Free to start · 13 public sources · 217 countries · no card
The tender you never saw
is the one somebody else won.
Bidfold reads 13 public tender sources every morning — the World Bank, UN agencies, UNDP, EBRD, the EU's TED and national portals on four continents — and puts what is open in your regions on one calm desk, beside the ten calculators your trade otherwise does by hand at midnight.
- No card to start
- Free desk for as long as you like
- Every notice links to its original page
- 13public tender sources, read once a day
- 217countries and territories covered
- 30calculators, formula shown beside every result
- 18countries of contract-award prices on Pro
01 — The desk
Open notices, not open tabs.
One list, in your regions, in the order worth reading. Each row carries the closing date, the buyer, the sector and a link to the portal that published it. Nothing is scraped into a summary you cannot check.
What is open today
Open notices from 13 public sources for 217 countries, read once a day. The free desk follows one region, your own country first, up to 10 new notices a day.
Your words, not theirs
Your sectors, your exclusions, your country. Kenya's AGPO reserved tenders are a keyword away on Pro, and the cost to bid — bid security, fees — is shown wherever the portal publishes it.
One email when something arrives
Pro sends a daily email the moment a matching notice lands. No digest of things you cannot bid for, no "engagement" copy, no sales sequence behind it.
02 — Award radar
Who won, at what price, against how many bidders.
Most firms price a bid against a hunch. Award Radar shows every World Bank award notice in 18 countries for a full year: the winner, the evaluated price range, the number of bidders — and, on Pro, the subcontract radar for foreign firms that just won in your country and will need local partners.
Contract awards are left out of the free feed on purpose: they are the part worth paying for, and pretending otherwise would be dishonest.
buyer Ministry of Water, Nairobi
sector water & sanitation
awarded KES 41.2M 3 bidders
range KES 39.6M – 47.8M (evaluated)
notice ✓ linked to source portal
// and, on Pro:
local partner 1 foreign winner, no local sub named
03 — Three trades
Ten calculators for the trade you are actually in.
Rates, duties, commissions, park fees. The formula sits beside every result, so you can check it against your own rules instead of trusting a black box.
Landed cost, in the right order
Landed duty and VAT, demurrage exposure, opposition deadline countdowns. For clearing agents, forwarders, bonded warehouses and trademark practices.
Margin after everyone takes a cut
Margin after operator commission, charter seat cost and payload, park fee and levy totals. For DMCs, safari outfitters and inbound tour operators.
Bill of quantities, stressed
BoQ stress tests, QCBS score simulation, liquidated damages exposure. For engineering, environmental and social, and donor advisory firms.
Every calculator also ships as an Excel workbook, so the sums survive the trip to your accountant.
04 — Where the money leaks
- 01
You find the notice four days before it closes.
The weekend goes, the team is tired, and the proposal shows it.
With Bidfold: the notice is on your desk the morning it is published, and ten minutes with the scorecard tells you whether it deserves your best people.
- 02
The quote was right, then the container sat two days longer.
The duty came out different and the margin was gone.
With Bidfold: landed cost and demurrage worked out in the right order, formula on screen, before the quote leaves.
- 03
Full vehicles, happy guests, no profit.
Once commission, park fees and the exchange rate have taken their turn.
With Bidfold: the margin after every party is paid, priced into the quote instead of discovered at month end.
05 — Pricing
Start free. Pay for a person, not a seat.
Pro is self-serve and switches on the moment Whop confirms payment. Bid Desk, the memo and the setup call are done by a person, inside the time stated.
Free desk
Start here. Most firms should.
- Ten working calculators for your trade, plus the Excel workbook
- A signals list you fill yourself, up to 25 kept
- Score signals with your own Gemini, Groq or OpenRouter key
- Tender desk: 13 sources, one region, your country first, 10 a day
- Award Radar: who won in your country in the last 30 days
Bidfold Pro
Stop pricing blind. See who won, at what price, before you set yours.
- Everything in the free desk, up to 200 signals kept
- Every region and source you choose, 40 new notices a day
- Award Radar for 18 countries, a full year, with the subcontract radar
- Cost to bid and Kenya's AGPO reserved tenders as a keyword
- Tender Readiness Pack included
- Daily email when matching notices arrive
Bid Desk
A second pair of experienced eyes on every bid that matters.
- Bidfold Pro included for as long as Bid Desk runs
- One Bid / No-Bid Memo a month on the tender you choose
- One Bid Check a month, checked by a person before you submit
- Subcontract radar for your countries
- Monthly win/loss report for your sector
Bid / No-Bid Memo
One tender, one clear answer, within 3 working days. If the memo arrives late you get your money back and keep the memo.
Bid Check
A person reads your bid pack against the tender's own instructions. Within 2 working days; late means refunded and you keep the list.
Desk Setup
Forty-five minutes on a call, your desk, keywords, assets and AI key set up with you, plus a written summary.
Tender Readiness Pack
Compliance matrix, submission planner, key-expert CV template and technical proposal skeleton. Instant download.
06 — Honest comparison
What we list, and what the big two do not.
Their prices and features as listed on their own pricing pages on 5 November 2026. "Not listed" means their public plan pages do not say. If that changes, tell us and we correct this table the same day.
| Question | Bidfold | Jorpex / Devex |
|---|---|---|
| Award prices, not just notices | Yes, 18 countries | Not listed |
| Why other bids were set aside | By country and sector | Not listed |
| Cost to bid (bid security, fees) | Where the portal publishes it | Not listed |
| A person checks your pack before you submit | Bid Check, $39 | Not listed |
| Free to start | Yes, no card, no time limit | 14-day / 5-day trial |
07 — Free tools, no sign-up
Take what helps. Nothing is held back.
The Monday tender email
One email a week with the open notices for your country. Confirm once, leave with one click.
Bid / No-Bid Scorecard
Twelve honest questions, in Excel, that tell you whether a tender deserves your best people.
Tender readiness checklist
What to have ready before the notice you want appears.
Landed cost cheat sheet
Duty, VAT, demurrage: the order of the sums, so no cost ambushes your margin.
Safari quote margin sheet
Commission, park fees, levies and currency: price a trip so the profit survives it.
Open tenders by country
13 public sources, 217 countries, read once a day. No sign-up, no email.
08 — What is real here
No magic. Stated plainly.
Calculators are real formulas, shown next to each result. They are estimates: check your own rates and rules.
Only the tender desk has an automatic feed: open notices from 13 public sources, each linked to its original page. The customs and safari desks have no automatic feed yet — you log your own items.
Bidfold has no model of its own. Scoring only happens if you add your own Gemini, Groq or OpenRouter key, and it uses that key.
Every reply to a Bidfold email is read and answered by a person in Harare.
Questions we get
Do I need a card to start?
No. The free desk has no time limit and no card. Most firms never need more than it.
What happens when I cancel Pro?
You cancel in Whop at any time and drop back to the free desk at the end of the month you paid for. Nothing you logged is deleted.
Is this just scraped news?
No. Notices come from the publishing portals, each row links to the original page, and the award data is the notice's own figures — not a summary we wrote.
Which sources exactly?
The World Bank, UN agencies, UNDP, EBRD, the EU's TED, and national portals in the UK, South Africa, Kenya, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and Colombia. Read once a day.
The notice is published at 06:00. Where will you be?
Free desk, no card, your country first. Ten minutes to set up, and the Monday email starts arriving.
Quick answers
What Bidfold is, in plain terms.
Bidfold is a tender intelligence desk for small firms: it gathers open tenders from 13 public sources every morning and pairs them with calculators for landed cost, margin and bill-of-quantities stress.
What is Bidfold?
Bidfold is a tender desk: it reads 13 public tender sources every morning and puts the open notices for your regions in one place, with calculators for the sums that decide the bid.
How much does Bidfold cost?
The free desk costs nothing. Bidfold Pro is $19 a month and Bid Desk is $69 a month. One-off packs are $9 for the Tender Readiness Pack, $29 for a Bid/No-Bid Memo and $39 for Desk Setup or a Bid Check.
Which tender sources does Bidfold read?
13 public sources, including the World Bank, UN agencies, UNDP, the EBRD, the EU's TED and national procurement portals across four continents.
Does Bidfold write the bid for me?
No. It finds the notice, does the arithmetic and produces a written bid/no-bid decision; the proposal itself stays with the firm.
How often is the tender list updated?
Every morning, before the working day starts.
Is there a free version?
Yes. The free desk shows what is open in your regions and includes the calculators; paid tiers add the bid desk, memos and setup.
Which countries are covered?
The sources are multi-continent and the desk is filtered to the regions a firm selects, with open tenders listed by country.
Prices: Free, then from $9 one-off. Every plan, with its checkout link: