About · independent tender advisory, Paris
Independent by design.
Senior by default.
An independent tender advisory and engineering office in Paris. Senior bid leadership, with more than 30 years of international experience, most of it on EPC, FEED and BOT / PPP tenders, behind every review.
Paris · working worldwide
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Most bids are reviewed by the people who wrote them.
Cover Intelligence gives contractors and utility groups an independent, senior read of their largest tenders, before the price is committed, while the offer can still change.
I Know You Know®. You already know where your bid is weak. We say it out loud, before the client does.
“Your tender remains your tender.”
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Independent
We sell no design, equipment or construction. Our only product is judgement.
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Senior
Reviews led at senior bid level. Specialists join only when the mission needs them.
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Cross-functional
Technical, commercial, contractual and financial views, together.
Independent means something specific.
What you get
A senior read, not a junior checklist
One written decision memo for the board
Findings ranked by margin impact
The same discipline on every bid
What you avoid
Vendor or equipment bias
Advice from the team that wrote the offer
IT integration or system access
Open-ended consulting hours
Engagement
Low friction.
High confidentiality.
Four rules that make it easy to say yes, and safe to share.
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Mutual NDA
A pre-drafted one-page NDA, signed before any document is shared.
Before any document
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Redacted data
Redacted models or public specifications are enough to start.
Need-to-know
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Zero IT
No system access, no installation, no network integration, no accounts to open.
No footprint
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Secure exchange
Controlled cloud environments, with access limited to the review.
Confidential
Your tender remains your tender.
Strict need-to-know handling, from the first call to the final memo.