Executive Sponsors
Grow revenue from tenders without growing the team.
SEQUESTO is the agentic operating system for large organisations that win business through tenders. AI drives its architecture rather than sitting on top of an existing tool, so your bid function gains capacity, consistency and governance from day one.
Who this is forCommercial, sales and operations directors, managing directors, VPs of sales and of bids and proposals, chief revenue officers and chief operating officers who sponsor the bid function.
The challenge
Why growth through tenders is hard to scale
- 01
Bid capacity limits growth
Every additional tender needs experienced people, and bid specialists are scarce and expensive to recruit. When the team is at capacity, good opportunities go unanswered or get less attention than they deserve. Double the bandwidth, without growing the team.
- 02
Internal AI projects stall
Many large organisations have tried to build their own AI bid tool. Prototypes often stall when the people who built them move on, leaving a tool nobody maintains and a team back where it started. Teams end up with small agents handling specific tasks, and miss the real opportunity to optimise the process.
- 03
General purpose AI raises governance questions
Teams are already using general purpose AI tools on bids. That raises questions about where data goes, whether buyer and company content is mixed, and how answers can be trusted. IT, legal and compliance all need those answers. Without a fully optimised process, one missed requirement can make your bid non-compliant.
How SEQUESTO helps executive sponsors
Capacity, consistency and control in one system.
SEQUESTO is designed for bids. James, the AI bid agent at the centre of SEQUESTO, holds working memory across a full tender, works to your organisation's process and draws on your own approved knowledge, kept separate from the buyer's documents. Your bid function gains capacity without a recruitment programme or an internal build project.
01
Pursue more opportunities with the team you have
James reads tenders, extracts requirements and drafts answers from approved content, so your bid professionals spend their time on strategy and quality. The capacity you gain can go on more bids or on better bids, whichever matters most to your growth plan.
02
Govern AI use across the bid function
Each SEQUESTO customer has an isolated instance. Each company decides where its data is stored, in the EU or the US, and the AI that works on it runs in the same region. Your data is not used for learning outside your instance. One governed system replaces scattered, unmanaged use of general purpose tools.
03
Use it now, and beyond the bid team
Adaptable workflows fit your current process from day one. Your team keeps its preferred way of working, because SEQUESTO adapts to your process. The same workspace can also serve contracting, sales proposals and pricing, so the investment reaches further than one team.
Relevant features
Built for organisations that win through tenders
Commercial growth
Capacity uplift
More bids from the same team.
Quality boost
Deliver bespoke, high quality bids under time pressure.
Opportunity coverage
Pursue the opportunities you would otherwise have declined for lack of time.
Win rate tracking
See the effect on results, not just on activity.
Framework growth
Join and respond across more public procurement frameworks without overstretching the team.
Faster entry to new markets
Bid in new countries and languages from your existing content.
Higher value bids
Focus senior bid time on the opportunities that matter most.
Return on investment
Usage and cost transparency
Usage shown openly by team, user and project.
Time saved reporting
The hours handed back to your team, shown simply.
Cost per bid insight
What each bid costs to produce, from qualification to submission.
Outsourcing reduction
Less dependence on freelance writers and agencies at peak times.
Predictable pricing
A clear cost model, without surprise consumption charges.
Knowledge retention
Expertise captured so it stays available to the company even when employees leave.
Pipeline visibility
Executive dashboards
The value of your bid pipeline at a glance.
Forecast view
Expected contract value by stage and sector.
Sector and region breakdowns
Where your tender revenue is coming from.
Renewal visibility
Contracts coming up for re-tender, flagged early.
Exportable board reports
Pipeline summaries ready for board packs.
Security and data protection
Isolated instance
Your data never shares an environment with another customer's.
EU or US hosting
Each company decides where its data is stored, in the EU or the US, and the AI that works on it runs in the same region.
Compliance
Both ISO 27001 and SOC 2 Type 2 certified.
No learning outside your instance
Your content is not used to train models elsewhere.
Single sign-on
One login through your existing identity provider.
Encryption
Data protected in transit and at rest.
Security documentation for IT
The answers your IT and procurement teams will ask for, ready in advance.
Access reviews
See who can access what, and remove access quickly when people leave.
AI governance
One governed AI system
Replace scattered use of general purpose AI with one controlled environment.
Audit trail
Every AI action traceable.
Human in the loop
Your people review and approve every answer before it leaves the business.
Approved content only
AI draws on what your organisation has approved, nothing else.
Usage policies
Set the rules for how teams use AI on bids.
Transparent AI behaviour
Clear information on how James works, for your AI governance board.
Scale
Multi-team, multi-country rollout
One system across teams and countries, with hundreds of users if needed.
Multilingual libraries
One body of content serving every market you bid in.
Phased rollout
Start with one team and grow at your own pace.
Central governance, local ways of working
Shared standards, with room for local teams to work their way.
Group and subsidiary structures
Separate workspaces for divisions, with group-level oversight.
Consistent brand across regions
The same positioning in every country.
Enterprise integration
SharePoint and Google Drive integration
Use the content you already hold in SharePoint or Google Drive.
CRM integration
Bid status alongside your sales pipeline. CRMs such as Salesforce, HubSpot and Microsoft Dynamics connect through an integration around your set-up, which we help you build on our open API.
Identity and access management
Access aligned with your existing IT policies.
Microsoft 365 compatibility
Works with the Word, Excel and PowerPoint files your people already use.
Procurement portal compatibility
Outputs ready for the major buyer portals.
API access
Connect SEQUESTO to the rest of your business systems.
Document management integration
Connects with the systems that hold your contracts and policies.
Adoption
Ready from day one
No build project before your team sees value.
Plain language use
Usable by anyone who can describe what they need.
Customer success onboarding
Structured onboarding for each team that joins.
Pre-configured workflows
Workflows preconfigured for efficient completion of standard tender tasks.
Structured training sessions
Mandatory, process-led training that reaches the whole team, not just the enthusiasts.
Adoption reporting
See which teams are using SEQUESTO and how.
Beyond the bid team
Contracting, proposals and pricing
The same workspace serving more of the business.
Mobilisation handover
From contract award to mobilisation in one workspace.
Sales questionnaire handling
Security and supplier questionnaires taken off the bid team's desk.
Board and investor documents
Reports and submissions drafted from approved company information.
Grant and funding applications
The same discipline applied to public funding bids.
Policy and accreditation submissions
ISO renewals and accreditation evidence drawn from the same library.
Explore other roles
Explore other roles we serve
Bid Team Member
For bid writers, coordinators and bid managers who build the response.
Explore →Bid Team Leader
For heads of bids and bid directors who run the team and own the win rate.
Explore →Sales
For account managers, sales and pre-sales teams who answer questionnaires alongside the day job.
Explore →Talk to us about the business case.
Book a demo with your head of bids and we will show you what SEQUESTO would change for your organisation.
FAQ
Questions from executive sponsors
General purpose assistants are not designed for tenders. James holds working memory across a full tender, keeps your knowledge library separate from the buyer's documents and works to strategic personas trained to think like a bid writer. SEQUESTO runs in an isolated instance governed for your organisation, rather than as a general tool used in different ways by different people.
You can, but most of the effort comes after the prototype, in maintaining the tool, keeping pace with new AI models and adapting it as processes change. SEQUESTO gives you an agentic operating system that is maintained and developed for you, and adapts to your bid process without an internal development programme.
SEQUESTO works from day one with your existing content and your current process, so your team can use it on live bids straight away. Most customer environments are fully up and running in production in less than a month.