, and hard stops before external workspace hosting.
Target-aware deployment smokeOperators can smoke a local or hosted workspace URL for public no-secret readbacks, protected route enforcement, static app identity, and unsigned Stripe webhook fail-closed behavior without mutating workspace data.

Release Notes

Users get concise updates on changes, fixes, workflow coverage, and remaining limitations.

0.1.0draft

2026-06-14

  • Opportunity intake, tender packs, approvals, credits, and Stripe readiness are visible in the workspace.
  • Local workspace API supports signup, credit grants, and pack action testing without production customer storage.
  • Checkout stays disabled until Smart Tenders UK Stripe links are created and read back.
0.1.1draft

2026-06-14

  • Added policy acceptance and newsletter opt-in to the workspace signup flow.
  • Added external workspace readiness gates for Stripe, policy approval, support copy, and invite approval.
  • Added API smoke tests for local signup, credits, and pack action boundaries.
0.1.2draft

2026-06-14

  • Added locked-pack export handoff generation for controlled workspace testing.
  • Added a local operator queue for masked signup metadata, workflow events, export-ready packs, and external workspace blockers.
  • Kept submit-from-tool out of scope until portal-specific permissions, audit evidence, and customer approval paths are proven.
0.1.3draft

2026-06-14

  • Added draft tender-pack creation from opportunity intake.
  • Pack creation now records local workflow evidence and consumes sample credits.
  • Duplicate active pack creation is blocked so each opportunity has a clear owner and next state.
0.1.4draft

2026-06-14

  • Added local evidence-gap closure for created tender packs.
  • Review and final lock now persist against local workspace packs.
  • Controlled smoke tests now cover create pack, close gaps, review, lock, and export handoff.
0.1.5draft

2026-06-14

  • Added local workspace entitlement records for signups and free credits.
  • Added billing readiness readback for Stripe Payment Link status.
  • Checkout handoff now stays blocked until Stripe public URL readback is available.
0.1.6draft

2026-06-14

  • Added approval-gated newsletter draft generation from release notes.
  • Newsletter queue now shows opted-in workspace recipients using masked metadata only.
  • Release-update drafts are local and cannot send externally from the workspace app.
0.1.7draft

2026-06-14

  • Added privacy-safe workspace feedback capture for usefulness, blockers, bugs, pricing, workflow, and feature requests.
  • Feedback queue now tracks open items, blockers, high-usefulness signals, categories, and product areas.
  • Feedback summaries redact obvious email and payment-like strings and remain local for workspace triage.
0.1.8draft

2026-06-14

  • Added fixture-backed company knowledge bases for controlled workspaces.
  • Tender pack authoring now records provenance from official notice, company KB, template, or human note.
  • Company KB remains read-only fixture data until production customer storage, privacy, retention, and access controls are approved.
0.1.9draft

2026-06-14

  • Added metadata-only company KB setup packs after workspace signup.
  • Setup packs capture service lines, policies, certificates, insurance, case studies, reusable answers, and approval owners for future tender creation.
  • Company KB onboarding remains checklist-only until production customer document storage and access controls are approved.
0.1.10draft

2026-06-14

  • Added a versioned company KB record schema and safe import template.
  • Added a Company KB maintenance report for schema errors, coverage warnings, evidence-required records, and upcoming expiries.
  • Company KB scale work remains metadata-only and does not enable private document storage.
0.1.11draft

2026-06-14

  • Locked Smart Tenders UK positioning as a tender management system rather than a digest or alert service.
  • Promoted initial tender creation, company knowledge reuse, approvals, final lock, and export handoff as core V1 workflow requirements.
  • Kept submit-from-tool as a future gated capability requiring portal-specific rules, customer approval, and audit controls.
0.1.12draft

2026-06-14

  • Added structured export bundles to locked-pack export handoffs.
  • Export bundles now include response sections, company KB provenance, reviewer checks, attachment prompts, file naming suggestions, and a blocked portal-submission manifest.
  • The export bundle remains a manual handoff artifact and does not submit, upload, email, advise, or replace official tender documents.
0.1.13draft

2026-06-14

  • Added local bid/no-bid decision briefs for active tender packs.
  • Decision briefs score fit, deadline, value, evidence gaps, and Company KB readiness before review/final lock.
  • Decision briefs are structured support only, not procurement advice, a win prediction, or approval to submit.
0.1.14draft

2026-06-14

  • Connected local workspace tender actions to signup entitlements when a signup ID is supplied.
  • Tender pack creation and review-summary actions now decrement free workspace credits and report remaining balance.
  • Local workspace actions block when a signup entitlement does not have enough free or paid credits.
0.1.15draft

2026-06-14

  • Added a no-send workspace session evidence pack for the full signup-to-submission-handoff workflow.
  • The evidence pack proves free credit decrement, Company KB setup, tender creation, bid/no-bid support, review gates, final lock, export, submission-readiness handoff, newsletter draft, and feedback capture.
  • The synthetic session uses temporary local storage and checks that no secrets or raw email addresses are emitted.
0.1.16draft

2026-06-14

  • Added metadata-only workspace shells after signup.
  • Workspace shells link signup, plan, segment, free-credit balance, Company KB setup status, and local operator readback without creating production customer storage.
  • The workspace API and operator queue now show workspace-shell provisioning while keeping private documents, full emails, payment data, and checkout exposure blocked.
0.1.17draft

2026-06-14

  • Added protected local opportunity intake for workspaces.
  • Operators can add official public notice metadata from Contracts Finder, Find a Tender, or GOV.UK and then create a tender pack from that local intake item.
  • Opportunity intake remains metadata-only and blocks non-official source URLs, private documents, full emails, payment data, and portal credentials.
0.1.18draft

2026-06-14

  • Added a no-send external workspace activation pack for the final approval, Stripe, webhook, and deployment sequence.
  • The activation pack records exact missing approval scopes, the guarded Stripe setup command, webhook setup timing, required workspace secrets, and hard stops.
  • Stripe account mutation, checkout exposure, external invites, production customer storage, and live submission remain blocked until explicit approval and final controller review.
0.1.19draft

2026-06-14

  • Exposed the activation pack through the local workspace API for operator review.
  • The External Workspace Gate panel can now show no-send, no-mutation activation state alongside launch readiness when served through the workspace API.
  • The activation API route is protected when the workspace access token is configured and remains read-only.
0.1.20draft

2026-06-14

  • Added a no-send external workspace deployment pack for host readiness, required secret names, protected routes, smoke checks, and rollback steps.
  • Deployment pack output keeps deployment, Stripe mutation, checkout exposure, customer storage, and public launch blocked until approval and final controller review.
  • Deployment doctor now checks that the activation API route is present before reporting the API surface as ready.
0.1.21draft

2026-06-14

  • Added target-aware deployment smoke for local or hosted workspace URL checks.
  • Deployment smoke verifies public no-secret readbacks, token-protected operator routes, static app identity, and unsigned Stripe webhook fail-closed behavior.
  • The smoke command is read-only apart from the fail-closed webhook probe and does not create signups, mutate tender packs, expose checkout, or approve deployment.
0.1.22draft

2026-06-15

  • Added controlled AI drafting briefs for pack review and buyer-question answer drafting.
  • AI briefs use buyer question text, section summaries, requirement labels, and Company KB summaries while excluding uploaded document bodies, full draft answers, secrets, payment data, portal credentials, and full private emails.
  • Final archive now exposes structured export bundle JSON and buyer-question CSV downloads alongside archive manifest and response-pack downloads.

Support Boundaries

Support is designed to improve the product and keep risk contained.

saved filter tuningSupported in the workspace.
source link correctionSupported in the workspace.
false-positive feedbackSupported in the workspace.
credit and plan explanationSupported in the workspace.
tender-pack workflow feedbackSupported in the workspace.
company knowledge base setup feedbackSupported in the workspace.
approval and final-lock workflow feedbackSupported in the workspace.