The Bid Lab
Answering RFPs since 2017
Long before software offered to write your proposal, we were writing them — for small and mid-sized businesses going up against firms with whole bid departments. Bid Banana is what came out of that, and Self-Serve drafts the way we would.
The Bid Lab by the numbers
Success stories in virtually every industry — read a few.
The questions worth asking a human
Drafting is what the software is for. These are the ones where experience earns its keep.
- “Should we even bid on this?”
- The call that saves the most time. Send the solicitation and what you do, and we'll tell you how we'd read it.
- “Do we actually qualify?”
- Minimum qualifications hide in the fine print, and people tend to find out halfway through writing a response.
- “What are they actually asking for?”
- Solicitations bury the real requirement under boilerplate. We can tell you what this one is really about.
- “Why did we lose the last one?”
- Often answerable from the solicitation and your response side by side.
Send us the bid
Include the deadline, what you do, and what’s worrying you about it. We read every one and write back with what we’d do — scope and a price if there’s work worth doing, and nothing starts until you’ve agreed to it.
Written replies only — there’s no call to book and no phone queue.
Questions
Is this a person or the AI?
A person. Ben, the AI in Self-Serve, drafts your response inside the product. This page is for when you want a human to look at something, and the reply comes from The Bid Lab.
How does it work?
You send us the bid and what you're worried about. We read it and write back with what we'd do about it, including scope and a price if there's work worth doing. Everything is in writing — there's no call to book and no phone queue.
What does it cost?
It depends on the bid, so we don't publish a rate. Tell us what you need and we'll come back with a price before anything starts. You're never charged by surprise.
Do I need a Bid Banana subscription?
No. Anyone can send us a bid. A subscription gets you the search engine and a lower per-bid price in Self-Serve, but it isn't a prerequisite for asking us a question.
Can't the software just do it?
Usually, yes — that's what Self-Serve is for, and it's built on how we've answered these since 2017. The reason to ask a human is judgment rather than drafting: whether to bid at all, whether a strategy is right, why something lost.
Or just start responding
Self-Serve carries the same experience into every draft — find the bid, respond to it, submit it, without leaving Bid Banana.
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