Building
BidAstra
AI-Powered Tender Management Platform
I helped defined the product strategy, shape the MVP, conduct user research, and design end to end experince as a product manager.
My Role :
Timeline :
Industry :
Founding Product manager
+ Product designer
7 months
AI SAAS
50+
5+
0 → 1
RESEARCH. OPPORTUNITY
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Understanding users lead us to the right opportunity
Bid managers interviewed
“ We spend more time in finding/ sorting information than actually preparing a winning bid”
The opportunity
-Interviewee
Across infrastructure, government and manufacturing companies
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Information
overload
Tenders can contain 100+ pages and its hard to find and extract key pages
Fragmented workflow
Users switch between 5-7 tools just to complete one tender.
Time loss
Hours are lost in searching, organising and re-formatting document.
Build a single workspace that centralised information, automates extraction and enables smarter decisions.
VISION. ARCHITECTURE
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One workspace.
Every tender.
Powered by AI
Bidastra simplifies the complex tendering process and empowers teams to work smarter and win more.
Real time overview and key insights
Dashboard
Edit, Merge and compress PDFs
PDF suite
Store and organise all critical documents
Document Vault
Extract key insights from lengthy documents
AI parsing
Prepare verify and submit bids with confidence
Submission
Track every tender from discovery to submission
Tender management
Track usage and manage submissions
Credits & plans
AI based win probability and recomendations
Win prediction
BidAstra
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DASHBOARD
Command centre
for every tender.
A real time overview to track opportunities, deadlines and key actions.
key metrics at glance to track progress
KPI cards
Valuable tender movement across stages
Pipeline Funnel
Quickly assess bid readiness across compliance, documentation, and submission status.
Tracking
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MY ROLE
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Wearing multiple hats, driving product from 0 to MVP
Role -
Product manager
Product designer
Product strategy
Defined vision, roadmap and MVP scope
UX architecture
UX/ UI design
Design system
designed information architecture and flows
designed end- to- end product experience.
Built a scalable and consistent design system.
Developer collab
Worked closely with developers through the build.
User research
Conducted interviews and synthesized insights.
Feature prioritisation
Mapped pain points to high impact features.
MVP planning
Defined requirements and success metrics
TENDER MANAGEMENT
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Track every tender from discovery to submission
Filter, prioritise and manage tenders across every stage of the journey.
Find tenders quickly with advanced filters
Smart filters
Real time status across all tenders.
Status tracking
Everything you need in one place
Detailed view
AI PARSING-OUTPUT
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From 100+ pages to one actionable overview
Key tender meta data, deadlines, portal details and submission requirements in one place.
Tender Overview
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AI- extracted scope summarised into an easy to scan format.
Scope of work
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Eligibility requirements surfaced without manually searching through documents
Eligibility
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Bid amount, EMD, PBG and other commercial requirements brought together.
Commercials
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Deadline countdown, team assignment, required documents and submission status visible
Submission readiness
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WIN PREDICTION
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AI predicts your chance of winning
Data driven insights and recomendations to help you bid smarter.
Data driven insights and recomendations to help you bid smarter.
Upload your tender
Answer questions
AI analysis
Win prediction
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DOCUMENT VAULT + PDF SUITE
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All in one place.
Secure storage with smart organisation and built in PDF tools to work faster.
CREDITS AND USAGE
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Track usage,
Plan ahead
Stay on top of your credits and get the most of every plan.
TEAM WORKSPACE AND COLLABORATION
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Built for teams that win together.
Collaborate, assign, and track progress with complete visibility and accountability.
Manage roles and access based on responsibilities.
Team Members
Control who can view, edit and take action.
Roles and permission
Track every action across tenders and documents
Activity trail
Discuss, mention and tag documents seamlessly.
Collaborate in context
END-TO-END TENDER JOURNEY
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From discovery to winning the bid.
Simplifying every step of the tender process with AI
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What you get
What you get
What you get
What you get
What you get
What you get
What you get
What you get
AI Parse
Overview
Evaluate
Prepare
Submit
Track
Win
Upload tender documents (PDF) from any portal or email.
Secure upload
All file types supported
Auto parsing initiated
100+ pages read in seconds
Key data extraction
Structured by AI
AI reads 100+ pages in seconds and extracts key information
Get a scructured overview of scope, eligibility, commercials, deadlines and more.
Assess risks, compliance and requirements. AI helps highlight what matters most.
Organise documents, assign tasks and collaborate with your team.
Submit confidently before the deadline with complete readiness.
Track progress, status updates and action items in real time.
Analyse outcomes and improve your win rate consistency.
Team task assignment
Document organisation
Seamless collaboration
Deadline visibility
Submission checklist
Confident submission
Real time status update
Stagewise tracking
Complete visibility
Outcome
analysis
Performance insights
Continuous improvement
Risk and compliance insights
Missing actions highlighted
Actionable recomendations
Complete tender
summary
All key information in one place
Win probability
PRODUCT DECISIONS THAT MADE AN IMPACT
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Key product decisions. Real impact.
Every decision was made to solve real user problems and drive measureable outcomes.
Why interactive dashboards?
Bid- Mangers needed real time clarity across multiple bids
80% Faster overview of active bids
IMPACT
Why
AI parsing?
Manually reading 100+ pages was time consuming and error-prone
90% reduction in document review time
IMPACT
Why centralised documents?
Scattered docs led to version confusion and missed submission
100% Critical docs accessible in one place
IMPACT
Why
PDF tools?
Switching between multiple tools slowed down the flow.
70% less time spent on document tasks
IMPACT
Why action- based notifications?
Missing deadlines and updates was a major risk.
0 missed critical deadlines.
IMPACT
REFLECTION AND GROWTH
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What building BidAstra taught me
Product thinking
Learned to look beyond individual screens and think about complete workflow.
Balanced user goals, business needs and technical feasibility.
Focussed on outcomes not outputs.
Working as a PM
Moved from executing design requirements to helping define them.
Researched users, identified pain points and translated them into product requirements.
Prioritised features and collaborated with founders and engineers to drive ideas.
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Product Thinking
Worked on AI parsing and win prediction to simplify complexity.
AI is only beneficial when is makes information actionable and understandable.
Designed experiences that build trust, clarity and confidence.
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Wearing two hats
Balancing Product management with UI UX helped me see the big picture while caring about the details.
Stronger collaboration and faster decision making.
Constantly aligning user needs, business priorities and interface clarity.
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THE PROBLEM
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A fragmented workflow slows everyone down.
Bid managers juggle multiple tools, manually handle repetitive tasks, and still miss critical deadlines.
PDF
Tools
Threads
Shared
Folders
Government
portals
Manual
Tracking
Excel
Sheets