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Price to Win:
the discipline behind commercial wins

Most bids are lost on price not because the price was wrong, but because the company never figured out what the customer was willing to pay — or what the competition would offer. Price to Win is the methodology that fixes that.

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When to use it

For must-win bids where the price gap is small

Price to Win is a specialised commercial discipline that BDS deploys inside high-stakes pursuits — typically large public-sector contracts, regulated procurement, or competitive private-sector RFPs where 2–3% on price can be the difference between winning and losing.

It combines competitive intelligence, customer budget mapping, and statistical price modelling into a structured method that produces a defensible commercial position — not a guess.

Often used together with Must-Win Support and integrated with TenderScout historical award data.

Six disciplines
1
Competitive Intelligence
Who is bidding, what they have won at what price, where they are vulnerable.
2
Customer Budget Mapping
What the customer can pay, wants to pay, and where political pressure sits.
3
Win-Price Modelling
Statistical model of the most likely winning price.
4
Risk-Adjusted Pricing
Margin built in for delivery, contractual, and currency risk.
5
Negotiation Positioning
A price designed with somewhere to go in BAFO — and somewhere not to go.
6
Win/Loss Calibration
Each bid feeds back into the model. Pricing accuracy compounds over time.
Where it pays off

When BDS deploys Price to Win

Not every bid justifies the rigor — Price to Win is reserved for pursuits where the stakes match the investment.

Public-sector contracts > 50 mio. DKK
Multi-year framework agreements
Competitive RFPs with known repeat competitors
BAFO / negotiated procurement processes

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