# Bid capacity planner
Editable, unbranded working template. Version 1.0 — 13 September 2026.

## 1. Available capacity by week
Count committed hours, leave and existing bids before new pursuits.
| Person / role | Week starting | Available hours | Existing commitments | Remaining hours |
|---|---|---:|---:|---:|
| | | | | |

Remaining hours = available hours minus existing commitments. Check specialist bottlenecks separately; spare writing hours cannot replace legal or technical review.

## 2. Eligible opportunity queue
| Opportunity / lot / source URL | Mandatory gate: pass / fail / unknown | Deadline and timezone | Work packages / role | Hours by week | Evidence fit | Commercial risk | Decision / owner |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | | | | | | | |

Do not rank a failed mandatory gate into an approved bid. Unknown requires a named resolution task and a capped investigation budget. Evidence fit: strong / partial / unsupported, with source and supplier evidence—not a win probability.

## 3. Portfolio decision
- Selected opportunities and why:
- Capacity used by person and week:
- Unallocated contingency and reason:
- Declined / deferred opportunities and reasons:
- Conditions, owners and decision dates:
- Approver:
- Reassessment trigger (amendment, absence, new bid, deadline change):

## 4. Outcome review
- Estimated vs actual hours by role:
- Requirements discovered late:
- Which assumptions changed:
- Action for next planning round:

Illustrative arithmetic is explained in the linked guide. There is no universal bids-per-writer limit.