# Decline a bid

> Pass on an invite politely in one click, with or without an email to the client.

Source: https://automatedconstruction.io/tidy/docs/guides/decline-a-bid
Section: How to use Tidy

Telling a client you are passing keeps you on their list for the next one. Tidy drafts the email for you.

## Steps

1. Find the opportunity on **Opportunities** (usually **Undecided**) and click **Decline**. You can also right-click the row or use the bid page.
2. Check the **To** address. It is filled with the client contact. Add CCs if you need them.
3. Click an AI draft: **No Capacity**, **Scope Too Small** or **Out of Area**. Or write your own.
4. Edit the text.
5. Click **Send Notification**.

The bid moves to **Closed** and any unsent follow-up drafts on it are deleted.

## Decline without an email

Click **Decline Without Notifying** in the same dialog.

## Decline many at once

Tick rows on the board and click **Decline** in the bar. This declines without emails.

## Changed your mind?

Open **Closed** and click **Restore**, or tick rows and click **Reopen as Accepted**.

## Ask the agent

"Decline the Lakeside Retail bid, we are out of capacity that week." The agent opens the decline dialog filled in. You check it and click send.

## Related

- [Follow-ups and declines](https://automatedconstruction.io/tidy/docs/features/follow-ups)
- [Opportunities](https://automatedconstruction.io/tidy/docs/features/opportunities)