South Africa - Startup under 3 years old

Describe your project or startup in a few words

Only Tenders is a great tool for assisting in finding tenders and providing tools to help with applying for tenders. No need to have a cluttered email box, all your tender opportunities in one app and get notified quickly and act.

01.01 Describe your startup in more detail

Get notified on your smartphone as soon as tenders are published. Create and sign bidding documents in seconds. Your tender interests in one place, no more getting lost in emails. Simple and affordable. With a bit of machine learning, we are able to accurately let you know of the tender notices that match you and your businesses.

01.02 What is the main problem you are trying to solve?

We are trying to solve accessibility to procurement opportunities to make it easy and timely. Also to remove the intimidating element of tendering, our goal is to have the users submit their full applications in minutes.

01.03 Tell us the major benefits and/or advantages of using the product/service that your startup provides (at least 3).

1. We deliver push notification of any tender opportunity you match with within an hour of it being posted nationally. 2. We help you fill in compulsory bidding documents within a minute, this normally takes more than an hour per submission. 3. We are affordable with much more features than existing platforms that have major paywalls and limitations

01.04 Please describe who exactly your startup’s product/service is aimed at serving. Who are the targeted beneficiaries?

Our app is intended for people who are active in the procurement space, but is also good for showing a beginner just how many opportunities exist for them.

01.05 When was your company established?

2023-12-01

01.06 Are you already selling your product/service?

Yes

01.07 How many other owners are there within your startup?

2

01.08 Among the other owners, how many are female?

0

01.09 Please describe the profile of the other owners within your startup (skills, experience, etc.)

Tshepo Motaung - Marketing Robert Matsaneng - Software Developer 10 years experience developing mobile apps

01.10 If you have a website, a social media page (Facebook, Instagram, Linkedin…), or app, please provide the link(s) here:

https://www.onlytenders.co.za

01.11 Which industry best describes your project?

h) IT (digital services, equipment and software)

02.01.01 My startup contributes to the No poverty goal

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02.01.02 No poverty - Justification for my startup

Encouraging people to join the procurement space inspires them to start their own business and build them to a point where they a favourable in winning government contracts, so invariably promotes their growth and income which is key in moving away from poverty

02.02.01 My startup contributes to the Zero hunger goal

1 - Strongly Disagree

02.02.02 Zero hunger - Justification for my startup

I think if you fight against poverty, you also fight against hunger. Teach a man to fish and all…

02.03.01 My startup contributes to the Good health and well-being goal

1 - Strongly Disagree

02.03.02 Good health and well-being - Justification for my startup

02.04.01 My startup contributes to the Quality education goal

5

02.04.02 Quality education - Justification for my startup

Applying for government contracts requires one to learn and gain an understanding of various things, that plays hand in hand with education, it might not educate the current generation but the inspiration and experience may push them to highlight the importance of education to their children. So we may not reap this reward immediately but 30 years from now.

02.05.01 My startup contributes to the Gender equality goal

1 - Strongly Disagree

02.05.02 Gender equality - Justification for my startup

Almost 50% of our user base is female of all races. So the app further gives equal opportunity in that regard.

02.06.01 My startup contributes to the Clean water and sanitation goal

1 - Strongly Disagree

02.06.02 Clean water and sanitation - Justification for my startup

02.07.01 My startup contributes to the Affordable and clean energy goal

1 - Strongly Disagree

02.07.02 Affordable and clean energy - Justification for my startup

02.08.01 My startup contributes to the Decent work and economic growth

7 - Strongly Agree

02.08.02 Decent work and economic growth - Justification for my startup

People participating in the procurement space directly impacts work and economic growth, I think that’s self explanatory.

02.09.01 My startup contributes to the Industry innovation and infrastructure

7 - Strongly Agree

02.09.02 Industry innovation and infrastructure - Justification for my startup

Looking at the current platforms for people to access tenders and resources, this app itself is innovative

02.10.01 My startup contributes to the Reduced inequalities goal

7 - Strongly Agree

02.10.02 Reduced inequalities - Justification for my startup

The app eliminates the intimidating factor of procurement and provides resources to help people compete regardless of their gender and any other demographic.

02.11.01 My startup contributes to the Sustainable cities and communities goal

1 - Strongly Disagree

02.11.02 Sustainable cities and communities - Justification for my startup

02.12.01 My startup contributes to the Responsible consumption and production goal

1 - Strongly Disagree

02.12.02 Responsible consumption and production - Justification for my startup

02.13.01 My startup contributes to the Climate action goal

1 - Strongly Disagree

02.13.02 Climate action - Justification for my startup

02.14.01 My startup contributes to the Life below water goal

1 - Strongly Disagree

02.14.02 Life below water - Justification for my startup

02.15.01 My startup contributes to the Life on land goal

1 - Strongly Disagree

02.15.02 Life on land - Justification for my startup

02.16.01 My startup contributes to the Peace Justice and Strong Institutions goal

1 - Strongly Disagree

02.16.02 Peace Justice and Strong Institutions- Justification for my startup

02.17.01 My startup contributes to the Partnerships for the goal

1 - Strongly Disagree

02.17.02 Partnerships for the goal - Justification for my startup

06.01 There are a large number of customers who already use a product/service very similar to the product/service we envision creating.

1 - Strongly Disagree

06.02 The product/service represents an entirely new type of product/service.

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06.03 The product/service could be described as a new technology.

7 - Strongly Agree

06.04 The product/service is an improvement on an existing product or service.

7 - Strongly Agree

06.05 The product/service could be described as an extension of a range of products or services.

1 - Strongly Disagree

06.06 The product/service responds to a demand or need that has not been satisfied by other products/services.

7 - Strongly Agree

06.07 The product/service is a new version of an old product/service.

3

06.08 Justification for my startup

There are others who offer a tender alert service but they notify user via email and cost 10x as much. We are one of 2 other with an app but we are the only that use machine learning and ai to actually help users with relevant function in an innovative way. None of the others offer automatic document generating, our users generate perfect documents on the app and then print once. With the other solutions in the market, users still have to print a host of papers just to complete an application. Wasting paper

06.09 Competitive Analysis

There are others who offer a tender alert service but they notify user via email and cost 10x as much. We are one of 2 other with an app but we are the only that use machine learning and ai to actually help users with relevant function in an innovative way. None of the others offer automatic document generating, our users generate perfect documents on the app and then print once. With the other solutions in the market, users still have to print a host of papers just to complete an application.

11.05 Are you initiating actions within your community to promote the role of female entrepreneurs?