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Tender alerts at AI speed: minutes, not next-morning digests

Almost every tender alert service in Australia runs on the same mechanism: a daily email digest. A tender published at 9:15 this morning reaches your inbox tomorrow at 9:00 — up to 24 hours after your fastest competitor saw it. AskTender closes that gap to minutes.

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The digest problem

Daily digests were a sensible design in 2005. Today they mean every subscriber to every legacy service sees the same tender at the same time — the morning after it opened. Site briefings book out, clarification windows shrink, and the response clock has been running for a day before you've read the title. On short-close tenders, the digest delay can be the difference between bidding and not.

How AskTender alerts work

AskTender watches all 8 Australian government jurisdictions we ingest continuously and makes new tenders available to your AI within 15 minutes of publishing. Ask ChatGPT or Claude 'anything new in my industry today?' whenever you like, or set up a scheduled AI check-in that summarises new matches each morning — built on data that's minutes old, not yesterday's batch.

Coverage that matches the speed

Speed only matters if the feed is complete. AskTender merges AusTender and every state and territory portal — buy.nsw, Buying for Victoria, QTenders, Tenders WA, Tasmanian Tenders, NT Quotations & Tenders Online and Tenders ACT, deduplicated with attribution to the original listing.

What a day's head start is worth

A day earlier means first pick of site briefing slots, a full extra day of estimating on tight closes, earlier clarification questions (asked before the queue forms), and bid/no-bid decisions made while options are still open. Across a year of bidding, the compounding advantage is substantial — and it costs less than most digest subscriptions.

Ask your AI things like

Your AI assistant
Anything new in my industry across all states today?
Watch for civil works tenders in QLD and summarise new ones each morning
Which tenders published this week close within 14 days?
Alert me to any tender mentioning 'panel refresh' in my categories

How it works

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Add AskTender to ChatGPT or Claude

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Ask for tenders in plain English

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Frequently asked questions

How fast are AskTender alerts really?+

New tenders are typically available to your AI within 15 minutes of publication on the source portal. Legacy services batch matched tenders into next-morning email digests — up to 24 hours later.

Do I get emails?+

AskTender delivers into your AI rather than your inbox. Ask on demand, or set a scheduled AI check-in for a morning summary — same ritual as a digest email, but built on live data and interactive: you can immediately ask follow-up questions.

Which portals are covered?+

All 8 Australian government jurisdictions we ingest — AusTender plus every state and territory portal —, merged and deduplicated into one feed.

What does it cost?+

$299/month + GST flat, with your first 25 requests free and no credit card to start. Setup takes under 15 minutes.

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