Review submissions and compliance
Open each bid, check completeness and decide on mandatory gaps.
Updated 7 October 2026
Open a bid
After the closing time, go to Submissions, open the tender and click a bid. You see the full answers, documents and a Completeness check.
Accept or reject answers
For each requirement you can ✓ Accept answer or ✕ Reject answer, add 📝 Internal notes (only your team sees these) or Raise a clarification with that supplier.
Mandatory requirements not met
If a supplier says they do not fully meet a mandatory requirement, TenderLock asks: Your decision needed: does this bid still qualify?
- Disqualify bid removes it from the ranking.
- Keep in evaluation lets it be scored as normal.
Add a short reason. It is saved to the tender's audit trail.
Export
Use ⬇ Export on the tender for the tender report or AI provenance as PDF, Word, Excel or CSV.
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