Pro7 minute read· Updated 5 November 2026
Read a tender pack in an hour, and what still goes to a lawyer
Turn a 200-page tender pack into a compliance matrix, a scoring map and a red-flag list in an hour, and know which clauses need a lawyer before you sign.
A tender pack for an MRV services contract, a climate adaptation study or a World Bank-financed consultancy can run to hundreds of pages across a dozen files. Missing one mandatory form can disqualify an otherwise strong bid. This guide shows you how to use an AI assistant to extract every requirement into a compliance matrix, map the evaluation criteria and weightings, find the commercial clauses and red flags, and separate what you can decide yourself from what still needs a lawyer.
Inside this playbook
- What you need
- 1. Check you are allowed to upload it
- 2. Assemble the pack
- 3. Build the compliance matrix
- 4. Map the evaluation criteria
- 5. Find the mandatory forms and gates
- 6. Pull out the commercial clauses
- 7. List the red flags
- 8. Know what still goes to a lawyer
- 9. Write your clarification questions
- 10. One-hour plan
- Checklist
- Further reading
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