How to Write a Tender · The review phase
Tender Review Checklist
Use this checklist to review your bid properly. Make sure the right people check the right things before it goes out the door.
Form a review team
Your checklist should cover four areas. Review the tender for these:
- Technical solution
- Commercial offering
- Spelling, grammar and formatting errors
- Alignment with the evaluation criteria
Review the technical solution at regular stages through drafting. Don't wait until the end. This keeps your wording and approach consistent.
Brief the review team
Tell reviewers exactly what to look for. A common mistake: checking only price and hunting for typos.
A checklist keeps every reviewer focused.
One person should own the master document. That person handles every reviewer comment. They either fix it or dismiss it.
Review the document
The easiest way to review is to share the document online. Use SharePoint, OneDrive, or Google Docs. Reviewers can then edit inline and leave comments in one place. This makes it easy to resolve every comment.
Review and update the response. It becomes the second draft. It is then ready for one final check. After that, prepare it for submission.
