Choose the right opportunity
- Bid only when your exact PPRA code, subcode and works grade match
- Check ownership, citizen-reservation and location rules first
- Do a bid/no-bid assessment before you buy documents
- Confirm experience, people, equipment and financing
- Do not bid only because an opportunity exists — bid what you can deliver profitably
- Procurement plans help you prepare early; they are not invitations to tender
Read properly
- Study evaluation criteria before writing anything
- List every returnable form, licence, security and signature
- Diary clarifications, briefings, site visits and submission
- Watch addenda until closing
- Ask unclear questions formally, before the clarification deadline
Most losses start here — wrong code, wrong grade, unread mandatory line.