Tender scoring simulator
The points each bid gets under the price formulas most tender documents use, and how far your price would have to fall to lead.
Enter the weights from the tender documents, your price and the prices you expect from competitors.
Enter the weights, your price and at least one competitor's price to see the points.
| Bid | Proportional | Linear | Discount | Average |
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The four formulas, and where you stand under each
- Proportional to the lowest price
- The lowest price takes all the price points; every other bid gets them in the proportion of the lowest price to its own.
- Linear, from the lowest to the highest
- The lowest price takes all the price points and the highest takes none, on a straight line between the two.
- Discount on the estimated value
- Points follow the discount on the estimated value: the largest discount takes them all, a bid at the estimate takes none.
- Around the average discount
- Discounts up to the average of all bids earn up to 85% of the price points; the last 15% is shared out between the average and the largest discount. Common in Italy and Spain, where the documents may set another share.
The tender documents state the formula the buyer really uses, and it may be none of these. Read them before you price your bid.