Bid or no-bid scorecard
Check the mandatory requirements, rate six criteria, and get a bid, discuss or no-bid call you can defend. Edit the criteria, weights and thresholds, then export a CSV or print it.
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Answer in order. A No on a mandatory requirement ends it.
Customize requirements, criteria, weights and thresholds
Mandatory requirements
Criteria
Thresholds
Share of the possible points. The defaults, 73% and 50%, are 22 and 15 points out of 30 with six equal criteria.
Recommendation
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0 of 10 answered
Answer 10 more items to see a recommendation. A "No" on any mandatory requirement ends it at once.
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Bid or no-bid scorecard
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Recommendation: Keep going. Answer 10 more items to see a recommendation. A "No" on any mandatory requirement ends it at once.
| Section | Item | Answer | Weight | Rating (1 to 5) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mandatory requirement | We hold every license and registration the solicitation requires | Not answered | ||
| Mandatory requirement | We can meet the bonding and insurance requirements | Not answered | ||
| Mandatory requirement | We meet the minimum experience and reference requirements | Not answered | ||
| Mandatory requirement | We qualify under any set-aside, residency or certification rule | Not answered | ||
| Criterion | Fit with your services | 1 | Not rated | |
| Criterion | Relationship with the buyer | 1 | Not rated | |
| Criterion | Competition | 1 | Not rated | |
| Criterion | Time to respond | 1 | Not rated | |
| Criterion | Margin at a winning price | 1 | Not rated | |
| Criterion | Requirements you can meet | 1 | Not rated |
Bid at or above 73% of points, discuss at or above 50%. Made with the VelocityBids bid or no-bid scorecard, velocitybids.ai/tools/bid-no-bid-scorecard.
How the scorecard decides
It works in two steps, the same two as in our article on the bid or no-bid decision. The first is the mandatory requirements. These are pass or fail. A missing license, bonding level or experience minimum means the response will not be considered, however strong the rest is, so a single No ends the decision. Not sure holds it until you check.
The second is six criteria, each rated from 1 to 5: fit with your services, relationship with the buyer, competition, time to respond, margin at a winning price, and whether you can meet the requirements. The score is the share of the possible points. At 73% or above the card says bid. From 50% up to that line it says discuss, and below 50% it says no-bid. With six equal criteria those lines are 22 and 15 points out of 30.
Under Customize you can rename the requirements and criteria, add your own, count a criterion two or three times, and move the lines. The lines matter less than using the same ones on every bid, so the answer does not depend on who is in the room.
What it does not do
It does not know your buyer, the incumbent or your costs. Every rating comes from you. It does not read the solicitation and it cannot tell you the odds of winning. A high score means the bid deserves your time, not that you will win it. Read the whole solicitation before you answer the mandatory questions, because the disqualifying terms are often in the attachments. Our article on why bids get disqualified lists the common ones.
The time criterion is easier to rate with a number. The median state or local bid we measured gave about 24 days from posting to due date, and 16.7% gave fewer than 14 (13,116 bids due August 3 to November 1, 2026, as of November 1, 2026). Work out your own date with the bid deadline planner.
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