What is TenderReader?

TenderReader is an AI tool that reads public procurement tender packs and extracts the information small suppliers need to decide whether to bid: submission deadlines, eligibility criteria, scoring weights, and a bid-fit assessment against your company profile.

Who is TenderReader for?

TenderReader is for UK and French small businesses, consultancies and sole traders that respond to public-sector procurement but don't have a dedicated bid team. It is particularly useful for suppliers who receive tender alerts but spend too long reading long documents before deciding to bid.

What types of documents does TenderReader read?

TenderReader reads procurement notices, invitation-to-tender (ITT) documents, specification packs, pricing schedules, and associated annexes from UK and French public procurement portals including Find a Tender, Contracts Finder, and BOAMP.

Does TenderReader write bids?

No. TenderReader focuses on reading and interpreting tender packs, not drafting responses. It tells you whether a tender is worth pursuing and what the key requirements are — before you invest time writing a bid.

When will TenderReader be available?

TenderReader is currently in development. Visit tenderreader.co.uk or contact theo@chavannes.ltd to register interest in early access.

TenderReader — AI tender pack reader for UK & French suppliers

What it does

Public tender packs are long. A typical invitation-to-tender runs to dozens of pages across multiple documents — a procurement notice, a specification, a pricing schedule, eligibility declarations and scoring annexes. For a small supplier without a bid team, reading all of that before deciding whether to bid is itself a half-day job, and most tenders turn out to be a poor fit once you reach the eligibility criteria on page 34.

TenderReader reads the full pack and produces a structured briefing: submission deadline and key milestone dates, eligibility requirements and any hard pass/fail gates, scoring criteria with their weightings, the buyer's priorities as expressed in the specification, and a bid-fit assessment based on your company profile. The goal is to give a supplier everything they need to make a go/no-go decision in minutes rather than hours — before any bid-writing time is committed.

TenderReader covers procurement documents from UK portals (Find a Tender, Contracts Finder) and French public procurement (BOAMP, PLACE), making it useful for bilingual suppliers operating across both markets.

Who it's for

UK and French small businesses, consultancies and sole traders that respond to public-sector procurement without a dedicated bid manager. Particularly useful for suppliers who receive tender alert emails and want to filter them quickly, and for those who have historically under-invested in bid decisions — spending hours reading packs for contracts they were never realistically going to win.

Frequently asked questions

Does TenderReader write bids?: No. TenderReader reads and interprets tender packs; it does not draft bid responses. Its job is the go/no-go decision, not the bid itself.
Which procurement portals does it cover?: UK: Find a Tender, Contracts Finder. France: BOAMP, PLACE. Additional portals are on the roadmap.
Can I use TenderReader without uploading documents?: TenderReader will support both direct document upload and URL-based retrieval for publicly accessible tender packs.
Is TenderReader GDPR-compliant?: TenderReader is designed for publicly published procurement documents; it does not process personal data about individuals beyond standard account management.
When will it be available?: TenderReader is in development. Register interest at tenderreader.co.uk or email [email protected].

Current status

In development. Built by Theo Chavannes and operated by Chavannes Ltd. Register interest at tenderreader.co.uk.

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