# Bidcraft

> Make every bid count. Bidcraft is a browser-based AI tender and proposal workspace that brings requirements, evidence, compliance review, and version history together.

## Product
- [Workspace](/): Create tender workspaces, compare requirements and proposal responses, review compliance flags, save snapshots, and export Markdown proposals.
- [About and guidance](/about): Workflow, local storage, offline behaviour, sample data, and the limits of AI review.
- [Extended product context](/llms-full.txt): Supported workflows and factual boundaries for AI readers.

## Bid Anatomy
- The Bid Anatomy workspace tab visualises actual clause, evidence, and human review state using an interactive SVG inspection bench.
- Human approvals are local browser records, separate from AI alignment and confidence. Missing responses, unavailable evidence, and unresolved flags block approval.
- Editing response text or evidence links clears the previous review. Review decisions create version snapshots.

## Brand
- Name: Bidcraft (one word; capital B in prose, lowercase wordmark).
- Tagline: Make every bid count.
- Logo: A folded-document B in ivory and chartreuse, with teal inner surfaces on a dark rounded tile.
- [Original logo](/brand/bidcraft-icon-original.png)
- [Optimized logo](/brand/bidcraft-icon.webp)
- [Social preview](/brand/social-card.png)

## Accuracy and data
- Included tenders, proposal wording, and corporate evidence are demonstration data, not verified claims about the user’s organisation.
- Proposals and version history persist in local browser storage. There is no account-based or cross-device synchronisation in this version.
- AI drafting, OCR, and audits require server-side Gemini configuration and an online connection. AI failure must not be described as a successful audit or extraction.
- Local text similarity search is available without an AI key. Similarity scores are retrieval aids, not proof of compliance.
- Generated drafts and compliance reviews require human validation against original tender documents and current corporate evidence.
- Public product information does not disclose any user’s locally saved tender data.

## South African tender discovery
- [Find South African tenders](/tenders): Search National Treasury's advertised tender notices by keyword, province, buyer, category, procurement type, closing window, publication window and briefing requirement. Filters have shareable URLs.
- Source records are public Treasury data, separate from the workspace's demonstration tenders. Coverage is incomplete and source endpoints can change. Freshness, unavailable values and timestamp conflicts are shown; original documents govern submission requirements.
- Users can save notices in this browser and create a blank bid workspace with source attribution, ZAR and SAST metadata. Re-import opens an existing bid rather than overwriting it.
- Saved notices and recent successful search pages are browser-local copies without cross-device sync or downloaded attachments. Failed source refreshes must not be described as fresh, successful searches.
- Tender discovery does not require a paid tender API or Gemini configuration. AI drafting, audits and OCR still require the server-side Gemini key.

## South African market defaults
- The primary market is South Africa. The interface uses South African English (en-ZA), rand (ZAR), and South African Standard Time (SAST, UTC+02:00). Source currencies and saved proposal content are preserved. VAT is not added automatically.
- Starter workspaces are clearly labelled fictional South African demonstrations. Existing drafts are not rewritten; older users can add the new examples without replacing their work.
- [South African bidding guide](/about#sa-bidding-guide) links to official CSD, SARS and the dtic guidance. CSD, tax status, B-BBEE evidence, preference goals, bid forms, CIDB and COIDA requirements depend on the actual bid documents. Bidcraft does not verify registrations or calculate preference points.
- AI features process supplied documents through the server and Gemini. Users must assess their POPIA obligations; the app makes no guarantee of POPIA compliance or South-African-only processing.