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Answer Planner – Using Only the Client Documents
What does it do?
- Turns a completed answer plan into a fully written first draft ready for Pink Team review
- Expands structured bullets into fluent, confident bid-ready prose that evidences delivery, value, and control
- Embeds guided placeholders (e.g. ‹MISSING EVIDENCE›, ‹NEEDS INPUT›) only where SME input or proof is genuinely missing
- Writes in a future active voice, blending win themes naturally and showing clear evaluator focus throughout
When would I use it?
- In the Answer Planning stage — once the logic, structure, and key messages are agreed
- When you need a complete, reviewable draft to test tone, flow, and evidence before Red Team refinement
- For multi-author bids, where a unified writing style and structure are needed across sections
- When the goal is to show evaluators a response that already reads as near-final, not a rough outline
How to use it
- Provide the final question, answer plan, and any supporting documents or evidence
- The tool will:
- Map the plan directly to the question and scoring criteria
- Expand bullets into coherent paragraphs using the BASE logic (Benefit, Affinity, Solution, Evidence)
- Write in the future active tense, varying sentence openings and phrasing to avoid repetitive “We will…” constructions
- Integrate win themes naturally as proof points rather than slogans
- Embed guided placeholders where data or SME input is missing, giving clear instructions and source hints
- Keep paragraphs concise (under 120 words) and balanced across sections
- Cite sources in square brackets (e.g. [sourceName]) for traceability
- Outputs a Pink Team-ready draft with a confident opening, evidence-based body, and assured close
Top Tips for best results
- Keep the answer plan’s numbering intact — it’s vital for alignment and review comments
- Review guided placeholders early and brief SMEs on what’s needed to close gaps
- Vary sentence openings and rhythm — use result-first, action-first, and purpose-first phrasing for flow
- Check that every section clearly links to a client benefit, risk control, or measurable outcome
- Treat this draft as 70–80% complete content-wise but 100% structured and evaluable — ready for collaborative refinement, not rewriting