Tasks help you keep track of what needs to be done in tender work. Cobrief can extract tasks from the procurement documents, and you can also create your own tasks for the team.
Find your tasks
Go to Tasks in the main menu to see tasks across the workspace. By default, My tasks opens, where you see tasks assigned to you.
If you want to see everything the team is working on, switch to All tasks in the sidebar.
Want to see deadlines together? Read how to use the calendar and export deadlines.
Filter and switch views
On the Tasks page, you can filter by:
Project
Assigned to
Status
Bid phase
Document type
You can also switch between List and Board. List gives you a compact overview, while Board lets you work by the statuses Not started, In progress, and Completed.
Tasks inside a tender
When you are viewing a tender, you will find its tasks under Tasks in the sidebar. Here you see the tasks that belong to that tender, together with status, assignee, and where the task came from.
Click a task to see more information, change status, add comments, or connect the task to a response in the bid room.
Why can I not assign a task?
Before the bid has been created, Cobrief shows task drafts extracted from the procurement documents. The drafts describe what needs to be delivered. They do not yet have fields for an assignee or due date.
You can continue in two ways:
Open Bid room. If you have access to the bid room, Cobrief creates the bid if it does not exist. You can then choose "Create first draft" to get help with the responses.
Click "New task" under Tasks if you want to create your own task first. Cobrief creates the bid before opening the task dialog. You do not need to generate a first draft.
Once the bid exists and extraction from the procurement documents is complete, the drafts become regular tasks. Open a task to choose an assignee and due date.
Creating the bid moves tenders from the inbox or evaluation phase to the work phase in Pipeline. A later phase is kept. If the tasks still do not become available, look for an error message. Contact support if you are stuck.
Why are the task and document counts different?
A task describes work to be done. A document is a response or file in the bid room. The counts do not need to match:
A task may have no documents because nobody has created the response yet.
A task may have several linked documents or files.
A document or file may be in the bid room without being linked to a task.
A fillable template may have many fields with their own statuses even though it exports as one file. Fields do not appear as separate tasks until someone is assigned to them.
The document count for the competition basis refers to the buyer's files. It is not the number of responses you need to submit.
Use tasks to track work and the document overview to check the deliverables. A count alone does not tell you whether a bid is complete. If the agent gives a different count, ask it to list the documents it is counting. Compare that list with the bid room overview.
Fields in fillable templates
When a Word or Excel template contains several text fields, you can set a separate status, assignee, and due date for each field inside the template.
Inside the tender, only the task for the full template is shown. Its progress indicator shows how many fields are complete without adding every field as a separate task row.
On the shared Tasks page, only template fields assigned to someone are shown. A field assigned to you appears as a separate row in the list and a separate card on the board under My tasks. Unassigned fields do not appear on the Tasks page. You can always find every field inside the template itself.
Comments and @mentions
Use the task's comment field to share an update or ask a question. Type @, then select a coworker to notify them about the comment. The mention appears under Activities and is sent by email if the person has enabled email notifications.
Does the discussion concern the whole tender? See how to use comments and follow activity on the tender.
Create a new task
Click "New task" if you want to add something the team needs to follow up manually. Give the task a clear title, choose an assignee, and connect it to the right tender or document when relevant.