TENDERBUILT PLANSA

TenderBuilt plans.

AI tender writing for civil contractors, in four plans. The AI writes from your confirmed records, checks every factual claim against them, and a person at your business approves every section. What each plan does is on the product page.

For owner-operators and subcontractors
Credentials
$79 / MONTH
  • Licences, tickets, insurances and system certificates
  • Phone capture
  • The expiry calendar and reminders
  • The certificates pack
  • Insurance, training-matrix and prequalification-evidence schedules
  • No AI writing
  • 150 pages read a month
For contractors who prequalify and answer EOIs
Capability
$299 / MONTH
  • Everything in Credentials
  • Projects, referees, people, plant, organisation and financial details
  • Every schedule, scheme rules and renewal checklists
  • AI drafting of your capability statement, company profile, project sheets, CVs, EOIs and prequalification narratives
  • Your brand kit, in editable Word and PDF
  • The content library of your approved writing
  • 30,000 words a month
  • 2 EOI or prequalification analyses a month
  • 600 pages read a month
For contractors bidding council and state work
Tender
$649 / MONTH
  • Everything in Capability
  • The RFT analyser and compliance matrix
  • Tender-response writing, as it is released to design partners
  • The full content library, with methodology statements and a 12-month review prompt
  • Submission packs
  • Three brand kits
  • 100,000 words a month
  • 6 analyses a month
  • 1,000 pages read a month
For bid teams and 40+ tenders a year
Tender Pro
$1,190 / MONTH
  • Everything in Tender, with more capacity
  • Five brand kits
  • 200,000 words a month
  • 10 analyses a month
  • 1,200 pages read a month

All plans include unlimited users, monthly billing, cancel any time and export any time. Changing plan never deletes anything: what a lower plan does not include stays readable and exportable. A plan’s words are used up as drafts are generated, and you can top them up (below). Annual billing at two months free is planned for Tender and Tender Pro at public launch.

Prices are per month and in AUD. No GST is added: TenderBuilt is not registered for GST. TenderBuilt is new and opens first to a small group of design partners, so you can’t buy a plan yet. These are the prices we plan to charge when it opens. Capability documents come first; tender-response writing is released to design partners once it passes our quality checks. The waitlist hears of any change first, and nobody is charged without agreeing to a price.

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WRITING ALLOWANCEB

What the words buy.

A word is counted when a draft is generated, so regenerating a section uses more. The guide below allows about two words generated for every word you keep. Figures are rounded and are a guide, not a promise: a longer or more heavily rewritten document uses more.

DocumentWords in the documentWords used (about)Plan that writes it
Cover letter400800Capability and up
Key-personnel CV (one person)5501,100Capability and up
Capability statement (four pages)1,8003,600Capability and up
Company profile3,0006,000Capability and up
Short-form EOI, with its analysis2,5005,000Capability and up
Prequalification narrative5,00010,000Capability and up
Tender, Standard (council, under $500K), with its analysis8,00016,000Tender and up, or a one-off
Tender, Government ($500K–$2M), with its analysis18,00036,000Tender and up, or a one-off
Tender, Complex ($2M and above, multi-stage, design-and-construct, or with management plans)40,00080,000Tender and up

In a month, 30,000 words (Capability) covers a four-page capability statement, a company profile, two EOIs, five project sheets and five CVs. 100,000 words (Tender) covers two Government tenders and a Standard one, or six Standard tenders. 200,000 words (Tender Pro) covers five Government tenders, or ten Standard ones. Allowances renew each month. Reading a past submission counts as four pages for each page read.

ONE-OFF DRAFTS AND TOP-UPSC

A tender now and then. Or a few more words.

For a Capability subscriber who tenders a few times a year and doesn’t want the Tender plan. Each one-off covers a single opportunity: the RFT analysis, the words it needs, the full tender-writing feature set for that tender, and 30 days to finish it.

COUNCIL & UNDER $500K
Tender draft — Standard
$199ONE-OFF
  • One tender, with its RFT analysis
  • 20,000 words for that tender
  • 30 days to finish
STATE & FEDERAL · $500K–$2M
Tender draft — Government
$329ONE-OFF
  • One tender, with its RFT analysis
  • 45,000 words for that tender
  • 30 days to finish
ANY WRITING PLAN
Word top-up
$496,000 WORDS
  • Used after the month’s allowance
  • Valid for 12 months
  • About a capability statement and two project sheets

A Complex tender ($2M and above, multi-stage, design-and-construct, or one whose RFT asks for management plans) isn’t sold as a one-off: it fits inside a month of the Tender plan, which is the better buy. A one-off’s words can’t be spent on another tender, and unused words lapse after 30 days.

EXPERT HELPD

Expert help — a fixed fee per tender.

When you would rather have a person write the tender, three tiers matched to its contract value and complexity. Quoted up front, locked at engagement. To have a person check a draft you wrote yourself, in TenderBuilt or elsewhere, see Tender review & feedback under add-ons.

COUNCIL & UNDER $500K
Standard
$2,950 FROM

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 10–14 calendar days

Typical range $2,950 – $4,200.

Brief us on a tender
STATE & FEDERAL · $500K–$2M
Government
$5,950 FROM

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 14–20 calendar days

Typical range $5,950 – $8,900.

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MAJOR WORKS · $2M+
Complex
$11,500 FROM

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 20–30 calendar days

Typical range $11,500 – $17,500. Contracts above $10M are scoped and quoted individually.

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Where a fee falls in its typical range is set by how much reusable content you already have, how many criteria carry weight, and how much source material we chase rather than receive. 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.

Founding client programme · three places

30% off any tier for our first three clients — in exchange for permission to publish the work as a named case study.

We are new, and we would rather buy our track record honestly than claim one we cannot evidence. So for three engagements we will discount the fee in return for the right to publish your business name, the contract value, the outcome — win or lose — and a two-sentence comment from you. That agreement is signed up front with the engagement, never asked for afterwards, and you approve the wording before anything is published.

Closes after three clients or 31 December 2026, whichever comes first. Cannot be combined with other offers. Standard tier excluded from further discount.

01 · DETAILED COMPARISON01

What’s in each engagement.

Standard, Government and Complex side by side: what each includes, the review rounds and the turnaround.

Compare the three tiers
Inclusion Standard Government Complex
From$2,950$5,950$11,500
Best forCouncil tenders, simple servicesState / federal RFTsMajor works, multi-stage, D&C
Typical contract valueUnder $500K$500K – $2M$2M+
Document review & compliance check✓✓✓
Response writing3–5 key criteriaAll criteriaAll criteria
Tender strategy & win themes—✓✓
Pricing schedule input—Advisory reviewFull pricing strategy
Review rounds123 + red-team review
Capability statementAdd-onAdd-onIncluded
Bid management—CoordinationFull, end-to-end
Lodgement support✓✓✓ (priority)
Turnaround10–14 calendar days14–20 calendar days20–30 calendar days
Fast-track available✓ (loading applies)✓ (loading applies)✓ (loading applies)
02 · ADD-ONS02

Pick-and-mix.

Capability statements, tender reviews, prequalification, EOIs, methodology libraries, post-award documents and bid strategy workshops. 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.

Show the add-ons and their prices

Capability statement

$1,950FROM

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.

Full build · 12–16 pages $1,950
Annual refreshProjects, plant, insurances, accreditations $997

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

$850FIXED

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.

Review, score & mark-up $850
Rewrite after reviewWhere the draft needs rebuilding, not editing from $1,650

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

$850FROM

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.

Register / profileICN Gateway, VendorPanel, council registers $850
Panel / scheme applicationLGP, Local Buy, WALGA PSP, SCM2491, MAV, LGAT $1,750
Road authority prequalificationTfNSW R/B, TMR, MRPV — Austroads NPS from $3,500

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

$1,450FROM

6 – 12 page expression of interest. Standard turnaround 3 – 7 calendar days. Background: what an EOI is actually screening for.

Short-form EOI · 6–12 pages $1,450
Fast-track, under 3 calendar daysLoading on the fixed fee +40%

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

$4,997FROM

Modular methodology content, written once and versioned, ready to slot into the next bid. The playbook behind it: building a tender content library.

Core · 3 domainsSite methodology, WHS, quality $4,997
Full · 5 domainsAdds traffic and environmental $7,950

Scoped from your plant, crews and typical scopes of work. Keeping a library current in the product is part of the Tender plan.

Post-award documentation

$1,250FROM

Contract deliverables written against the specification, not a template. Priced per document, because they aren’t the same job.

Construction programme narrative $1,250
ITP setMinimum 6 work processes $1,650
CEMP $1,650

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

$2,450FROM

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.

Half day · remote $2,450
Full day · on siteSydney metro included $4,950

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.

03 · BEFORE YOU ENGAGE03

Questions about Expert help fees.

01 When do we pay?
50% on engagement, 50% on lodgement. Net 7 days. We invoice by the tender, not by the milestone.
02 What moves a “from” price?
Three things, in order. How much reusable content you already have. How many evaluation criteria carry weight and how deep the evidence requirements go. And how much of your source material — insurances, plant, referees, project data — we have to chase rather than receive. A contractor with a current capability statement, a methodology library and organised referees sits at the bottom of the range. A first-time bidder starting from a blank page sits at the top. Either way, you get the fixed number before work starts, not after. Our guide to what tender writers charge in Australia sets out the same drivers across the wider market.
03 Is there a money-back guarantee?
No — and we’re careful about what we do promise. We don’t control the price you submit, your prequalification status, your referees, or the evaluator’s discretion, so we don’t promise a win and we don’t publish win-rate claims we can’t put evidence behind. What we commit to is what we control: a fully compliant submission, every criterion addressed with specific evidence rather than boilerplate, and the review rounds in your tier used properly. If we miss a mandatory requirement before lodgement, correcting it is on us, not on your invoice.
04 What if the RFT gets cancelled?
If the cancellation lands before the methodology workshop, you pay 25% — that covers the go/no-go and intake. After the workshop, the full fee stands, but we roll the work into the next equivalent tender at no extra cost.
05 Do you travel, and who pays?
We work Australia-wide and most engagements run remotely — RFT documents, calls and shared folders. On-site workshops within Sydney metro are included in the quoted fee. Interstate travel and accommodation are charged at cost, quoted and agreed in writing before anything is booked. There is no travel loading on top of the actual cost.
06 Can we engage on a single tender to try it out?
That’s exactly what the fixed-fee tiers — Standard, Government and Complex — are for. Start with one tender and see how the process runs. There’s no lock-in. If you’re still weighing it up, our hire vs DIY cost-benefit framework works through the break-even.

Draft from your own evidence, ready for the next tender.