Proposal Review: Check Every Proposal Before You Send

Before your proposal or RFP response goes out, Cobl checks it against the buyer's request and your approved documents. You get the gaps, contradictions and missing files to fix.

Proposal review

Check your own proposal for gaps and contradictions before you send.

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Your response files

RFP documents

Which bid or proposal do you want to check?

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The buyer finds the mistake before you do

A requirement left blank

Question 47 of the RFP has no answer. Nobody saw it, because each person checked only their own part.

Figures that disagree

The proposal says 12 months. The pricing sheet says 24. The contract draft says 36. The buyer notices.

Missing on deadline day

A signed form, a certificate or an annex is not in the folder. You find out an hour before the deadline.

A last check before anything goes to the buyer

Cobl reads your draft next to the buyer's request, your price list and your approved content. It flags what is missing, what contradicts and what is out of date, with the page and the fix. You decide what to change.

Every requirement answered

Each question or requirement in the buyer's request matched to your answer, or flagged as missing.

Same facts everywhere

Prices, durations, names and commitments compared across the proposal, the pricing and the contract.

Nothing left behind

Forms, signatures, certificates and annexes the buyer asked for, checked against your folder.

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Is our Helix proposal ready to send?

Covered by

Get a short list of what is missing or wrong, ranked by risk.

Did we answer every requirement in the RFP?

Covered by

See the requirements without an answer, with the page or question number.

Do the prices match between the proposal and the contract?

Covered by

Get each figure that differs, and where it appears in each file.

Is anything in this proposal out of date?

Covered by

See old prices, product names or references, with the approved version to use.

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Send it once, with no correction email after

A wrong figure or a missed requirement costs trust, and in a formal bid it can cost the deal. A last check protects your price and your credibility.

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Complete

Every requirement answered, every document the buyer asked for in the folder.

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Consistent

Same figures, names and commitments across the proposal, pricing and contract.

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Ready to submit

A short list of fixes, ranked by risk, while there is still time to make them.

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Questions about this use case

What is a proposal review?

A proposal review is the check a seller runs on their own proposal before sending it. Reviewers confirm that every requirement has an answer, that figures and commitments match across documents, and that the required forms are attached. In formal bids it often runs in stages, called color team reviews.

What are pink team, red team and gold team reviews?

They are review stages used in formal bids. The pink team checks the first draft for structure and compliance. The red team scores the near-final draft the way the buyer's evaluators would. The gold team gives final approval on price, risk and strategy before submission.

What should you check before sending a proposal?

Check that every question or requirement has an answer. Check that prices, dates and durations match across the proposal, the pricing sheet and the contract, and that names and references are current. Then confirm that every form, signature and annex the buyer asked for is attached. Cobl runs this check and lists the fixes, and you decide what to change.

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.

Proposal Review: Check Every Proposal Before You Send

The buyer finds the mistake before you do

A requirement left blank

Figures that disagree

Missing on deadline day

A last check before anything goes to the buyer

Every requirement answered

Same facts everywhere

Nothing left behind

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Send it once, with no correction email after

Complete

Consistent

Ready to submit

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