Proposals drafted from your past work, ready for a senior person to edit.
We set up AI to write the first draft of every proposal from the ones you've already won, in your template and your voice. Your senior people edit it. They don't start it.
If your team doesn't get the hours back, we'll work for free until they do.
Your most senior people still write every proposal by hand.
The people who win work are the ones you can least spare.
Every proposal pulls them off client work, usually in the evening.
Mia SantosThursday 12 NovYou've written most of it before.
It's in an old proposal somewhere, if anyone can remember which one.
Halden proposal v3 FINALMar 2024Halden proposal v4 MiaMar 2024Proposal OLD warehouseSep 2023Corran proposal FINAL finalJan 2025Proposal template 2022Feb 2022ChatGPT's version doesn't sound like you.
It doesn't know your clients, your prices or your past projects, so it reads like everyone else's.
Dear Larkfield Foods team,
We are a leading consultancy with a proven track record of delivering tailored, value-driven solutions.
Fees: [your day rate]
Relevant experience: [add a past project]
From a call to a draft, without a blank page.
Larkfield Foods proposalSend
CopilotCorran RetailHalden Group
Rate card 202601You say who it's for
Give it the client and what they asked for, or point it at your notes from the call.
02AI finds your closest past work
It pulls the proposals and projects most like this one, and shows you which it used.
03AI writes the draft
In your template, with your approach, team, timeline and fees laid out the way you do it.
04A senior person edits and sends
They check the scope and the price, and spend their time on the parts that win the work.
Built into: Word, PowerPoint or Google Docs, with Copilot or Claude. Your past proposals stay where they are now.
What our clients say.
“It's given me back probably a third of my time, which is unbelievable.”
We now do the work that used to wait on Joey. It took us a week to take it over.
0:52Floor Authority
Double the business, with only a few new hires.
We took the repetitive work out of their quoting, stock and accounts. Their team no longer does it by hand, so they spend their time on customers.
In revenue a year
Growth in two years, with only a few new hires
Staff productivity measured by CEO
“Simply couldn't deliver at the pace we are without NQU support. We can now tell clients when things will be done and have complete confidence they will be.”
“They think ahead, always deliver on time and are able to guide you along.”
Why not just use something else?
- ChatGPT or Copilot on its ownDoesn't know your past work, prices or template until someone sets it up. That set-up is what we do.
- Proposal software such as Loopio or ResponsiveBuilt for bid teams answering formal tenders from a library of approved answers. If that's most of your work, it's a good choice. Someone has to keep the library up to date.
- TemplatesEven when you have boilerplate, someone still has to write it.
- Your AI peopleWe set up AI to draft each proposal from your own past work, in your template and your voice. A senior person edits it before it goes out.
AI your team actually wants, in use within 14 days.
We start small, prove value, and then scale further.
Fenwick & Hale intro30 minMMia Santos
George's notes04:10Proposals take a day each09:35Meeting notes typed by hand13:20Client details entered twice18:45Copilot licences, little use01We find where AI can help.
On the intro call, we learn how your firm works and where your team spends its time. You don't need to prepare anything.
- AI opportunity audit
- 01Proposal first drafts6 hrs/weekStart here
- 02Meeting notes into HubSpot4 hrs/week
- 03New client set-up in Xero3 hrs/week
- 04Month-end client reports2 hrs/week
02We send your AI opportunity audit.
Within 24 hours, we'll send our opportunity audit that details the hours we can save your team. If we don't save them, we'll continue working for free until we do.
- Can you send a proposal?HHannah Okafor09:14Okafor proposal.docxProposal drafts14 days
- Access agreed with IT provider
- Built in Outlook
- Team trained
- LiveDay 14
03We get your first system in use within 14 days.
We build it into the tools your team already uses, and talk to your IT provider for you. Then we train the people who'll use it.
- TeamsFenwick & Hale × NQUPostsFiles
Friday update- Shipped
- Invoice chasing in Xero
- Next
- Client onboarding pack
- From Mia
- A recent pack to copy
👍1Mia SantosThe list of 6- Proposal drafts
- Invoice chasing
- Onboarding pack
- Board report
04We keep going.
We work through the list in your audit as fast as your team can handle each change, and keep improving what's live as your team tells us what works.
What you won't have to do.
After the intro call and a kickoff, we handle the rest, including working with your IT provider and training your team.
“The confidence that the job will be done right is the best thing. We can hand off anything and it will either get done perfectly or there will be clear communication by NQU for what is needed.”
- Work out what AI could do for your firm
- Roll it out to everyone at once
- Replace software you rely on
- Chase your IT provider
Your team gets the hours back. Or we'll work for free until they do.
In your audit, we tell you how many hours we can save your team. We get your first system in use within 14 days. If we don't save the hours, we'll keep working for free until we do.
“Not Quite Unicorns delivered nothing but excellence for the two major projects we worked on with them. It's quite refreshing working with a company that delivers on its promise.”
Frequently asked questions.
Can AI write a proposal for a professional services firm?
Yes, as a first draft. Set up with your past proposals and your template, it produces a draft that a senior person can edit and send. It shouldn't decide the scope or the price.
Will it sound like us?
Yes. It writes from proposals you've already sent, in your template.
Will it make things up?
It can, so the draft shows which past work each section came from, and a senior person checks it before it goes out.
Our past proposals are scattered. Does that matter?
No. We work with them wherever they are now.
Is our data safe?
Yes. It runs in your own Microsoft or Google account, or in ours in the UK, EU or US. We only use business AI accounts, and they don't learn from your data.
What does it cost?
One flat monthly fee covers this and everything else we build for you. Our minimum engagement is normally $3k/mo.
Other tasks we can take off your team.
Meeting follow-ups
AI proactively actions next steps after meetings, not just taking notes.
Reports and deliverables
AI drafts full reports and deliverables, ready for final review.
CRM
AI keeps your CRM up to date after every call and email, automatically.
Outreach
AI drafts every follow-up and check-in, so your sales motion is self-driving.
Proposals drafted from your past work, ready for a senior person to edit.
Book an intro and we'll send your AI opportunity audit within 24 hours. It shows where AI can save your team time.