Tender Parking Protocol

Tender Parking Protocol

Owner: John (ALAI Holding) Updated: 2026-04-17 Decision: Alem, 2026-04-17 11:30 CEST

Policy

Tenders auto-ingested from TED/Mercell are NOT auto-worked. They are parked by default and selectively reactivated when:

1. Strategic fit — deadline ≥ 14 days, budget signal matches ALAI capacity, domain alignment (fintech / AI services / ICT consulting)
2. Capacity window — team has open slot AND no higher-priority client work
3. Explicit CEO trigger — Alem escalates a specific notice to "live" state

Tenders are never auto-closed — one of them will activate eventually.

State model

[TENDER] ingested (open, H priority)
    │
    ├─── Alem picks → resume → assign to Proxima/Lexicon → lead
    │
    └─── Capacity window expires → paused (parked)

Paused tenders retain all their metadata (TED link, Mercell URL, deadline, score). No information lost.

Bulk operations

# Park ALL open tenders in one pass
for id in $(node ~/system/tools/mc.js list --status open 2>&1 | grep -iE "\[TENDER\]" | grep -oE "^#[0-9]+" | tr -d '#'); do
  node ~/system/tools/mc.js pause $id --reason "Parkirano — tender-parking-protocol.md" --actor alem
done

# Count paused tenders
node ~/system/tools/mc.js list --status paused 2>&1 | grep -cE "\[TENDER\]"

# Reactivate a specific tender
node ~/system/tools/mc.js resume <id> --actor alem
node ~/system/tools/mc.js priority <id> H

Reactivation criteria (selection checklist)

When deciding which parked tender to resume:

• Deadline — at least 14 calendar days remaining
• Score — ≥ 80/100 from tender-hunter scoring
• Fit — matches ALAI services (AI development, ICT consulting, fintech, Next.js/Kotlin stack)
• Language — Norwegian/English (we cannot bid in Danish/Swedish without partner)
• Entity eligibility — ALAI Holding AS has required certifications (or we can partner)
• ROI estimate — potential contract value > 200k NOK (below that, proposal cost eats margin)

If 4+ ✓ → resume. If < 4 ✓ → leave parked or close permanently.

Historical snapshot — 2026-04-17 mass parking

54 [TENDER] tasks parked in one operation at 11:30 CEST. All entries carry notice IDs and TED/Mercell links in their description. Sample:

• #6872 Stavanger kommune — Notice 151037-2026
• #6992 Fiskeridirektoratet — ICT security (Safety consultancy)
• #7052 Oslo Kommune — ICT consultants framework
• #7055 Helse Sør-Øst RHF — Notice 163460-2026
• (full list: node ~/system/tools/mc.js list --status paused | grep "\[TENDER\]")

Ownership

• Tender-hunter bot — ingests, scores, files as [TENDER] tasks in MC
• Proxima — writes proposal content once tender is reactivated
• Lexicon — legal review (compliance, AML, terms)
• John — coordinates lead creation, drafts response

Related

• ~/system/docs/hive-activation-2026-04-17.md — event bus that feeds tender-hunter signals
• ~/system/docs/runbooks/pipeline-review.md (if exists) — weekly pipeline review ritual

Cross-links

• Tender intake code: ~/system/tools/tender-hunter.js (if exists — search via discover.js)
• Slack #exec channel — HOT TENDER alerts fire here daily

Change log

• 2026-04-17: initial protocol, 54 tenders parked.