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Cobl for construction companies

Win more contracts, without the late nights.

Contracts made for you go unanswered because the technical proposal takes three evenings. Cobl reads the RFP pack, writes the proposal from your past projects and prepares the paperwork. You review, you submit.

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The Problem

What makes a good company lose contracts

You answer one RFP in three. Not by choice.

RFPs land on the platform, the site work lands too. Between the two, the site wins. RFP packs you could have taken go unanswered. The less you submit today, the less work there is in six months. The cycle shows up in cash flow.

The technical proposal is the owner's weekend.

Method statement, schedule, staff and equipment, quality, safety, environment. Forty pages every time, often rewritten from memory by the most expensive person in the company, on a Sunday. The site manager cannot do it, he is on site.

You lose points on paper, not on site.

A requirement from the technical specs (CCTP) not covered in the proposal, an expired URSSAF certificate, a forgotten sub-criterion, an incomplete DC4 form. The price was right, so was the know-how. The ranking says otherwise. The lost points are administrative, and they cost contracts.

Every client wants the same thing in a different format.

Imposed response framework in public RFPs, supplier forms specific to each major contractor in private ones, security questionnaire from the industrial client. The content is the same as last time. It has to be cut up and pasted back together for every RFP. That is time with no value, taken from the site.

Nobody reads the 300-page RFP pack in full.

Rules, contract terms, technical specs, price schedule, drawings, annexes. You read the rules, skim the specs, decide on instinct. Result: you answer contracts you should have left, you miss a penalty clause or a mandatory variant, and you find the trap after signing.

How it works

Answer more RFPs, without hiring

An RFP always follows the same path: read, decide, write, submit. Cobl takes the reading and the writing. You keep the decision and the site.

The RFP pack is read in full, the go/no-go takes ten minutes

Drop in the documents. Cobl lists the requirements, the scoring criteria and their weight, the documents to provide, the calendar, the penalties, the variants. You know before coffee if this contract is for you and what it will ask of you.

Your projects and your methods become your base

Past proposals, project reference sheets, work procedures, safety plans, certifications (Qualibat, MASE, ISO), company registration, certificates. Uploaded once. Every next answer starts from there: what won one contract serves the next, without copying.

The technical proposal is written within the day

Cobl writes the proposal in the imposed framework, every requirement of the specs covered, with your methods, your resources and your references. Supplier forms are pre-filled, certificates attached. The owner reviews for an hour instead of writing for three evenings.

You submit complete, and move on to the next one

Export to Word or PDF for the RFP platform, complete file, nothing forgotten. The time saved goes to the next RFP, or to the site. The order book fills up during office hours.

3 days of analysis per RFP, down to a few minutes

CERAP Prévention, industrial services. The development director used to read every major RFP himself.

“I used to spend 3 days analyzing RFP. With Cobl, the analysis and the response are done in a click, I can now focus on what really matters: how CERAP can best respond to the client.”

Pascal Mathieu

Eric Henon

Director of Subsidiaries and Development

1 day

per RFP, down from 3

66%

faster RFP response

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FAQ

Everything you need to know about partnering with Cobl

Four teams on the same document, how does that work?

Each team reviews its part in the same document. The account lead validates the whole. No merging of Word files, no "final v7".

Does Cobl do the eligibility check or the pricing?

No. Eligibility stays in your network tools, pricing in your configurator. Cobl uses the results (technology, bandwidth, lead time, price per site) in the proposal when you give them to it.

How do SLAs, repair times and price lists stay up to date?

Offer sheets, SLAs, repair times and terms live in the base in one version. When they change, every new proposal uses the current version. Old proposals stay archived as they were.

Does Cobl handle a multi-site RFP?

Yes. You drop in the site list and the requirements. The proposal is structured site by site and service by service, and picks up the needs of each site.

Our account managers handle dozens of RFPs. Can it take the volume?

Yes. That is the Free Pro use case: a complete response goes from several days to two hours. The volume is absorbed by the shared base, not by extra hours.

How quickly can the team get up and running?

Most teams are generating real proposals within their first session. Onboarding is built around your existing content, upload what you already have, and Cobl starts working from it immediately. No long implementation and no long IT project.

Does Cobl meet our data security and sovereignty requirements?

Cobl offers private cloud and on-premise deployment for teams with strict data requirements. Your content stays within your infrastructure.

How do we keep quality consistent when proposals come from multiple contributors?

Cobl generates from a shared, validated content base, so every contributor draws from the same source. Tone, structure, and technical depth stay consistent across the whole document regardless of how many people are involved. The output reflects the firm's standard, not whoever happened to write that section this week.

Can Cobl reuse our existing technical answers and case studies?

Yes, that's the core of how it works. You upload your past proposals, security questionnaire answers, service descriptions, and reference cases. Cobl builds a knowledge base from them and draws on it for every new response. Your best work compounds across every proposal instead of being rebuilt every time.

Does it also work for framework agreements and vendor registrations?

Yes. Registration questionnaires and framework agreement responses use the same base. What was validated once is reused for every new lot or call-off.

Are our security answers and client references protected?

Yes. Private base per company, no model training on your data, rights per project. The Security page details the commitments.

How do you manage several contributors on one response?

Each section is reviewed by its contributor (pre-sales, architect, legal, CISO). The bid manager tracks progress and validates the whole. The document stays one document, with one voice.

Does Cobl answer in the grid imposed by the buyer?

Yes. You drop in the grid (Word, Excel, PDF), Cobl fills in each point from your base. Compliance matrix, CVs in the imposed format and annexes follow the same template.

How many pre-sales days does Cobl save per response?

Our IT services customers go from two or three weeks to less than a week on a complete response. The gain comes from the writing and the assembly, not from the response strategy, which stays with your teams.

Does it replace the CRM?

No. The deal stays managed in HubSpot or Salesforce. Cobl reads the CRM and produces what the deal has to send at every step.

Can my manager review before sending?

Yes. Manager validation before anything goes out, if you want it. Quality stays at the team's standard, whichever rep wrote it.

How does Cobl know what was said on the call?

You paste the transcript (Gong, Modjo, Fireflies, Teams) or your notes. Cobl pulls out the decision makers, the pain points, the criteria and the deadlines, and reuses them in every deliverable.

Does it work with our sales process (MEDDIC, Challenger, other)?

Yes. Cobl picks up the qualification fields from your CRM and the structure of your won deals. If your process calls for a mutual action plan or a business case, it produces it in that format.

I am an AE, not a bid manager. Is this for me?

Yes. Cobl is built for the rep who runs 15 deals at once, not for a response team. You paste a transcript, you get the recap, the proposal or the business case. The rest of your day stays yours.

What does Cobl cost? Is there a free plan?

On Cobl's free plan, you get around 5 documents free per month, no credit card required, enough to run Cobl on real deals in your pipeline.

How is Cobl different from generic AI tools?

Generic AI tools often generate text without knowing your deal, your past wins, or your pricing rules. Cobl is proposal management SaaS built from your business content, so the output is a sendable, on-brand document, not a draft to rebuild.

Can multiple people work on the same document?

Yes. SaaS deals involve sales, presales, and management, and Cobl is built for that workflow: contributors work on their sections, and managers review and validate before anything goes out, so quality stays consistent no matter who drafted it. You can also invite as many teammates to your workspace on our Pro plan.

How does Cobl handle RFP responses?

Most RFP content is 60–80% reusable across bids. Cobl retrieves your best past answers, adapts them to the new bid's context and required structure, and assembles all the documents needed for the response.

Does Cobl integrate with our CRM?

Yes, Cobl integrates with many CRM platforms, including HubSpot and Salesforce. Sign up to our platform to discover all of our CRM integrations.

What is SaaS proposal software?

SaaS proposal software generates and manages the documents that carry a software deal - sales proposals, RFP responses, and decks, pulling context from your CRM, reusing content from past wins, and producing branded, account-specific output. Cobl goes further: it builds each document from your actual deal data.

Do our proposals and references stay with us?

Yes. Your base is private, your documents are not used to train any model, and access is limited to your users. The Security page details the commitments.

Does Cobl do the pricing?

No. The price schedule and the cost study stay in your tools. Cobl writes the documents and uses your figures in the proposal when you give them to it.

What about private RFPs and the forms from major contractors?

Same thing. You drop in the client's form or questionnaire, Cobl fills it in from your base. Answers already validated on another RFP are reused.

Does Cobl know the documents of a public RFP?

Yes. Rules, contract terms, technical specs, price schedules, DC1, DC2, DC4 forms, DUME, certificates. Cobl reads the RFP pack and prepares the response documents, in the framework imposed by the client.

We are 25 people, with no bid manager. Is this for us?

Yes. That is the target. The project lead or the owner drops in the RFP pack, reviews the proposal, exports. No response team to build, no technical profile to hire.

How much does Cobl cost? What plans are available?

Cobl offers 3 plans: Free, Pro, and Enterprise. The Free plan lets you sign up instantly with no credit card required and gives you a month with up to 1,500 credits, enough to test Cobl on a real RFP response before committing. The Pro plan scales with your volume, from 200 to 20,000 credits a month, suited to teams responding to RFPs regularly. For construction firms handling bids at volume or needing custom setup, the Enterprise plan is tailored to your workflow. Book a call with our team to discuss your needs.

Is it safe and efficient to use AI for complex construction project documentation?

Yes, provided the AI platform is built with security and data control at its core, which is exactly how Cobl is designed. On the efficiency side, the gains are real: teams cut technical brief drafting from days to hours because most of any RFP response already exists in past bids. On the security side, Cobl protects your data with AES-256 encryption at rest, TLS 1.2+ in transit, and 24/7 monitoring with automated alerts. Your documents are never used to train AI models, no fine-tuning, no data reuse, no hidden training, and Cobl only selects LLM providers that commit to no training or fine-tuning on your inputs. For construction firms handling confidential project data, Cobl also offers flexible deployment in sovereign, private, or on-premise clouds, including hosting directly in your own AWS or Azure tenant or running fully inside your infrastructure with no internet connection required. AI does the assembly; your experts keep control of validation and final review.

How do you write a construction proposal?

To write a construction proposal, structure it in six parts: project understanding, technical approach, team and references, timeline, pricing, and compliance documents. Start by restating the client's requirements in their own terms, evaluators score relevance, not length. Then detail your methodology, safety measures, and comparable past projects. The fastest way to do this consistently is to reuse validated content from previous winning bids rather than writing from scratch: most of a strong proposal already exists in responses you've written before.

What's the best platform for pulling data into construction quotes with flexible file formats?

Cobl pulls data from your past documents, CRM, and uploaded files into construction quotes and proposals, and exports to Word, PowerPoint, or PDF depending on what the RFP requires. RFPs rarely accept a single format. You might need a PDF technical brief, Word-based supplier approval forms, and an editable pricing annex. A platform that reads and outputs multiple formats saves the reformatting hours that usually happen the night before a deadline.

Which software helps build construction project responses while linking to existing contact lists?

Cobl builds construction RFP responses and proposals while connecting directly to your CRM, so client details, contacts, and deal context flow into every document automatically. Instead of copy-pasting company names and project references from a spreadsheet, your response pulls the right client information from the systems you already use, reducing errors on the administrative forms where a wrong detail can disqualify a bid.

What is an RFP in construction?

An RFP (request for proposal) in construction is a formal document a client or public body issues to invite contractors to bid on a project, detailing the scope, technical requirements, timeline, and evaluation criteria. Most construction RFPs require a technical brief, pricing documents, and administrative forms. Responding well means proving both technical capability and reliability, which is why RFP responses are among the most time-consuming documents construction teams produce.

Do our proposals and client references stay confidential?

Yes. Private base per firm, no model training on your data, rights per user. The Security page details the commitments.

What about pricing?

You give the days and the daily rates, Cobl builds the budget by phase and by profile in the proposal. The pricing rule stays yours.

How does Cobl know what the client said?

You paste the meeting notes, the transcript or the email. Cobl pulls out the stakes, the client's words and the scope, and uses them in the understanding of the context and the approach.

Does the proposal follow our methodology?

Yes. You upload your templates and your approaches by type of engagement. Cobl uses them, with your tone and your brand. The document comes out as a proposal from your firm, not as a template.

We are a 15-person firm. Is this for us?

Yes. The target is the firm where partners still write the proposals. A manager runs the generation, the partner reviews. No pre-sales team to build.

How is Cobl different from ChatGPT or Gamma for proposals?

ChatGPT gives you text that needs significant rework to become a sendable document. Gamma gives you generic slides. Cobl generates a complete, structured, branded proposal, built from your specific client context, that's ready to send without copy-pasting or reformatting. The output quality is the difference.

What does Cobl cost? Is there a free plan?

You get around 5 proposals free per month, with no credit card required. That's enough to generate real proposals for real engagements and see whether the quality improvement is there.

Does Cobl work for mid-sized and larger consulting firms?

Yes. Mid-sized and larger firms use Cobl to standardize proposal quality across all consultants, so every submission reflects the same standard regardless of who creates it. You can upload shared brand guidelines, methodology frameworks, and past winning proposals as a firm-wide knowledge base.

Is our client data secure?

Yes. Cobl offers private cloud and on-premise deployment for firms with strict confidentiality or data sovereignty requirements, so your client data stays inside your own infrastructure

Where can I find a sample proposal for consulting services?

Most sample proposals for consulting services are too generic to use: wrong structure, wrong scope, wrong tone for your specific client. Cobl generates a proposal for consulting services from your own discovery call, so what you get is already specific, branded, and ready to send, not a sample to heavily edit.

What is the best proposal software for consultants?

The best proposal software for consultants generates client-specific proposals from your actual discovery context, not generic templates. Cobl builds each proposal from your call transcripts, client brief, and methodology, so it reads like you built it specifically for that client. Most consultants send their first proposal for consulting services the same day they sign up.

How does Cobl help consultants win more deals?

Cobl generates proposals that are more complete, more client-specific, and better structured than what most consulting firms produce manually or with generic AI tools. In complex deals, buyers score on exactly those criteria, so a stronger proposal scores higher and improves your win rate on competitive engagements.

Every deal deserves the right move. Make it.

Cobl runs your deals with full context: follow-ups, proposals, entire RFP responses, at the right moment.

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