bid-writing-software Data estimated - verify with vendor Verified May 2026 Verified against the vendor's live pricing and compliance pages by the Vendors.ie team on 2026-05-28.

Qvidian

Long-established enterprise proposal automation from Upland Software, built for regulated industries with strict approval chains

From $30000/year (USD)

Price may vary with exchange rates

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Irish Compliance Assessment

Verified pass Partial · caveats Not supported
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Revenue Integration

No native Revenue Online Service (ROS) connection. Tax submissions must be exported and filed manually, or handled via a paired Irish accounting tool.

verified 2026-05-28 · scope: not supported
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PAYE Modernisation

Not a payroll product. Real-time PAYE reporting required since 2019 is out of scope.

verified 2026-05-28 · scope: not a payroll product
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Irish Bank Feeds

No native AIB / BOI / PTSB feed. Bank reconciliation flows rely on third-party gateways.

verified 2026-05-28 · via third-party gateway
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SEPA / Irish IBAN

No native SEPA Direct Debit XML export. Collection requires a third-party gateway.

verified 2026-05-28 · SEPA via gateway
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VAT Handling

Irish VAT rates are not handled natively. Manual workarounds required.

verified 2026-05-28 · scope: not supported
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Irish Support

No Irish-business-hours support tier. Tickets answered from the vendor HQ time zone.

verified 2026-05-28 · support hours: HQ
GDPR Data Residency US data centres verified 2026-05-28

Overview

Qvidian is the longest-running platform in this category, originally founded in 1998 and acquired by Upland Software in 2014. It is built for large regulated enterprises (financial services, defence, life sciences, public sector primes) where bid content must move through formal subject-matter expert review, legal sign-off, and a documented audit trail. The proposition is governance discipline rather than speed: every answer carries a steward, an approval state, and a tracked history. For Irish SMEs Qvidian is typically over-specified, but it is the right choice if you sell into regulated buyers (Irish or EU public sector primes, regulated financial services) who require a documented content-approval chain in their procurement security questionnaire. Pricing is quote-only, USD-denominated, and lands at the high end of the category (typically USD 30,000 to USD 90,000 per year). Hosting is in US AWS regions; EU data residency is not the default and is not publicly documented as an option. Qvidian publishes a Data Processing Agreement with Standard Contractual Clauses and inherits Upland Software's SOC 2 Type II and ISO 27001 posture. The Data Protection Commission has issued no decisions naming Qvidian or Upland. Pricing in USD.

Editor's verdict on Qvidian

stamped 2026-05-28

Qvidian is the right choice for Irish enterprises that sell into regulated buyers (financial services, defence, life sciences, large public-sector primes) and need a documented content-approval chain in their procurement security questionnaire. For SMEs responding to fewer than five tenders per month it is over-specified and the pricing band is hard to justify. The UI feels dated next to Loopio and Responsive, and the AI-native challengers (AutogenAI, Arphie) are faster at first-draft generation. Choose Qvidian for governance and audit, not for speed.

Irish compliance score

Qvidian Irish compliance score0 of 6 pass
CRO active
Revenue integration
PAYE Modernisation
Irish bank feeds
GDPR (EU residency)
Irish support
Qvidian Irish compliance score
CriterionStatusNote
CRO activeNot met
Revenue integrationNot met
PAYE ModernisationNot met
Irish bank feedsNot met
GDPR (EU residency)Not met
Irish supportNot met

Pros and Cons

Pros

  • Strongest formal approval workflow in the category (multi-stage SME, legal, compliance gates)
  • Documented audit trail for every content answer, suitable for regulated procurement
  • Inherits Upland Software's SOC 2 Type II and ISO 27001 posture
  • Long product history means stable integration patterns with Salesforce, Word, and SharePoint
  • Configurable response templates for repeat-tender frameworks

Cons

  • USD-only pricing, at the high end of the category, with significant currency exposure for Irish budgets
  • EU data residency is not the default and not publicly documented as an option
  • User interface feels dated compared to Loopio, Responsive, AutogenAI, and Arphie
  • Over-specified for Irish SMEs that respond to fewer than five tenders per month
  • No Irish support staff and no eTenders.gov.ie or OGP framework awareness

Best For

Company Size

201-500 employees501-1000 employees1000+ employees

Sectors

Financial ServicesProfessional ServicesManufacturing

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Verification Notes

Seeded as part of bid-writing-software category launch (buyer-side mirror of Tenderwatch PR #152). Qvidian was rebranded under the Upland Software portfolio; the Upland Qvidian product page is the canonical reference. Pricing band is editorial estimate based on industry-reported ranges; vendor publishes quote-only. EU data residency not publicly documented as an option; flag for verification by the weekly verify-vendors cron.

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