u/Few-Egg-7740

We submitted a detailed tender for a large project. Site visits, detailed proposals, three rounds of revisions. 12 months of work.

The feedback we received after losing :

"We went with someone more aligned to our vision."

That was it. No scoring breakdown. No criteria. No timeline explanation. Nothing actionable.

I've been in B2B long enough to know this happens constantly — but I'm curious how widespread it really is.

Three questions for this community :

1. Have you ever lost a bid without receiving any structured feedback ?
2. Did you ask for a debrief ? Did you actually get one ?
3. Do you think buyers have any obligation to explain their decisions to non-retained suppliers ?

Not pitching anything. Genuinely trying to understand if this is a systemic problem or just bad luck on our end.