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Linking Analyses

Connect bid analyses to opportunities and work from aggregated requirements

Updated 2026-07-223 min read

Linking Analyses

Bid analyses and opportunities connect directly: an opportunity can have one or more linked analyses, and the opportunity workspace aggregates their extracted requirements into a single view.

  • One place for requirements — all requirements extracted across linked analyses appear together on the opportunity, with capability assessments.
  • Context — the analysis is tied to the pursuit it serves, visible from the opportunity's Work Center.
  • Navigation — jump between the opportunity and its analyses without losing your place.

Creating Linked Analyses

Analyze From the Opportunity

Tip

If an opportunity has no attached documents, Cothon can extract requirements directly from its description text — useful for manually created opportunities and sources that publish notice text but no files.

An analysis created in the Bid Analysis module can also be linked to an opportunity after the fact. Once linked, its requirements flow into the opportunity's aggregated requirements view.

The Aggregated Requirements View

The opportunity's Work Center → Requirements tab combines requirements from every linked analysis:

  • Each requirement carries its capability match status (Fully Meets / Partially Meets / Cannot Meet / Not Assessed)
  • Mandatory requirements are highlighted, and an unmet mandatory is flagged as a compliance risk
  • Requirement counts stay in sync with the linked analyses

Applying Analysis Metadata

When an analysis extracts structured metadata from the solicitation (dates, values, and similar fields), you can apply that extracted metadata to the opportunity record to fill in fields the source listing did not provide.

Unlinking

Removing a link detaches the analysis from the opportunity — it deletes neither. The analysis remains in the Bid Analysis module, and the opportunity keeps its other links.

Multiple Analyses

One opportunity can hold several linked analyses — for example, a re-run after an amendment, or separate analyses of different solicitation documents. The requirements view aggregates across all of them.

Note

Statuses do not sync automatically between analyses and opportunities. Update the opportunity's status and stage yourself as the pursuit progresses — see Saving & Tracking.

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