From RFQ chaos to
governed decisions.
Calculate operational cost, implementation effort and pricing scenarios before go-live. So your contract logistics projects do not become loss-making operations after launch.
Consodes helps logistics service providers, contract logistics, solution design and business development teams move from incomplete RFQ data to structured operational assumptions, project cost calculations, pricing scenarios and proposal-ready outputs.
- 6 steps
- RFQ intake to proposal
- 3 scenarios
- Competitive · Balanced · SLA
- 100%
- Transparent audit trail
Contract logistics projects often lose margin before they go live.
Customer RFQs arrive incomplete, inconsistent and difficult to compare. Teams must estimate operational assumptions, labour, space, equipment, IT, implementation effort and hidden cost drivers under time pressure. If those assumptions are wrong during pricing, the operation may become unprofitable after go-live.
| Pain point | Business impact | Consodes response |
|---|---|---|
| Missing RFQ data | Weak operational assumptions before pricing. | Data-gap report and clarification questions. |
| Underestimated cost drivers | Labour, space, equipment and IT costs missed. | Structured resource model and project costing. |
| Unpriced implementation | Training, UAT, go-live and hypercare effort ignored. | One-time implementation cost calculation. |
| Inconsistent pricing | Similar projects priced differently by different teams. | Standardised assumption library with risk flags. |
| Hidden cost drivers | Discovered too late, after terms are committed. | Margin risk review before proposal submission. |
| No approval trail | Commercial teams lack visibility before submitting. | Governed workflow with clear audit trail. |
Built around the real workflow of logistics service providers.
Consodes standardises the tender analysis and project costing workflow, from raw RFQ intake to a proposal-ready package with visible assumptions, resources and cost drivers.
RFQ Data Intake
Consolidate customer files, questionnaires, SKU data, order profiles, SLA information, storage requirements and implementation scope in one structured workspace.
Data-Gap Report
Automatically highlight missing, inconsistent or high-risk information before project costing and commercial pricing begins.
Assumption Builder
Standardise how teams define storage, labour, equipment, productivity, peak volume, VAS, returns and implementation assumptions.
Resource Model
Translate operational volumes into labour hours, team structure, equipment requirements, space needs and operational capacity.
Project Costing
Calculate monthly operating costs and one-time implementation costs: labour, warehouse, equipment, IT, packaging, overhead, UAT, training, go-live and hypercare.
Pricing Scenarios
Create transparent pricing scenarios based on operational logic, resource requirements, implementation effort, overhead allocation and target margin.
Margin Risk Review
Identify unpriced cost drivers, ramp-up inefficiency, underestimated productivity assumptions and go-live risks before proposal submission.
Benchmark Comparison
Turn historical tenders, previous projects and actual performance data into reusable commercial intelligence.
Proposal Output
Produce consistent proposal content in your agreed format: scope, assumptions, cost logic, risks, exclusions and open questions.
A structured workflow from RFQ intake to project costing.
- 01
Upload RFQ Data
Customer RFQs, Excel files, PDFs, questionnaires, SKU masters, order profiles, SLA documents, storage requirements, VAS scope and historical benchmarks.
- 02
Review Data Quality
Missing fields, inconsistent volumes, unclear service levels, unrealistic assumptions and items requiring clarification are surfaced.
- 03
Build Operational Assumptions
Structured assumptions for storage profile, labour productivity, equipment, handling flows, peak factors, VAS, returns, implementation and ramp-up.
- 04
Calculate Project Cost
Labour, warehouse, equipment, IT, packaging, overhead, implementation, UAT, training, go-live and hypercare costs.
- 05
Compare Pricing Scenarios
Competitive, balanced and service-protection scenarios with visible cost drivers, margin impact and risk markers.
- 06
Export Proposal Content
Scope, assumptions, exclusions, open questions, implementation timeline, risk notes, pricing summary and commercial decision support.
“Consodes does not replace commercial judgement. It gives commercial, solution design, business development and operations teams a clearer basis for making better pricing decisions before go-live.”
For the teams who own the tender.
Logistics Service Providers
Win tenders with more reliable project costing, clearer operational assumptions and stronger margin protection. For 3PLs, fulfilment providers and warehouse operators.
Contract Logistics Teams
Design executable operations before go-live by connecting RFQ data with resource planning, implementation cost and pricing scenarios.
Solution Design Teams
Reduce dependency on individual memory and spreadsheets. Standardise assumptions, resource modelling and project cost calculation.
Business Development Teams
Respond faster to tenders with stronger pricing logic, clearer exclusions and proposal-ready outputs.
Commercial Directors
Improve pricing governance, approval visibility and margin protection before proposal submission.
Head of Solution Design · Tender / Bid Manager · Commercial Director · Business Development Director · Contract Logistics Director · General Manager · Operations Excellence · Logistics Engineering
Designed for logistics service providers and contract logistics workflows.
Once proven in contract logistics project costing, Consodes can extend into e-commerce fulfilment, warehouse automation, intralogistics and broader solution design workflows.
Not a generic proposal tool. A project costing engine.
Most proposal tools help teams write faster. Consodes helps logistics teams cost, structure and price operations more accurately, before they are launched.
Contract logistics-specific workflow
Designed around RFQ intake, operational assumptions, resource modelling, project costing and pricing governance.
Assumption governance
Every recommendation links back to a data input, assumption, benchmark or risk flag. No black-box final pricing.
Project cost visibility
Recurring operating costs and one-time implementation costs surfaced together before go-live.
Scenario-based pricing support
Competitive, balanced and service-protection scenarios, with visible cost drivers, not black-box final numbers.
Benchmark memory
A reusable library of previous RFQs, won/lost tenders, actual productivity, cost drivers and margin outcomes.
Margin & go-live readiness
Connect pricing decisions with future operational performance. Human-in-the-loop at every step.
Pricing built around your tender workflow.
SaaS subscription plus a one-time setup phase to configure benchmark data, pricing templates, proposal formats, project costing logic and internal approval workflows.
Professional
Mid-sized providers, tender, solution design & business development teams
- Multi-user workflow
- Project costing
- Pricing scenarios
- Benchmark comparison
- Custom templates
- Proposal output
- Approval support
Enterprise
Large 3PLs & multi-site enterprise contract logistics operations
- Private workspace
- Integrations
- Advanced benchmarking
- Approval workflow
- Governance dashboard
- Custom setup & training
Built for sensitive commercial, operational and pricing data.
Contract logistics tenders contain confidential customer, cost, resource, pricing and implementation information. Consodes is designed with private workspaces, data isolation and controlled access in mind.
- Private customer workspaces
- Clear data retention rules
- Role-based user access
- Human approval before commercial output
- No black-box final price automation
- Transparent assumptions, cost logic and audit trail
See Consodes work with a real RFQ-to-project-costing workflow.
The best way to understand Consodes is to compare your current manual spreadsheet process with a structured RFQ-to-solution-design-to-project-costing workflow, on a real or anonymised RFQ.
- Review raw RFQ data
- Identify missing operational & costing information
- Generate clarification questions
- Build operational assumptions
- Calculate resource requirements & project cost
- Create pricing scenarios & margin risk views
- Compare benchmarks
- Export proposal-ready content
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