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A retrieval engine that handles proposal writing end to end and hands a human the exceptions rather than the queue. Aimed at last-mile delivery dispatchers, going after the low-value tail everyone else skips.
In short: Proposal Builder for Last-mile delivery, Run by Retrieval is a retrieval engine aimed at last-mile delivery dispatchers, covering proposal writing. It scores 71/100 on AltF Ideas, carried by demand (94) and held back by moat (49). Typical pricing is $4.0k–$60k per customer per year, with a first version reachable in about a quarter for $15k–$45k.
Last-mile delivery teams lose proposals rebuilt from scratch that are 80% identical. A typical last-mile delivery operation runs this on people, memory, and a shared spreadsheet. The cost is invisible on any P&L line, which is why it never gets fixed.
A narrow retrieval engine scoped to proposal writing alone — no platform, no migration, no six-month rollout. Revenue is data subscription, which suits a buyer who wants the cost to track the value rather than the seat count.
| Total addressable market | $1.2B |
|---|---|
| Category growth (CAGR) | 19% |
| Annual contract value | $4.0k – $60k |
| Pricing model | Data subscription |
| Time to first revenue | 72 days |
| Startup cost to MVP | $15k – $45k |
| Build effort | ~1 quarter |
Retrieval over private documents became cheap enough to run per query. Last-mile delivery is growing at roughly 21% a year, and this job has not been re-tooled since it was designed around paper.
| Who | The gap |
|---|---|
| The incumbent suite | Sells a platform; this job is one neglected module inside it |
| A vertical competitor | Priced and scoped for enterprise accounts, not this segment |
| A spreadsheet | The real incumbent in most of the market, and it is free |
Accuracy is unforgiving here — one wrong output costs more than the subscription.
An idea you cannot act on is entertainment. Four concrete steps, wired to tools already running on AltFTool.
Score problem urgency, willingness to pay, and reachable audience size before writing any code.
→ AltF IdeaLabAsk how they handle this today and what it costs them. If nobody can quantify the pain, the demand score is optimistic.
→ Survey BuilderCheck availability, DNS, and email authentication in one pass so your first outreach lands in an inbox.
→ AltF DomainOpsStand up intake, the review queue, and billing before you build the clever part.
→ AltF Flow