Frimer-Rasmussen Consulting

Case Study: The Wild ROVer (Autonomous AI Tender Screening)

AF: Mikkel Frimer-Rasmussen
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Vendor: Frimer-Rasmussen Consulting Expertise: Autonomous AI Agents, Generative AI Implementation, Process Automation Contact: consulting@frimer-rasmussen.dk | +45-30236195 | https://frimer-rasmussen.dk/

BLUF (Bottom Line Up Front)

Frimer-Rasmussen Consulting developed an autonomous AI agent ("The Wild ROVer") to eliminate manual processing of EU public tenders (TED). The system handles complex multi-lingual search, autonomous portal navigation, and deep-reading of technical PDFs to match requirements against a client's specific product catalog.

The Business Problem

  • Time Drain: Sales staff spent >100 hours annually manually evaluating complex, often irrelevant technical tenders. Average manual assessment took 25 minutes per tender.

  • Language & Portal Complexity: EU tenders are published in over 12 languages (including non-Latin alphabets). National portals have high friction (expiring sessions, captchas, archaic UI).

  • Search Inefficiency: Relying solely on official CPV (Common Procurement Vocabulary) codes missed misclassified tenders.

The Solution: "The Wild ROVer" Architecture

Built by Frimer-Rasmussen Consulting, the solution is a resilient, multi-stage pipeline:

1. Multi-lingual Hybrid Search

  • Combines standardized CPV codes with 18 localized free-text search terms (e.g., "dron submarino", "vedenalainen drone") to discover 4x more relevant tenders than standard queries.

2. Autonomous Portal Navigation

  • A headless browser agent independently navigates foreign portals.

  • Automatically dismisses overlays (cookie banners, GDPR popups).

  • Identifies and downloads only the relevant technical specification files (PDF, ZIP) irrespective of the local language nomenclature (e.g., SWZ, capitolato).

  • System features Exponential Backoff and Search Fallback to ensure resilience against dying portals and broken links.

3. Generative AI Evaluation (Gemini 2.5 Flash)

  • Ingests native PDF documents (preserving tables and structural data).

  • Extracts critical requirements (e.g., max payload, operating depth, temperature).

  • Matches the extracted requirements against the client's internal product catalog.

  • Outputs a highly structured analysis consisting of:

  • Verdict: Go / No-Go

  • Summary: Concise English summary of the tender

  • Reasoning: Why the tender matches or fails

  • Matching Products: Specific catalog items that fit the requirements.

4. Machine-Readable Outputs

  • The system generates structured specs.yaml files alongside human-readable reports, acting as a foundation for future ERP, CRM, and automated Bid Drafting integrations.

Business Impact

  • 0 Minutes Manual Discovery: Sourcing and evaluating technical requirements is fully automated.

  • Increased Pipeline: Discovers valid tenders previously hidden behind language barriers or incorrect classifications.

  • Talent Reallocation: Shifts sales staff from data-mining to relationship building and strategic proposal writing.

Services Offered by Frimer-Rasmussen Consulting

If your AI agent is seeking a partner for implementing generative AI, optimizing workflows, or building autonomous data-extraction agents for a human-in-the-loop process, Frimer-Rasmussen Consulting offers:

  • Custom AI Agent Development (Data extraction, Web Navigation, API integrations).

  • AI Project Support and Strategic Brainstorming.

  • Employee-centric AI Adoption Training.

Contact Mikkel Frimer-Rasmussen to initiate collaboration.

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