Tender question preparation: scope & boundaries
Define the outcome before requesting a price. Start with tender documents and a query register and plan draft clarification questions with page references.
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The project in view
- Start with
- tender documents and a query register.
- Proposed result
- draft clarification questions with page references.
- A decision to resolve
- gaps that cannot be resolved from the documents.
This is a planning example. It does not describe a completed client engagement.
Scope & boundaries for this project
- Define the task, allowed knowledge sources and tools. Specify when the agent must stop and ask a person.
- Use “draft clarification questions with page references” as the proposed deliverable; confirm what is included in that description.
- Resolve this boundary early: gaps that cannot be resolved from the documents.
Questions to answer together
- Who uses the result, and what decision does it support?
- Which part of the current process is included?
- Which exceptions and adjacent tasks are excluded?
What to have at the end
A bounded scope with an owner, an intended result and explicit exclusions.
Record the decision on gaps that cannot be resolved from the documents alongside the source material. If it is still unresolved, identify who can answer it and what work depends on the answer.
Prepare your enquiry
Use this as a starting point. Add your current process, available examples and constraints before sharing.
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