Work out tender bid price instantly with clear inputs, formula shown and shareable results.
A tender price builds up from direct cost through overhead recovery and a risk allowance, then grosses up for margin. Grossing up is essential: adding an 8% margin to cost yields only 7.4% of the bid price, so bids priced that way systematically under-recover.
Fully loaded cost
Cost = Direct cost x (1 + Overhead %) x (1 + Risk %)
Bid price
Bid = Loaded cost / (1 - Target margin %)
From the specific risk register: price the exposures you have identified rather than applying a flat percentage, and disclose which ones are excluded.
Only with a clear, quantified reason — keeping a critical team intact, or a follow-on contract you can evidence. Otherwise it destroys value and resets the client's price expectation.