Partners

Strategic partnerships that
extend what BDS delivers

BDS works with best-in-class technology partners to give clients access to capabilities that go beyond advisory — from AI-powered proposal automation to intelligent tender discovery.

Pentimenti

Pentimenti is an AI-native proposal automation platform that reads your tenders, learns your way of working, and writes proposals the way your best people would. It automates up to 85% of proposal content while ensuring compliance and quality.

Michael Steffens serves as Business Development Director at Pentimenti, bringing 30+ years of bid leadership directly into the platform's commercial approach. BDS clients benefit from direct access to Pentimenti — both as a platform and through the Proposal as a Service offering.

The partnership: BDS provides the strategy, methodology, and client advisory. Pentimenti provides the AI engine that makes large-scale proposal production possible.

What Pentimenti delivers
Reads and analyses any tender document automatically
Drafts compliant responses matched to evaluation criteria
Learns your company voice, methodology, and past submissions
Automates up to 85% of proposal content
Flags compliance gaps before submission
Scales bid capacity without adding headcount
What TenderScout delivers
Monitors public procurement across Europe and beyond
Identifies relevant tenders matched to your company profile
Tracks competitor bidding patterns and win rates
Analyses historical procurement data to inform bid strategy
Alerts you to new opportunities before competitors see them
Provides market intelligence to sharpen your positioning

TenderScout

TenderScout is a leading tender intelligence platform that helps B2B companies find, track, and win public procurement contracts. By aggregating procurement data from across Europe, TenderScout gives companies a significant advantage in identifying the right opportunities at the right time.

The partnership with BDS brings together two critical capabilities: TenderScout helps you find the tenders worth pursuing, and BDS helps you win them. Together, they cover the full opportunity lifecycle — from market scanning to signed contract.

The partnership: TenderScout provides the market intelligence and opportunity identification. BDS provides the capture strategy and proposal expertise to convert opportunities into wins.

Find it. Win it. Deliver it.

BDS and its partners cover the complete bid lifecycle — from identifying the right opportunities to submitting winning proposals.

TenderScout
Find
Market scanning, opportunity identification, and competitor intelligence across European procurement.
BDS Advisory
Win
Capture strategy, bid qualification, win theme development, and must-win support.
Pentimenti
Produce
AI-powered proposal production — compliant, high-quality, at scale.

Want to talk about how these partnerships can work for you?

Book a free 30-minute call with Michael Steffens.