Fixed fee — per tender.
Three tiers matched to the contract value and complexity of the tender on your desk. Quoted up front, locked at engagement.
Council tenders and contracts under $500K. Document review, compliance check, and a sharp response to the key criteria.
- Tender document review & compliance check
- Response writing — 3–5 key criteria
- One structured review round
- Final compliance pass & lodgement support
- Turnaround 7–10 days
State and federal RFTs between $500K and $2M. Full response writing across all criteria, with tender strategy development.
- Full written response — all criteria
- Tender strategy & win-theme development
- Methodology & programme narrative
- Two structured review rounds
- Final compliance pass & lodgement support
- Turnaround 10–14 days
High-value, multi-stage and design-and-construct tenders, $2M and above. Full bid management end-to-end.
- Full bid management — end-to-end
- All criteria, plus pricing strategy input
- Three review rounds incl. red-team review
- Multi-stage & D&C submission experience
- Capability statement included
- Turnaround 14–21 days
Turnarounds run from the day we have the RFT and your source material, not from the day you call. Shorter turnarounds are available on most tenders and are quoted with a fast-track loading before we start. For where these fees sit against the wider market, see our guide to what a tender writer costs in Australia.
Monthly retainers — for contractors who bid often.
Locked monthly fee, priority scheduling, and a writing partner who already knows your business. Every package carries a defined monthly volume so the capacity behind it is real. 30-day notice, no lock-in contracts.
For businesses submitting one to two tenders per month. Covers standard council and government tenders.
- Up to 2 Standard-tier tenders per month
- Tender review & feedback — 1 per month
- Capability statement build — from month 3
- Priority scheduling
- Monthly strategy call (30 min)
- 30-day notice period
For businesses actively pursuing government work, with two to three tenders per month across multiple contract types.
- Up to 2 Standard-tier tenders per month
- 1 Government-tier tender per month
- Tender review & feedback — 2 per month
- Capability statement — build and quarterly updates
- Go/no-go bid assessment on every opportunity
- Priority scheduling and fast-track available
- Monthly strategy call (60 min)
- 30-day notice period
Full embedded bid management for contractors with a continuous pipeline. This package takes a full month of capacity, so we hold one Premium client at a time.
- Up to 4 Standard-tier tenders per month
- Up to 2 Government-tier tenders per month
- End-to-end bid management
- Tender pipeline tracking and alerts
- Capability statement — build, update, maintain
- Methodology library maintenance included
- Go/no-go and win/loss debriefs
- Fortnightly strategy call (60 min)
- 30-day notice period
What’s in each engagement.
| Inclusion | Standard | Government | Complex |
|---|---|---|---|
| From | $2,750 + GST | $4,250 + GST | $6,950 + GST |
| Best for | Council tenders, simple services | State / federal RFTs | Major works, multi-stage, D&C |
| Typical contract value | Under $500K | $500K – $2M | $2M+ |
| Document review & compliance check | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Response writing | 3–5 key criteria | All criteria | All criteria |
| Tender strategy & win themes | — | ✓ | ✓ |
| Pricing schedule input | — | Advisory review | Full pricing strategy |
| Review rounds | 1 | 2 | 3 + red-team review |
| Capability statement | Add-on | Add-on | Included |
| Bid management | — | Coordination | Full, end-to-end |
| Lodgement support | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ (priority) |
| Turnaround | 7–10 days | 10–14 days | 14–21 days |
| Fast-track available | ✓ (loading applies) | ✓ (loading applies) | ✓ (loading applies) |
Pick-and-mix.
Available alongside any engagement model, or standalone. Every add-on is quoted as a fixed fee before work starts — and where a price says FROM, the range and what moves it are published below. No open-ended quotes.
Capability statement
12 – 16 page capability document. Plant register, project portfolio, ISO statements, insurances summary, referees. Written and laid out to brand. See a complete worked example.
Typical range $1,950 – $2,900. Set by the depth of your project portfolio and how many project one-pagers you need written from scratch.
Tender review & feedback
Independent review of your drafted response against the evaluation criteria. Mark-ups, a score against each criterion, and a written fix list before you lodge. Scored the way evaluators actually score.
The review fee covers feedback and mark-up. If we recommend rewriting, you get the fixed rewrite quote with the review — never a surprise invoice afterwards.
Prequalification
Compiled, written and lodged. Priced by scheme, because a capability register and a road-authority prequalification are not the same job. Start with which scheme you actually need.
Road authority tier includes assessor RFI responses for 60 days from lodgement. Third-party ISO certification and independent financial assessment are external costs paid direct to the provider.
EOI · short-form
6 – 12 page expression of interest. Standard turnaround 72 h – 7 days. Background: what an EOI is actually screening for.
Where an “EOI” actually requires full responses to weighted evaluation criteria, the Standard tier applies — we’ll tell you which it is when we read the documents, before you commit.
Methodology library
Modular methodology content, written once and versioned, ready to slot into the next bid. The playbook behind it: building a tender content library.
Scoped from your plant, crews and typical scopes of work. Maintenance is optional and included free in the Premium retainer.
Post-award documentation
Contract deliverables written against the specification, not a template. Priced per document, because they aren’t the same job.
Programme narrative is written content — P6 and MS Project scheduling is excluded and quoted separately. Traffic guidance schemes and TMPs require accreditation we do not hold; we coordinate an accredited designer rather than prepare them.
Bid strategy workshop
Session with your leadership team. Pipeline review, bid-selection diagnostic, and a written 12-month bid plan you keep. Free tools first: go/no-go calculator and ROI calculator.
Both options include preparation, the facilitated session, and the written 12-month bid plan. Interstate travel and accommodation are charged at cost, quoted and agreed before anything is booked.