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Bid Companion Search Mode

With Search Mode in the Bid Companion, you can quickly retrieve past knowledge and text fragments without leaving the platform. This feature lets you search directly within your previous proposals, so you can work faster and reuse existing knowledge efficiently.

Purpose of Search Mode

Bid teams often spend a lot of time looking for text that’s already been written — a well-crafted project example, a policy description, or a winning paragraph from an earlier proposal.

Search Mode makes this information instantly accessible within the same workspace where you’re already working.

With one click, you can switch to Search Mode and search through all past proposals stored in the Bid Companion.
There’s no need to switch between tools, emails, or text documents.

What You Can Do with It

Search Within Previous Proposals

  1. Click “Search.”

  2. Enter a search term, for example “safety policy” or “risk management approach.”

🔍 Search – Find the insights you need in proposals, projects, and company data.

The Bid Companion will display the most relevant paragraphs from previous proposals, including an explanation of why each result is relevant.

 

Reusing Knowledge

The results show the source of each text so you can assess which version fits best with your current tender.
This lets you reuse proven answers in a new context.

Staying in Your Workflow

You continue working within the same interface, no need to open separate windows or documents.
You can view, copy, or directly reuse the found text within the project you’re currently working on.

Search Results and Functionality

  • Results display the document title, a short explanation of why it’s relevant, and a fragment of the document.

  • Click the document title to open it.

  • Based on the results shown, you can also follow up with the AI — for example, asking it to summarize or adapt the found text.

Combining Search and Write Modes

Search Mode and Write Mode complement each other.
With Search Mode, you find existing content; with Write Mode, you can directly use or rewrite that content within the same environment.

For example:

“Use the policy document from 2020 that I just found to draft a first response for this criterion.”

This allows you to combine proven knowledge with new context — without copy-pasting or switching tools.

Good to Know

  • Search Mode only searches documents that have been marked as proposals.
    For more information on marking documents as proposals, click here.

  • Integration with Write Mode allows you to use search results directly as input for new text generation.
    Learn more in our article: Bid Companion Write Mode.