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Recommend and approve an award

Pick a bidder, give a reason and send it to the award approver.

Updated 7 October 2026

Recommend

  1. Once all evaluators have submitted, open Decision and award → from the evaluation.
  2. Check the Final ranking, flags and open clarifications.
  3. Under Recommend award, choose the Bidder and write a Reason.
  4. Press Send for approval.

You can recommend a bidder who isn't ranked first, but the reason must explain why.

Approve

The award approver opens the same page and presses Approve award or Send back with a note.

Executive summary

Press Write executive summary for a one-page, manager-ready AI summary of the outcome, ranking, margins and risks (10 credits). It is added to the evaluation report PDF.

Reports

Use Download evaluation report (PDF) or Full tender report (PDF).

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