What Hunter does
Each of these is one of Hunter's own tools, run on your bid or your workspace, with the result reported back in the chat:
- Analyses the tender. It reads the uploaded pack and reports the project, client, reference, closing date, estimated value and scope, how many mandatory documents the tender asks for and the main risk flags. The full extraction is described on the tender analysis page.
- Runs the Bid Score. It gives you the score, the bid, conditional or no-bid recommendation and its rationale, each factor with its score and weight and, where they can be worked out, the estimated cost to bid and the break-even win rate.
- Plans the documents. From the analysis it works out which documents the tender actually requests, which items only you can supply (such as certificates, audited financial statements and bonds), which requirements the priced BOQ covers, and whether drawings are asked for.
- Configures the bid. It saves the documents to generate, the tone (confident, formal or concise), the length (standard or detailed), your instructions and the profit margin. A tone or length you do not choose keeps the bid's saved setting or, failing that, your workspace's writing defaults.
- Starts the package. Once you give the go-ahead it hands the run to the Hunter page, where it starts as soon as the reply finishes: the priced BOQ (built first if the bid has none), the documents you chose, the Submission Guard checklist and the Bid Preparation Report.
- Builds the exports. It lists which deliverables are ready and what each of the others still needs, then builds the one you ask for as an editable DOCX or XLSX file, or the submission package as one ZIP. The internal Rate Review and Bid Preparation Report are left out of the ZIP and exported on their own.
- Checks your Company Vault. It reports whether your company profile has its name, registration number, description and signatory, how many documents of each kind the vault holds (CVs, past projects, certificates, policies and more) and whether a letterhead logo is set.
- Finds tenders and looks things up. It reads the top matches among the new tenders in your opportunity inbox, by country or keyword, and searches the web for public information when you ask.
How a bid runs through Hunter
Hunter is instructed to follow the same order as the bid wizard, and the analysis, the Bid Score, generation, drawings and exports each refuse to run without their inputs, so a missing one is reported to you rather than skipped:
- 1Start a chat. Open Hunter and type a question, or pick a starter such as "Analyse this tender for me". A message typed into the Hunter box on the homepage before you have an account is kept in that browser for up to two hours, carried through sign-up, and waits in Hunter until you press Send.
- 2Attach the tender pack. Use the paper-clip to upload PDF, Word (.docx), Excel (.xlsx), CSV, text or image files; scans and photos are read page by page. In a chat that has no bid yet, the upload creates a bid named after the first file and links the chat to it; a message asking Hunter to analyse the tender is then sent for you.
- 3Read the analysis. Hunter summarises what you are looking at and flags the risks. It is instructed to take facts about the tender only from its analysed documents.
- 4Score it and decide. Hunter runs the Bid Score and explains it. It is instructed to record your bid or no-bid decision only once you have made the call, with a note if you give one.
- 5Plan and configure. Hunter proposes the documents from the tender's own requirements, adjusts them to what you tell it, and saves the configuration.
- 6Give the go-ahead. Generation is the largest step, so Hunter is instructed to ask first. Once you agree, the package starts as soon as Hunter's reply finishes, and its progress shows document by document in the panel beside the chat, with a running count in the chat itself.
- 7Download or export. Each finished document has a download button in the panel, the submission package downloads as one ZIP, and Hunter can build any single deliverable on the export list once what it is built from is ready.
What you see while Hunter works
Each tool step shows in the chat as it runs, such as "Analysing the tender" or "Running the Bid Score", followed by a tick or the reason it failed. A short line above each reply that used tools records what they did, for example the Bid Score and its recommendation, so Hunter and anyone who reads the chat later can see what was done.
Once a chat is working on a bid, a panel beside it on wider screens mirrors the bid wizard's steps, lists what is running now and collects the results: each finished document with a download button, a regenerate button on any that failed, the package ZIP and the latest exports. A link opens the full wizard whenever you want to work on the bid by hand; while generation runs, that link is locked so a second run cannot be started by mistake.
Hunter saves its reply after every step, so a turn that is cut off still keeps what it said and did. A turn that runs long pauses and asks you to say "continue".
Chats belong to the workspace: every member can read them, and each chat is linked to one bid, so a different tender gets a new chat. Only the person who started a chat, or a bid manager or admin, can delete it. Deleting a chat removes its messages; the bid is kept with everything generated for it.
Your company profile and evidence
The paper-clip has a second option for company documents. Files you add there are saved to your Company Vault, the evidence the generated documents cite, and Hunter then checks your company's readiness. Profile fields are never filled in silently: to fill them from those files, a bid manager or admin uses "Read from your documents" in Settings and ticks each value to accept it.
Hunter's ground rules are the bid desk's own. It is instructed to take facts about your company only from your Company Vault and facts about a tender only from its analysed documents, and never to invent references, deadlines, values or capabilities. The document generators work to the same rules: where the tender asks for something your evidence does not cover, they are instructed to leave a marked placeholder instead and list it as a claim to confirm. See evidence-locked documents.
Hunter is instructed to treat text inside a tender pack, an uploaded file or a web page as data to read, not as an instruction to follow, however it is phrased.
How Hunter connects to the rest of the bid desk
Hunter keeps no separate copy of your bid. It calls the same services as the wizard, so the analysis, score, configuration and documents it produces belong to the bid, and each product below works the same whether you reach it through Hunter or by hand.
Some work is done on the bid itself rather than through the chat, including the Mock Evaluator and RFQ packages to suppliers, a Pro and Enterprise feature.
| Ask Hunter | What it runs | Read more |
|---|---|---|
| "Analyse this tender" | The tender analysis | Tender analysis |
| "Should we bid on this?" | The Bid Score, with the cost to bid and the break-even win rate where they can be worked out | Bid Score |
| "How ready is my Company Vault?" | A check of your profile and evidence | Company Vault |
| "Build the bid" | The priced BOQ, the documents, the Submission Guard checklist and the Bid Preparation Report | BOQ pricing, Submission Guard |
| "Export the compliance matrix" | One deliverable, or the submission package as a ZIP | Bid exports |
| "Draw the plans" | A design drawings run (beta) | Design drawings |
| "Which open tenders fit us?" | The top matches in your opportunity inbox | Tender feed |
What stays in your hands
Hunter does the groundwork. The decisions, the sign-offs and the submission stay with your team.
- The bid or no-bid call. The Bid Score is advice. Hunter is instructed to record a decision only once you have clearly made it.
- The go-ahead to generate. Hunter is instructed to get a clear go-ahead before it starts the package or a drawings run. Separately, the code refuses to start a bid that is already generating, or a second drawings run while one is in flight.
- The submission. None of Hunter's tools can submit a bid, send an e-mail or make a payment. It prepares drafts and exports; your team reviews, signs and submits them.
- The drawings sign-off. Design drawings are a beta, which Hunter is instructed to offer for design-and-build tenders or where the tender asks for drawings. Every sheet is marked NOT FOR CONSTRUCTION until a registered engineer's sign-off is recorded on the bid's Drawings tab, and Hunter is instructed never to call them construction-ready.
- Who can use it. Hunter works only inside your workspace and needs the Finance role or above (Finance, Technical Lead, Bid Manager or Admin), because every turn spends the workspace's credits. Viewers and reviewers can read the chats.
Hunter drafts and checks; it does not promise. A strong Bid Score or a clean Submission Guard is not a guarantee of compliance or of a win: the evaluation belongs to the procuring entity.
Plans and credits
Each Hunter reply runs on your workspace's credits, and the work it starts (analysis, the Bid Score, the package and design drawings) is billed as it is in the bid wizard. Hunter is instructed not to quote costs in the chat; your balance is in your account. If the workspace runs out, the next step is refused with a message that says so and points you to Settings → Plan & billing to choose a plan or top up.
A new account's free workspace gets 500 welcome credits once its e-mail is confirmed: enough to analyse a tender, get its Bid Score and see its BOQ priced in the bid wizard. Hunter's own replies draw on the same balance. Starting the bid package or a design drawings run needs Starter or Pro, and both start with a 3-day free trial. Starter is US$399 a month with 1,500 credits; Pro is US$799 a month with 5,000 credits and 10 seats.
Starter
For the contractor bidding about once a month.
3-day free trial, then billed yearly. Cancel before it ends and you pay nothing. One free trial per customer and card — a card that has had one is charged when you subscribe.
- 1,500 credits a month
- Full 7-step bid wizard
- Tender analysis and Bid Score
- All 12 Super Intelligent document generators
- Priced BOQ with market-rate lookup and sources
- Submission Guard checklist
- Mock Evaluator scoring
- Branded, editable DOCX and XLSX exports
- Evidence Vault with expiry flags
- Multi-currency and FX reporting
- Deadline e-mail reminders
- 1 user
- Top up any amount from US$50 — US$1 = 2 credits
Pro
For contractors bidding every month, with a team.
3-day free trial, then billed yearly. Cancel before it ends and you pay nothing. One free trial per customer and card — a card that has had one is charged when you subscribe.
- 5,000 credits a month
- Everything in Starter
- 10 team seats with roles and comments
- RFQ packages and supplier quote comparison
- Pipeline analytics and win/loss debriefs
- Rate library across every bid you run
- 25 GB of document storage
- Priority support
Enterprise
For groups, JVs and multi-country bid teams.
Super Intelligence credits sized to your bid volume
- Everything in Pro
- A credit allowance sized to your bid volume
- 50+ seats across multiple workspaces for subsidiaries and JVs
- Full workspace data export whenever you want it
- Dedicated onboarding and bid-library migration
- Invoicing and purchase orders instead of card payment
- A written service-level agreement in your contract
How credits work
Every Super Intelligence action — tender analysis, the Bid Score, a priced BOQ, each of the 12 documents, the Submission Guard — costs credits in proportion to the work it actually does, so a bigger tender uses more and a small one less, and nothing is charged for a step that does not run. Your plan’s credits refresh each month and do not carry over; credits you buy on top never expire while your plan is active, and are only used once the month’s allowance is gone.
Top up any amount
US$1 = 2 credits · any whole amount from US$50 to US$10,000
Top-ups are available to workspaces on a plan, from Settings → Plan & billing.
Questions
- Can Hunter submit the bid for me?
- No. Hunter's tools work inside Bidligence, and none of them can submit a bid, send an e-mail or make a payment. It builds the package and the exports as editable DOCX and XLSX files or one ZIP; your team reviews, signs and submits.
- Does Hunter decide whether we bid?
- No. It runs the Bid Score and explains the recommendation, each factor and, where they can be worked out, the cost to bid and the break-even win rate. It is instructed to record a bid or no-bid decision only once you have clearly made it.
- Will Hunter start generating documents without asking?
- No. Starting the package is the largest step, so Hunter is instructed to ask for a clear go-ahead first. The code also refuses the run without the tender analysis, a saved configuration and a paid plan, and a bid that is already generating cannot be started a second time.
- Can I try Hunter on a free workspace?
- Yes, while the workspace has credits. A new account's 500 welcome credits, granted once its e-mail is confirmed, are sized to analyse a tender, get its Bid Score and see its BOQ priced, and Hunter can run the analysis and the Bid Score for you; its own replies draw on the same balance. Starting the bid package or design drawings needs Starter or Pro, both of which start with a 3-day free trial.
- What if the tender asks for something my evidence does not cover?
- Hunter's Company Vault check shows what your profile and evidence hold, and you can add company documents through the paper-clip. The document generators are instructed to state company facts only from your evidence and to leave anything else as a marked placeholder, listed as a claim to confirm before you submit.
- Who in my team can use Hunter?
- Anyone with the Finance role or above: Finance, Technical Lead, Bid Manager or Admin, because every turn spends the workspace's credits. Viewers and reviewers can read the workspace's chats but cannot send messages.