Bid Business Rules

Why This Exists

This document defines business rules for the Bid Domain.

Owner

The owner is the Chief Product Officer and Enterprise Architect.

Business Value

Rules protect bid execution quality, accountability, approval discipline, and submission readiness.

Rule Catalogue

Rule ID	Area	Rule
BID-RULE-001	Workspace	A Tender Workspace must reference a TenderOpportunityId and OrganizationId.
BID-RULE-002	Opportunity boundary	Opportunity owns tender records, matching, and recommendations.
BID-RULE-003	Bid ownership	Bid owns workspace state, artefacts, approvals, and submission records.
BID-RULE-004	Compliance boundary	Compliance facts and readiness must be referenced, not overwritten.
BID-RULE-005	Organization boundary	Organization profile, capabilities, people, resources, and experience must be referenced from Organization.
BID-RULE-006	Intelligence boundary	AI output becomes Bid state only after accepted into workspace.
BID-RULE-007	Tasks	Bid tasks must have status and owner or queue.
BID-RULE-008	Proposal draft	Proposal sections must be versioned and reviewable.
BID-RULE-009	SBD forms	SBD forms must be validated before submission pack approval.
BID-RULE-010	Pricing	Pricing workbook must be reviewed before final submission.
BID-RULE-011	Submission	Final submission requires checklist completion and approval.
BID-RULE-012	Outcome	Bid outcome should be captured once known.
BID-RULE-013	Contract boundary	Awarded contract delivery belongs to Contract Domain.

Submission Rule

Bid may support electronic submission requests and manual submission packs. It must record submission support state and evidence, but actual external platform guarantees are implementation-specific.