I Made a Free AI Tool That Plans Your PQQ Responses
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I Made a Free AI Tool That Plans Your PQQ Responses

If you've ever bid on a public sector contract, you know the PQQ drill. Someone sends you a Word document with 47 questions spread across 6 sections. Company info. Technical capability. Financial standing. Health & safety. References. Maybe something about modern slavery or carbon reporting because it's 2026 and everything has to check everything.

You have to:

  • Read every question
  • Figure out what category it falls under
  • Decide which ones are easy and which will take a week
  • Dig up the right evidence for each one
  • Track word limits

And you're doing this at 10pm because the submission deadline is Friday. I got tired of doing this manually, so I built a free tool that does it in one click.

What it does

PQQCheck takes any PQQ document - pasted raw, formatting and all - and runs it through an LLM that understands procurement documents. It returns:

  • Every question extracted - no more re-reading the document to check you didn't miss one
  • Category tags - Technical, Financial, H&S, Insurance, etc.
  • Difficulty ratings - Easy / Medium / Hard at a glance so you know where to start
  • Suggested evidence - what to prepare for each question
  • Word limits - pulled straight from the document

Here's what the output looks like:

Question Category Difficulty Suggested Evidence Limit
Provide your registered name & no Company Easy Certificate of Incorporation 50
Describe IT managed services exp Technical Hard 3 case studies + CVs 500
Provide H&S policy H&S Easy Current policy document -
ISO 27001 certification details Technical Medium Certificate + scope doc 200

Why this matters for procurement teams

Most PQQ response planning is reactive. You read the document, start answering, and discover mid-way that a question needs a certificate you don't have or a reference you can't get in time. PQQCheck flips that. You know before you start writing which questions are straightforward and which will need prep. You can assign work, chase evidence, and avoid the 11th-hour scramble.

The tech (it's boring on purpose)

  • Frontend: Single HTML file. No framework, no build step, no npm install. Open it and it works.
  • Backend: Cloudflare Worker calling Groq's llama-3.3-70b-versatile. Fast enough for real-time use.
  • BYOK: If the free tier runs out, paste your own Groq API key.
  • Self-host: Full Docker setup on GitHub. Deploy to your own infra in 5 minutes.

The entire tool is one HTML file. Not a React app. Not a Next.js project. One file that does one thing and does it reasonably well.

Try it

  • Live: tools.workswithagents.com/pqq
  • Source: github.com/vystartasv/agent-tools
  • YouTube demo: @WorksWithAgents

Drop any PQQ in the text area and hit Analyze. It works with real procurement documents - the messy, formatted, bullet-pointed kind. If it struggles, paste your own Groq free tier key and it'll handle longer documents.

What's next

I'm building a full suite of these - one free tool per procurement pain point. So far:

  • โœ… BidCheck - RFP compliance analysis
  • โœ… PQQCheck - PQQ response planner (this one)
  • โœ… BidMate - Bid/no-bid decisioning
  • โœ… ESGCheck - ESG requirements checker
  • โœ… PlainCheck - Readability score for responses
  • โœ… ScoreCheck - Bid scoring matrix
  • โœ… TimelineCheck - Tender timeline planner
  • โœ… ObligCheck - Contract obligations tracker
  • โœ… PriceCheck - Pricing analysis
  • โœ… RiskCheck - Risk assessment
  • โœ… WinThesis - Win theme builder
  • โœ… GrantCheck - Grant compliance

All free. No login required. No account needed. Open source. If you work in bids, proposals, or procurement - give it a try and let me know what's missing.

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