DeskOS

The tender you never saw is the one somebody else won.

DeskOS reads 13 public tender sources every morning (the World Bank, UN agencies, UNDP, EBRD, the EU's TED and national portals on four continents) and puts what is open in the regions you choose on one calm desk, beside the ten calculators your trade otherwise does by hand at midnight. For tender firms, clearing agents and safari operators. Free, no card.

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Tender and donor ESG firms

You find the notice four days before it closes. The weekend goes, the team is tired, and the proposal shows it.

With DeskOS: The notice is on your desk the morning it is published, and ten minutes with the scorecard tells you whether it deserves your best people.

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Clearing agents, forwarders and IP practices

The quote was right. Then the container sat two days longer, the duty came out different, and the margin was gone.

With DeskOS: Landed cost and demurrage worked out in the right order, with the formula on screen, before the quote leaves.

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DMCs and safari operators

Full vehicles, happy guests, and somehow no profit once commission, park fees and the exchange rate took their share.

With DeskOS: Margin grossed up for commission, fees and a currency buffer counted, priced for 2, 4 and 6 travellers.

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Tender alerts find the work. DeskOS helps you win it.

Most small firms do not lose because they missed the notice. They lose on paperwork, on the technical score, or on a price they set without knowing what wins. Here is how DeskOS compares with the two services our customers mention most.

DeskOSJorpexDevex Pro Funding
PriceFree desk $0 · Pro $19 a month · Bid Desk $69 a month$49 or $149 a month (35% less paid yearly)$99 a month billed yearly, or $189 monthly
Open tenders every morningYes: 13 public sources, free for one regionYes: realtime alerts and AI summariesYes: funding and tenders from 850+ sources, with news and analysis
Who won, at what price, against how many biddersYes: Award Radar, every World Bank award notice in 18 countriesNot listedA contract award and shortlist database is listed
Why other bids were set aside (published reasons)Yes, by country and sectorNot listedNot listed
Price range of the evaluated bidsYes, on Pro and in every memoNot listedNot listed
Cost to bid on the notice (bid security, fee)Yes where the portal publishes it (Kenya PPIP today)Not listedNot listed
Reserved tenders (Kenya AGPO)Yes: type AGPO in your keywordsNot listedNot listed
Subcontract radar: foreign firms that just won in your countryYesNot listedNot listed
A person checks your bid pack before you submitBid Check $39, one a month inside Bid DeskNot listedNot listed
A person writes your bid / no-bid memo$29, one a month inside Bid DeskNot listedNot listed
Free to startYes, no card, no time limit14-day trial5-day trial

Their prices and features as listed on their own pricing pages on 5 November 2026 (Jorpex pricing, Devex Pro Funding pricing). "Not listed" means their public plan pages do not list it. If that changes, tell us and we correct this table the same day. Full comparison.

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Free for anyone, no sign-up

Take what helps. If DeskOS earns a place in your week, you will come back for the rest.

Open tenders, by country

Open tenders from 13 public sources for 217 countries and territories, read once a day. No sign-up.

The Monday tender email

One email a week with the open notices for your country. Confirm once, leave with one click.

Bid / No-Bid Scorecard (Excel)

Twelve honest questions that tell you whether a tender deserves your best people.

Tender readiness checklist

What to have ready before the notice you want appears.

Landed cost cheat sheet

Duty, VAT, demurrage: the order of the sums, so no cost ambushes your margin.

Safari quote margin cheat sheet

Commission, park fees, levies and currency: price a trip so the profit survives it.

30 working calculators

Ten for each trade, in the browser and in Excel, with the formula beside every result.

Three desks

Customs, freight and IP desk

For clearing agents, freight forwarders, bonded warehouses and trademark practices.

No automatic feed yet

Calculators include landed duty and VAT, demurrage exposure, opposition deadline countdowns.

There is no automatic feed for this desk yet. Log customs notices, tariff changes or gazette items you come across, and your own AI key can score them against your assets.

DMC and safari trade desk

For destination management companies, safari outfitters and inbound tour operators.

No automatic feed yet

Calculators include margin after operator commission, charter seat cost and payload, park fee and levy totals.

There is no automatic feed for this desk yet. Log partner enquiries and trade leads you receive, and your own AI key can score them against your products.

Tender and donor ESG desk

For engineering, environmental and social, and donor advisory firms.

Daily feed from 13 sources

Calculators include bill of quantities stress tests, QCBS score simulation, liquidated damages exposure.

Open tenders from 13 public sources (World Bank, UN agencies, UNDP, EBRD, the EU's TED, and national portals in the UK, South Africa, Kenya, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and Colombia), read once a day. The free desk follows one region, your own country first; Pro follows the regions and sources you choose. Contract awards are left out.

When you want more than a tool

Pro is self-serve. Bid Desk, the memo and the setup call are done by a person, inside the time we state.

Free desk $0

Start here. Most firms should.

  • Ten working calculators for your trade, in the browser and as an Excel workbook
  • A signals list you fill yourself (up to 25 kept)
  • Score signals with your own Gemini, Groq or OpenRouter key, 10 at a time
  • Tender desk: open tenders from all 13 sources for one region, your own country first, up to 10 new a day
  • Award Radar: who won public contracts in your country in the last 30 days, at what price, against how many bidders

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DeskOS Pro $19 a month

Stop pricing blind. See who won, at what price, before you set yours.

For: Small consulting firms and suppliers that bid on public and donor-funded work and want award prices, more regions and a daily email.

  • Everything in the free desk, with up to 200 signals kept
  • Tender desk: every region you choose, the sources you choose and your keywords, up to 40 new a day
  • Award Radar for 18 countries and a full year: sector search, the price range of the evaluated bids, and the subcontract radar (foreign firms that just won in your country)
  • Cost to bid on the notice where the portal publishes it (bid security, fee), and Kenya's AGPO reserved tenders as a keyword
  • The Tender Readiness Pack included: compliance matrix, submission planner, key-expert CV template, technical proposal skeleton
  • Automatic daily scoring of new signals with your own AI key
  • A daily email when new matching notices arrive
  • CSV export of your signals

When: At once: your desk upgrades the moment Whop confirms payment.

Our promise: Cancel in Whop at any time; you drop back to the free desk at the end of the month you paid for.

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Bid Desk $69 a month

A second pair of experienced eyes on every bid that matters, for less than one lost bid security.

Founding offer for the first 5 firms: $49 a month for as long as you stay, with code BIDDESK49 at checkout.

For: Small engineering, environmental and social, and advisory firms and suppliers that bid on public and donor-funded work.

  • DeskOS Pro included for as long as Bid Desk runs (Award Radar, the Pack, every region)
  • One Bid / No-Bid Memo a month on the tender you choose ($29 on its own)
  • One Bid Check a month: a person checks your bid pack before you submit ($39 on its own)
  • The subcontract radar for your countries: foreign firms that just won and will need local partners
  • A monthly win/loss report for your sector and countries: who won, at what prices, and why other bids fell

When: Intake form at once; your first report within 5 working days; each memo within 3 and each Bid Check within 2 working days of a complete request.

Our promise: If the first month is not useful to you, say so before the second payment and we refund the first month.

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Bid / No-Bid Memo $29 once

One tender, one clear answer. Decide before the deadline decides for you.

For: Any firm looking at one tender and unsure whether it is worth the effort.

  • A written memo (1 to 2 pages) on one tender you send us: any public or donor-funded tender with documents
  • What the client really asks for, in plain words
  • Eligibility and qualification check against what you tell us about your firm
  • How proposals will be scored, the effort it will take, the risks, and a clear bid / no-bid with reasons
  • What similar contracts in that country went for, and how many firms bid, from the award notices

When: Within 3 working days of a complete intake form.

Our promise: If the memo arrives late, you get your money back and keep the memo.

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Bid Check $39 once

Find the missing signature before the evaluation committee does.

For: Any firm about to submit a bid or proposal for a public or donor-funded tender.

  • A person reads your bid pack against the tender's own instructions and data sheet
  • Completeness and eligibility: every form, certificate, power of attorney and signature the tender asks for
  • Bid security and validity: amount, wording, issuer and dates against what the tender requires
  • Key-expert CVs against the funder's format and the terms of reference, and the methodology against what will be scored
  • A written list of what to fix, most serious first

When: Within 2 working days of a complete intake form (send it at least 3 working days before the deadline).

Our promise: If the list arrives late, you get your money back and keep the list.

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Desk Setup $39 once

Forty-five minutes, and your desk works the way your firm works.

For: Firms that want DeskOS running properly from day one without reading a guide.

  • A 45-minute video or WhatsApp call at a time you choose
  • Your desk, keywords, assets and AI key set up with you
  • The calculators and Excel workbook walked through with your own numbers
  • A written summary of what we set and what to do next

When: Call within 5 working days of your intake form.

Our promise: If the call does not happen within 5 working days for reasons on our side, you get your money back.

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Tender Readiness Pack $9 once

The four documents that stop the 2 a.m. scramble before a submission.

For: Anyone preparing a proposal for a public or donor-funded tender.

  • Compliance matrix workbook: every requirement, owner and status in one place
  • Submission planner: works backwards from your deadline, with a clarifications log
  • Key expert CV template with an adequacy-for-the-assignment table
  • Technical proposal skeleton with prompts for every section

When: Download links by email the moment Whop confirms payment.

Our promise: If a file does not open, reply and we send it again or refund you.

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What is real here

Calculators: real formulas, shown next to each result. They are estimates; check your own rates and rules.

Feeds: only the tender desk has one: open notices from 13 public sources, each linked to its original page (the full list, and what is not covered yet). The customs and safari desks have no automatic feed yet; you log your own items.

AI: DeskOS has no model of its own. Scoring only happens if you add your own Gemini, Groq or OpenRouter key, and it uses that key.

People: DeskOS is made by Courage Garikai at Jacaranda Labs in Harare. Every reply to a DeskOS email is read and answered by a person.