The problem: SMEs facing the administrative wall
An average tender document contains between 50 and 200 pages to analyze. Writing a proposal takes between 20 and 80 hours. For a 10-person SME, this is a considerable investment — especially with a 20-30% success rate.
Result: many SMEs give up or send insufficient quality responses for lack of time.
AI to analyze tender documents in minutes
In a few minutes, an AI tool can: extract evaluation criteria, identify key technical requirements, flag risk clauses, list required documents and calculate a Go/No-Go score.
What took a day of analysis now takes a few minutes.
Assisted generation of technical proposals
A tool like Maître AO uses the tender analysis and company profile to generate personalized sections, propose structures aligned with criteria and check response completeness.
The professional remains master of the final response: they adjust, enrich and validate each section.
The limits of AI (and why humans remain essential)
Field knowledge: only you know your company, teams and constraints. AI proposes, you decide.
Pricing strategy: costing depends on your real costs and commercial strategy.
Client relationship: debriefing, site visits and negotiations remain human interactions.
What the future holds
The next AI advances will concern: predictive analysis of success chances, intelligent monitoring, technical visual generation and continuous improvement through debriefings.
For SMEs, this is a major opportunity: AI levels the playing field against large companies.