Plain answers, no jargon.

No. TenderAfrica prepares, guides and records. Every submission is performed by you (or, for assisted bids, by you with our expert present) on the portal itself, with your explicit approval logged. We never store portal passwords.

No. All intelligence — readiness scores, risk ranges, AI findings — is advisory decision support, is labelled as such, and never guarantees eligibility, shortlisting or award. Always check the tender documents and the procuring entity's rules.

Many sources (including NeST listings) do not publish a budget value. We never invent or estimate one silently. The field is named as missing so you can verify on the original notice.

Freshness measures when the record was last confirmed from its source. Fresh means verified within about 24 hours; stale means more than 72 hours — in that case verify against the original notice before relying on dates.

A recorded, respected decision not to pursue a tender, with a reason (margin, capacity, eligibility, risk, timing and so on). No-bid is a first-class outcome that keeps your pipeline honest and improves future recommendations.

Never. Revenue comes from subscriptions and fixed-fee professional services quoted before work starts. There is no commission, contingency or success fee on awards.

Yes. Client documents, bids and audit trails are scoped to your organization with role-based access. Third-party tender documents are stored privately for your use and are not publicly republished.

Go to Settings → Alerts. Each channel (in-app, email, SMS, WhatsApp) can be switched on independently, with per-category toggles, quiet hours and digest frequency.

Use the original notice link on the tender page to verify the source, then report it through support with the tender reference. Errors are corrected with an audit trail and the provenance model records what changed.

Every amount shows its ISO currency code (for example TZS or USD). Dates and deadlines display in East Africa Time (UTC+3) with a relative countdown.