Uploading your ITT, what happens next

When you upload an ITT (Invitation to Tender), the workspace runs a sequence of processing steps before you start drafting. The whole pipeline typically completes in 90 seconds to 3 minutes depending on document length.

The processing pipeline

1. 1
   Upload

   PDF, Word, or ZIP (for multi-document ITTs). Files up to 200MB.
2. 2
   Reading

   Document is parsed, text extracted from PDFs (including scanned PDFs via OCR), Word structure preserved.
3. 3
   Extracting

   Tender metadata identified, buyer, reference number, deadline, value, submission method.
4. 4
   Detecting

   Contract form detected (NEC3/4, FIDIC, JCT, etc.) and the relevant compliance report initialised.
5. 5
   Compliance scan

   Mandatory criteria, Z-clauses, X-clauses, key obligations, risk flags.
6. 6
   Matching

   Questions extracted and matched against your vault for draft pre-population.
7. 7
   Ready

   Workspace opens with questions in left navigator, draft editor in centre, AI assistant on right.

If questions are missed

Sometimes the parser misses questions, particularly in unusually formatted ITTs. Open the Bid Structure Navigator on the left, click Add question, paste the question text and word limit, and the workspace adds it to your response and pre-populates a draft from your vault.