Guides for defence bid and capture teams
Buyer’s guides for choosing a tender tool, and practical how-tos for moving your saved tenders, pipeline and notes out of the one you use today.
Buyer’s guides
[ 04 GUIDES ]Shortlists with the trade-offs spelled out, including when we are not the right choice.
- 01Buyer’s guide
Best defence tender software
Six defence tender tools compared for European, UK and NATO suppliers: coverage, qualification, integrations, pricing and data export. Checked September 2026.
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Best tender software for defence SMEs
Tender tools for small defence and dual-use suppliers, ranked on price, contract terms, defence filtering and time to a bid decision. Checked September 2026.
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Best NATO tender monitoring tools
How to monitor NSPA and NCIA tenders: official NATO portals and the commercial tools that do and do not index NATO agencies. Checked September 2026.
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Best UK defence tender software
DCI, Tussell, Stotles, Tenderlake and Defense Explorer compared for UK defence suppliers, plus the free official route via Find a Tender. Checked September 2026.
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Export your data
[ 05 HOW-TOS ]How to get saved tenders, pipelines, notes and documents out of each tool, and what to do when there is no export button.
- 01How-to
Export data from Tendify
What you can export from Tendify, what is not documented, and how to use its 30-day post-termination export request before you cancel. Checked September 2026.
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Export data from Stotles
How to get notices, contacts and pipeline data out of Stotles: CRM sync, contact export, what is not documented, and the 45-day renewal notice. Checked September 2026.
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Export data from Tussell
How to export from Tussell: CSV downloads, the paid API, requesting saved search filters after termination, and the 364-day data licence. Checked September 2026.
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Export data from Tenderlake
How to export from Tenderlake: folder exports, the Contract Awards Report to Excel, PDF or CSV, the REST API, and what is not documented. Checked September 2026.
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Export data from DCI
How to get your data out of DCI: printing alert notices, the frameworks export, the top-plan API, and the 30-day cancellation notice. Checked September 2026.
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