Not every published notice is a good opportunity. Score the actual contract fit before spending estimating time. Use the original buyer notice, not an industry tag, as the source of truth.
Score each dimension from 0 to 5. 0 = unsupported or poor fit; 3 = plausible with gaps; 5 = documented strong fit.
Can our team actually perform the scope? Is the official title and statement of work a real match?
Can we serve this location and schedule with available staff, equipment or partners?
Check set-asides, licenses, bonding, registrations and contract vehicle requirements.
Open tender, pre-solicitation, forecast or awarded? Is there enough time to act?
Is there a real primary-source record and a published procurement or buyer path?
Is the likely contract margin enough to justify bid cost, competition and delivery risk?
This is a screening aid, not legal or procurement advice. A critical mandatory eligibility failure always overrides the numerical score.
Strong documented fit, with no mandatory disqualifier. Assign a bid owner and internal decision deadline.
Resolve missing evidence before committing proposal hours. One critical unknown overrides the total.
Do not chase an ineligible or poor-fit bid. Save the lessons and monitor future recompetes.
Estimated proposal hours × fully loaded hourly cost + third-party expenses = pursuit cost. If access, win odds, scope or project value is unknown, investigate before committing that spend.
Turn what you learned into an action plan with ownership and dates.
VV360 can manually review one public-source candidate against your real capabilities and territory, subject to availability. We will highlight what is confirmed, what is unknown, and the next reasonable step. No guaranteed match or award.
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