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title: "Consulting tenders: concept and method with Ziva"
description: "Ziva checks references and team against eligibility, drafts the analysis concept and method from your past bids and fills in the buyer’s forms."
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last-updated: 2026-11-13
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# Consulting mandates: references and team checked. Your point of view stays yours.

Ziva maps every rule on references and key people, prepares the forms and drafts questions on unclear points.

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## The tender on this page

- SIMAP 47119: [(26189) 704 Prozess- und Organisationsanalyse öAV / ALK](https://www.simap.ch/de/project-detail/02bdd57c-b4ac-46da-bd43-95df012a24fb)
- Buyer: Staatssekretariat für Wirtschaft SECO
- Procedure: Offenes Verfahren
- Offers due: 21 December 2026, 23:59
- Public tender, worked by a fictional sample company. Nothing was submitted. Sample company: Seeland Organisationsberatung AG (fictional).

## Less partner time per bid, more weight on the method

### References and key people, each with its own minimum

Miss one detail and the bid is excluded. Ziva lists every rule with ID, wording, minimum, proof and source.

Screenshot: Matrix for references and key people in Ziva: every SECO rule with ID, criterion, wording and minimum.

### The reference form asks for more than it shows

Ziva lists every entry the form asks for and where the duty comes from. Open fields stay yellow.

Screenshot: The “Formular Anhang 5” sheet in Ziva: every entry of the reference form, whether it is in the original and where the duty comes from.

### Catalogue, form and specification do not agree

Ziva numbers every unclear point, cites annex and section and drafts the forum question before 19 November.

Screenshot: The “Unklarheiten” sheet in Ziva: numbered unclear points in the SECO file with source and a draft question for the SIMAP forum.

## One SECO consulting mandate, from criteria to forms

From the buyer’s notice.

- 50%: analysis concept and method
- 30%: price
- 10%: presentation

1. **Key people** (Ziva and you): What lead, deputy and team must meet. You choose the people.
2. **Matrix** (Ziva): Which reference and CV covers which requirement, with sources.
3. **Reference form** (Ziva and you): The reference form as a sheet, open fields in yellow.
4. **Open points** (Ziva and you): Every unclear point with source and question. You decide.

## What the buyer receives from you

- **Analysis concept and method** (docx): Backed by your earlier mandates
- **Team and CVs** (docx): As eligibility requires
- **References** (docx): In the buyer’s form
- **Price offer** (xlsx): Structure checked, day rates from you
- **Presentation draft** (pptx): Drawn from concept and method

## Managed option: Zelius

**Prefer we run the bid?** Our team writes reference sheets, forms and the draft concept and method. You bring the point of view, set the day rates and sign.

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## Frequently asked questions

### Will the bid sound like our firm?

Ziva writes from your earlier bids and method papers, in your terms. Your partners decide.

### Can we reuse references and CVs?

Yes. Ziva picks the fitting ones from your Library for each tender.

### Does Ziva help with call-offs under framework agreements?

Yes. Ziva drafts from what you already submitted under the framework.

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