Water, Wastewater & Pump Systems Manufacturing worked example

Municipal Bid Margin at 99% target municipal win rate: a worked example

This scenario runs the municipal bid margin calculation on the strong side: 99% target municipal win rate, with every other input held at its documented default. Use it when municipal bid margin in water, wastewater and pump systems manufacturing needs a clean rate and gap-to-target you can put on a tier board.

The inputs for this scenario

  • Municipal bids won: 8 count (unchanged)
  • Total municipal bids submitted: 250 count (unchanged)
  • Target municipal win rate: 99 % (raised for this scenario; the documented default is 95)

Working through the calculation

  • Applying the documented formula (Municipal bid margin rate = municipal bid margin count ÷ total municipal bid margin population × 100) to the inputs above produces each figure below.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 3.2 % for municipal bid margin rate, the number this scenario is built around.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 95.8 points for municipal bid margin gap to target.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 8 count for municipal bid margin count.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 250 count for total municipal bid margin population.

How this compares with the baseline

  • Against the tool's baseline example, where target municipal win rate sits at 95% and the headline result is 3.2 %, this scenario lands almost exactly on the baseline at 3.2 %.
  • Use it to review sales conversion on public tenders and to decide whether pricing or bid selectivity needs to change. Treat this as a target state: the delta against the baseline quantifies what the improvement is worth before you commit to chasing it.

Results at a glance

  • Municipal bid margin rate: 3.2 % (headline result)
  • Municipal bid margin gap to target: 95.8 points
  • Municipal bid margin count: 8 count
  • Total municipal bid margin population: 250 count

Run it with your numbers

  • Every input above is editable in the live Municipal Bid Margin calculator, which recalculates instantly and can be shared with the inputs intact.

Last reviewed 2026-05-12.