Answer the mega RFP
A 600-question RFP answered in full, in 12 languages, with every answer traced to an approved source.
- Agents
- 72
- on the default fleet
- Starts
- 7:30 AM
- Done by
- 11:44 AM
- 16 minutes to spare
- Elapsed
- 4 h 14 min
- from the ask to the last approval
The ask, as sent to Sol
Sol, the 600-question RFP landed overnight. I want a complete answer, sourced and in all 12 languages, ready for review before lunch.
Before
A 600-question RFP takes 5 weeks and 40 subject experts.
- 40 subject experts pulled off their own work
- 5 weeks, most of it spent chasing answers
- Translations drift, and answers from the last RFP are pasted in unverified
With Solstice
A complete sourced response in 12 languages, with every answer traced to an approved source.
4 hours 14 minutes. 72 agents. 3 approvers.
The morning
IllustrativeSimulated time. Each line is one step of the mission as it would run on the default fleet.
Sol
Sol sorts 600 questions into 9 subject areas and assigns 72 agents.
Commercial
Commercial agents read the RFP, 14 annexes and 3 years of approved answers.
Commercial
412 questions answered from approved sources. 188 routed to specialist agents.
Security and compliance
Security and compliance agents complete the 140-question annex.
Legal
Legal agents mark 27 requested terms against the contract playbook and draft positions.
Commercial
The response is produced in 12 languages with one shared glossary and identical figures.
Review
Review agents check every answer against its source and flag 31 as unsupported. 9 go to subject experts.
Mission complete
CRO, General Counsel and CISO approve. The clock stops 16 minutes before lunchtime.
Lunchtime
16 minutes to spare
The agent team
Illustrative72
72 agents on the default fleet, by function.
- Commercial24
- Legal10
- Security and compliance12
- IT8
- Finance6
- Review12
Named approvers
Every deliverable waits for a person with the authority to decide. Roles are illustrative.
- Chief Revenue Officer
- Approves: The response and the commercial schedule
- General Counsel
- Approves: Positions on contract terms
- Chief Information Security Officer
- Approves: The security and compliance annex
Deliverables
3 approvers, each with the authority to decide.
- Answers to all 600 questions
- A source trace from every answer to an approved document
- The full response in 12 languages with one glossary
- The security and compliance annex
- Positions on the buyer's requested contract terms
- A list of questions with no approved answer, for subject experts
The same mission, two ways.
Illustrative- Traditional estimate
- 5 weeks, 40 subject experts.
- Solstice
- 4 hours 14 minutes. 72 agents. 3 approvers.
Illustrative. Simulated time.