Free tools for public procurement

Calculators for the questions that come with a deadline attached. No account, no email, nothing stored. Every rule they encode is cited so you can check it.

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Deadlines

Filing and payment clocks, counted properly, with weekends and statutory holidays handled.

United States

GAO protest deadline

When a bid protest is due, and the earlier date that keeps performance suspended while it is heard.

Canada

CITT bid challenge deadline

Ten working days to complain to the Tribunal, with federal statutory holidays excluded from the count.

United States and Canada

Prompt payment deadline

When a public buyer has to pay, and the earlier date by which they have to dispute the invoice.

Pricing

Build a rate and an estimate you can defend in a price volume.

United States

Wrap rate calculator

Turn a salary rate into a fully burdened hourly price, with each indirect pool applied in the right order.

United States and Canada

Labour cost-to-bid

Build a basis of estimate from categories, hours, and rates, and see the blended rate before fee.

Decisions

Work out whether a bid is winnable before committing the proposal time.

United States and Canada

Bid / no-bid scorecard

Score fit, mandatories, competition, and timing to reach a decision you can defend later.

United States and Canada

Evaluation score simulator

Model technical and price scoring to see what price, or what score, would actually win.

A note on the numbers

These tools compute dates and figures from published rules, and each one links the authority it encodes. They are not legal, tax, or accounting advice. Where a deadline or a price has consequences, confirm it against the source and the people responsible for the decision.