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The resourcing forecast

On the Enterprise plan, who your won and likely bids will need, when and where, against who is free on your bench.

The Resourcing page shows the people your bids will need, by quarter or by month, against the people on your bench, and where you need to recruit.

What it is

  • Demand comes from the roles each bid needs, which the build writes: the role, how many people, their skills, where they must be, onshore or offshore, and when in the contract they start.
  • Won bids count in full. Likely bids count as their headcount times their win probability: a bid's own, or else the default for its stage (submitted three in ten, vendor demo five in ten, won in full, the early stages low).
  • Supply is your bench: the people whose own title or skills carry the role's specific words (a Java developer counts for Java developers; a .NET developer does not, though both are developers) and who are free by the end of the period.
  • The gap is what is left, in a sentence such as "2026-Q4: 3 SAP functional consultants in the United Arab Emirates starting October, none on the bench." A role's gap is counted once, in the period the role starts (its own start when the bid's roles give one); the periods after show the role as Continuing. The nearest period comes first.
  • A bid with roles but no contract start is listed under Not in the forecast yet, never placed on a guessed month.

How to use it

  1. Open Resourcing.
  2. Choose By quarter or By month, and a team or All teams.
  3. Read Where you need people first, then each period's roles.
  4. Press Download CSV or Download Excel for the same figures.
  5. On a bid, open the Resourcing tab to see its roles and set its Duration (months) and Win probability. Set its contract start on Overview with Edit.
  6. Owners and the enterprise admin set the Win probability by stage at the foot of the page.

Good to know

  • No price, rate or margin is on this page, so HR sees it as it is.
  • HR, executives, the enterprise admin and owners see every team; a team director sees their own.
  • Ask Biddie "where do I need to recruit for Q4?" for the same answer in words. A quarter without a year means the next time it comes round, this one included (in November 2026, "Q4" is 2026-Q4 and "Q1" is 2027-Q1); "this quarter", "next quarter", "Q4 2027" and a year on its own work too.
  • A start that is only the buyer's estimate is not guaranteed and may change.

Common questions

Why is a bid missing from the forecast?

It has no contract start, no roles yet, or a win probability of nothing (lost, no-bid and archived bids count for nothing).

Read the forecast

See where you need people, by quarter or month, role and location.

Who can use it
HR, executives, team directors, the enterprise admin and owners.
Where it is
Resourcing: By quarter, By month, the teams
In
The web app, and the phone, tablet and desktop app

No clip for this one: Not filmed yet: the Enterprise plan arrived in November 2026.

What it does

See where you need people, by quarter or month, role and location.

Step by step

  1. Open Resourcing.
  2. Choose By quarter or By month.
  3. Choose a team, or All teams (on the web).
  4. Read Where you need people, then each period.

What you see

  • Where you need people: one sentence per gap.
  • Each period's roles with Needed, won and likely, on the bench, and To find or Covered.
  • Not in the forecast yet: bids with roles but no contract start.

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Set a bid's start, duration and probability

Put a bid in the forecast with when it starts, how long it runs and how likely it is.

Who can use it
Owners, writers and team directors.
Where it is
A bid: Overview, Edit (contract start); Resourcing (duration and win probability)
In
The web app only

No clip for this one: Not filmed yet: the Enterprise plan arrived in November 2026.

What it does

Put a bid in the forecast with when it starts, how long it runs and how likely it is.

Step by step

  1. Open the bid and press Edit on Overview.
  2. Type the Contract start and tick Only the buyer's estimate if that is all it is, then Save.
  3. Open the bid's Resourcing tab.
  4. Type the Duration (months) and, if you want one, the bid's own Win probability, then Save.

What you see

  • The roles the bid needs, each with how many people, where and when.
  • The bid's start and win probability, and whether the probability is the stage's default.

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Download the forecast

The forecast as a CSV or Excel file.

Who can use it
Everyone who sees the forecast.
Where it is
Resourcing: Download CSV or Download Excel
In
The web app only

No clip for this one: Not filmed yet: the Enterprise plan arrived in November 2026.

What it does

The forecast as a CSV or Excel file.

Step by step

  1. Open Resourcing and choose the period and team.
  2. Press Download CSV or Download Excel.

What you see

  • A file with a row per period, role and location. The Excel file adds a sheet of the gaps and one of the bids with no start.

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