AGENT SKILL
Public tender agent skill: from first read to bid/no-bid
Six prompts in order for an EU public tender: summary, requirements, award criteria, selection criteria, the bid/no-bid brief and the clarification questions.
- The steps
- 6 steps
- Works with
- ClaudeChatGPTMicrosoft CopilotGemini
- For
- Bid managersBid coordinatorsSales and account leads
- Works on
- Public tenderPQQ and selection
The steps
Open the prompts
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Install the agent skill
One skill file, for Claude, ChatGPT, Copilot or Gemini. It runs the steps on the documents you upload and stops after each one for you to check.
In the package
public-tender-first-read/ └─ SKILL.md
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How to install it
- Claude
- Download the .zip. In Claude, open Settings, then Capabilities, and upload it under Skills. Attach the tender documents and ask Claude to run the skill by its name.
- ChatGPT
- In ChatGPT, open GPTs and choose Create. Under Configure, paste SKILL.md into Instructions.
- Gemini
- In Gemini, open the Gem manager, create a new Gem and paste SKILL.md into its instructions.
- Microsoft Copilot
- In Microsoft 365 Copilot, create an agent (or use Copilot Studio) and paste SKILL.md into its instructions.
Step 1
Tender summary for leadership
A one-page summary of a tender for senior leadership: what the buyer wants, the scope, the dates, how it will be scored and the risks that matter.
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Open the promptsCarry forward: Share the summary with the decision makers and keep it open for the next steps.
Step 2
Requirements and deliverables table
Every explicit and implied requirement in the tender, with its source, type, deliverable and owner, in one table the team can assign and track.
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Open the promptsCarry forward: Keep the table: the compliance matrix and the clarification questions build on it.
Step 3
Award criteria analysis
Every award criterion and sub-criterion with its weight and scoring method, mapped against your evidence, with the gap and what would lift the score.
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Open the promptsCarry forward: Paste the three criteria where effort pays most into the bid/no-bid step.
Step 4
Selection criteria and ESPD check
For EU public tenders: the exclusion grounds and selection criteria, what the European Single Procurement Document (ESPD) asks, and the evidence you will need at each stage.
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Open the promptsCarry forward: Any selection criterion you may not meet becomes a blocker in the brief.
Step 5
Bid/no-bid brief
A scored bid/no-bid brief: the tender against your qualification criteria, the evidence for each score, the blockers and a recommendation your team can challenge.
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Open the promptsCarry forward: Agree the decision as a team. If it is a go, send the clarification questions next.
Step 6
Clarification questions and log
Neutral clarification questions that quote the exact text they refer to, prioritised by impact, with a log to track them through to the answer.
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Open the promptsCarry forward: Send before the clarification deadline and track the answers in the log.
Where prompts stop, see the whole response.
A prompt gives you a solid first pass, one document and one question at a time. A demo shows SEQUESTO working across the full tender pack with your approved content.