11.40am
Tender day. Five versions of the bid called FINAL, and three people editing two of them.
Tom's journey · Pre-Construction · Story 3
What did we actually send?
Submission morning. Five versions called FINAL, three people editing, and a portal that closes at noon.
The wrong way
11.58am
Something is uploaded. Nobody's sure which.
Noon
The portal receipt goes to Tom's inbox. The portal's own copy expires after 90 days.
Win the workWin the work: Contract award…
Contract award
The bid team moves on. The submission sits in a folder called BID_STUFF.
BuildBuild: Month eight…
Month eight
The client says we priced to include the access road. Kofi says we excluded it.
Month eight
Tom: It was FINAL3. Or FINAL_v2. One of the finals.
Nobody can find what was actually sent.
Eight months later, nobody could prove what we'd promised.
Find out what Tom should have doneTom's Lesson 3 · What did we actually send?, then the same story done the right way.