How it works

From a scary PDF to a finished bid, without the blank page.

No forms to figure out. No blank page to stare at. You drop in the contract, we read it free, then we build the proposal with you. Here's the whole thing, start to finish.

40 hrs
the old way, reading & retyping
1 min
to know exactly what it takes to win it
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You drop in the contract

Upload the government RFP, the same PDF the agency posted, from any state. Bidographer reads every page in about a minute: the scope of work, the deadlines, the required sections, the forms, the fine print. There's no account to make and no card to enter.

It works on your own copy of the solicitation, so before it says a single word to you it already understands the contract better than most people who've read it three times.

About a minute
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It shows you what the contract really wants, free

Right away, before you spend anything, you see a plain-English read of the RFP: what it's for, who's buying, when it's due, the sections you'll need to write, the compliance items, and the forms the agency requires. It's a free diagnostic, so you can decide if a bid is worth your time before you commit to it.

Free, no credit card
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Then we build it with you

This is the part that used to take days. Before anything is spent you see exactly what this build costs in credits, and new accounts start with 20 free credits, so the first one often costs nothing.

Because the whole solicitation has already been read, you're never asked to figure anything out. The questions are about you: your experience, your team, how you'd approach the job, the paperwork the agency wants on file. You answer in your own words, the way you'd explain it to a customer. If an answer's a little thin, you get a gentle follow-up, the way a good advisor would. It never puts words in your mouth or invents a detail you didn't give it.

Guided, question by question
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Every section gets drafted from your answers

Your answers get turned into proper proposal language, in the exact format the agency asked for, and every required government form gets filled in from your facts. Everything written is grounded in what you actually said, never made up. Nothing is final until you've read it. You enter your own price; Bidographer just shows you what the agency has paid before.

No writing from scratch
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You review it, sign it, and deliver it

At the end you've got a complete package: the narrative, the filled-out forms, and a checklist so nothing required is missing. You look it over side by side with the RFP, make any edits, add your price, then print it and sign it by hand, notarized where the forms require it. You deliver it the way the solicitation says, sealed and on time. The thing you'd have dreaded for a week is a package on your desk.

Ready to print and sign
Timing

How much runway you need.

The free read works on any deadline. Building the bid needs a little room, because part of it isn't up to us.

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The read: any deadline

Drop in the solicitation whenever you find it, even if it's due tomorrow. The read is free and comes back in about a minute, so you can decide fast whether the job is worth chasing.

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The build: 72 hours from your answers

Once you've answered our questions, your finished packet comes back within 72 hours. That's our clock and we hold to it. Your side needs room too, though: a bid bond from a surety, an insurance certificate from your agent, a notary, and physically delivering a sealed envelope all take days nobody controls. So send us the solicitation with at least 7 days on it, or 10 when a bond or MBE/WBE participation is required. Under that, we'll still send you the read, and we'll tell you straight that it's too tight to build properly.

Your part

What stays yours.

Better to hear this now than at the deadline. These pieces belong to you, and no software can do them for you.

Your price

You set the number. Bidographer shows you what the agency has paid before and nothing more. Your price stays yours.

The signature on every form

These are sealed paper bids. Every form the agency wants signed gets signed by your hand, in ink, on the printed copy.

The notary

The non-collusion affidavit has to be notarized. You take it to a notary and get the stamp before the package is sealed.

The bid deposit or bid bond

If the solicitation asks for a bid deposit or a bid bond, it comes from your bank or your surety. Start that call early, it's the piece that runs late most often.

The insurance certificate

Your agent issues the certificate in the amounts the solicitation names. Ask for it the day you decide to bid.

Acknowledging addenda

Agencies issue addenda right up to the deadline, and most bids have to acknowledge every one. Watch for them and sign each acknowledgment.

Two kinds of bids, one simple flow

Bidographer handles both kinds of government contracts. It figures out which one you've got from the RFP and adjusts automatically, so you never have to know the difference.

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Lowest-price bids

The agency picks the cheapest qualified bid. Here the job is filling everything out right and pricing it to win, so Bidographer focuses on the forms, the fine print, and what the agency has paid before.

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Scored proposals

The agency scores you on your approach, your experience, and your value. Here the job is writing, so Bidographer helps you tell your story in the format that earns the most points.

Never bid before? Perfect.
Nothing to invent, ever
Your price stays yours

See it with your own contract.

The fastest way to get it is to try it. Drop in a bid and watch what happens.

Try it free
Free to start, no credit card · see what your contract needs before you spend anything