I described the five-step skeleton of a tender process in Module 1. This module puts flesh on those bones, because the difference between winning and losing a tender rarely comes down to expertise. It comes down to understanding the mechanics well enough to avoid the mistakes that get technically strong offers eliminated before anyone even reads the substance.
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