The work a firm has done before is the strongest signal of whether it should pursue and can win a bid, and a pursuit scored without that fit is a guess.
What fit to past performance measures
Pursuit fit measures how closely the project type, the size, the delivery method, and the owner match the firm's record. A strong match means the firm can write a credible proposal and is competitive on price and experience.
Why fit is easy to overstate
Under deadline a firm leans toward bidding what is in front of it, and the comparison to its real past performance is loose. Pursuing work that does not match the record wastes hours and weakens the proposal.
How an AI bid response agent scores fit
An AI bid response agent reads the solicitation and scores the pursuit against your past performance library on project type, size, delivery, and owner, so the fit is measured against the record rather than the deadline.
You can see the pursuit scored against your past performance library in our AI bid response agent demo for construction and infrastructure RFPs. It scores fit against your real record so the pursuit is measured, not assumed.