Win More RFPs Without Burning Out Your BD Team
Law firm RFP win rates dropped to 18-26%. Clients request more bids. Completion takes 9+ days. Win more by responding faster with partner-quality proposals.
Watch how law firms generate partner-quality RFP responses in hours, not days
The Law Firm Business Development Challenge
Competition for legal work is intensifying. Clients demand more value, more bids, and more responsiveness. The firms that win adapt.
RFP Win Rate (Down from 32%)
Law firm RFP win rates have dropped significantly since 2019. Clients request more bids to find value, making each opportunity harder to win.
Source: Legal Marketing Association 2024
Average RFP Completion Time
The average law firm RFP takes over 9 days to complete. That's 9 days of partner and BD time per opportunity—often with tight deadlines.
Source: Thomson Reuters Legal BD Study
Partner + BD Hours Per Major RFP
Complex RFPs require significant partner involvement for strategy, experience descriptions, and customization—on top of BD team drafting.
Source: Altman Weil Law Firm Survey
RFPs Passed On
Many firms pass on qualified opportunities simply because they don't have time or resources to respond. Each pass is potential revenue lost.
Source: BTI Consulting 2024
"We can't respond to everything, so we have to pick our battles—but we're probably leaving wins on the table."
Sound familiar?
From 9-Day RFPs to Partner-Ready Drafts in Hours
Bidara learns your firm's voice and generates proposals that sound like your best BD professional wrote them—in a fraction of the time.
Upload Your Firm's Best Proposals
Upload past RFP responses, pitch materials, attorney bios, and representative matters. The AI learns your firm's voice and how you present capabilities—no manual tagging required.
- Proposal voice learning
- Attorney credential extraction
- Practice area recognition
- Matter experience capture
Generate Partner-Quality First Drafts
Upload an RFP or describe the opportunity. Bidara generates a complete response—matching relevant experience, including appropriate attorney profiles, and addressing each requirement.
- RFP requirement analysis
- Relevant matter matching
- Attorney bio selection
- Practice-specific methodology
Strategic Review, Not Drafting
Partners and BD spend 2-3 hours on strategic customization instead of 30+ hours drafting. Add client-specific insights, adjust fee arrangements, and submit with confidence.
- Quick customization
- Fee arrangement flexibility
- Export to Word/PDF
- Version control
Built for How Law Firms Win Business
From corporate panel bids to litigation beauty contests, Bidara adapts to your practice areas and client types.
Corporate & Transactional RFPs
M&A, capital markets, PE/VC, and general corporate counsel pitches. Present your deal experience and industry expertise professionally.
Litigation & Disputes
Complex litigation, class actions, arbitration, and regulatory defense. Showcase your track record and trial experience.
Intellectual Property
Patent prosecution, IP litigation, trademark, and licensing proposals. Highlight technical expertise and portfolio success.
Panel & Preferred Counsel Bids
Corporate panel applications and preferred counsel submissions. These high-stakes opportunities define years of work.
The Business Case: ROI for Law Firms
With win rates declining and RFP volume increasing, efficient response capability is a competitive advantage.
Scenario: 75-Attorney Regional Firm
$50M revenue • 25 RFPs/year • Average matter value $150,000
Without Bidara
With Bidara
At $499-$999/month, Bidara pays for itself with a single additional matter win. The real gain? Never passing on a qualified opportunity again.
The Legal Market: Competitive & Evolving
Sources: Legal Marketing Association, Thomson Reuters 2024, BTI Consulting
Frequently Asked Questions
For law firm partners, BD directors, and marketing teams.
Law firm proposals require precision, authority, and credibility. Bidara learns from YOUR past proposals:
- Your firm's specific language for describing practice areas
- How you present partner credentials and relevant experience
- Your approach to describing case outcomes and representative matters
- The professional tone that has won business for your firm
Every proposal sounds like your best business development partner wrote it—because the AI learned from their successful work.
Absolutely. Law firms have diverse practice groups with very different proposal requirements. Bidara handles this by:
- Learning your methodology and approach for each practice area separately
- Matching relevant experience and representative matters by practice type
- Adapting proposal structure based on the matter type
- Including appropriate industry and jurisdictional expertise
Your litigation proposals and M&A proposals will be appropriately different—because they serve different needs.
Law firm RFP win rates dropped from 32% pre-pandemic to 18-26% in 2024. Here's how Bidara helps you beat those odds:
- Respond to more RFPs without burning out your BD team (3x more capacity)
- Generate first drafts faster, leaving more time for strategic customization
- Ensure every proposal includes your most relevant experience
- Consistent quality across all submissions—not just when partners have time
When clients request more bids to find value, the firms that can respond efficiently have the advantage.
Client confidentiality is paramount. Bidara is designed with law firm security requirements in mind:
- Your data is encrypted at rest and in transit
- Content is never shared with other users or used for public AI training
- You control what experience and matters are uploaded
- Role-based access controls for your team
You can use anonymized or generalized descriptions of past matters. The AI learns your approach without exposing client-specific details.
Formal RFPs with extensive requirements are where Bidara saves the most time:
- Automatically analyze RFP requirements and map to your capabilities
- Pull relevant attorney bios, representative matters, and credentials
- Generate compliant responses that address each requirement
- Format to client specifications (many corporate RFPs have strict formats)
Average RFP completion time drops from 9+ days to 2-3 days. That's the difference between submitting and passing.
Yes. Here's the math for a typical mid-size firm:
- BD and partner time per major RFP: 30-50 hours
- At 18 RFPs per year: 540-900 hours annually on proposals
- Save 70% of that time: 375-630 hours reclaimed
- One additional matter win covers the annual subscription cost many times over
At $499/month, you need to win just one additional matter per year to see massive ROI.
The real question: how many RFPs are you passing on because they're "too time-consuming"?
Simple Pricing for Law Firms
Start free for 14 days. Scale as you grow.
Starter
For small teams just getting started with AI-powered proposals
- 10 proposals/month
- 5 team members
- AI methodology learning
- Document upload & analysis