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What is a go / no-go decision on a tender?

A go / no-go decision is an early bid-worthiness call: whether the company should invest in a full response. It weighs eligibility gates, hard technical limits, commercial risk, timeline, and strategic fit—not whether every Excel cell is already filled.

Details

Typical go inputs

  • Can we legally bid (registration, geography, partner)?
  • Any hard limits we clearly fail?
  • Delivery / installation timeline realistic?
  • Margin and capacity vs bid cost?

Go / no-go is not

  • Formal match — Deep row-by-row compliance
  • Rank score — Coarse product shortlist quality
  • Award probability — Optional analytics; not the decision itself

Timing

Run go/no-go before multi-day fill. Late no-bid after full fill wastes the team.

Product note

Orbid provides decision support, not award guarantees. Product: orbid.dev.