Citation Sources and Traceability for Tender Bidding Announcements

Tender announcement data primarily originates from official websites of government procurement public service platforms, public resource trading

What Data for This Category Looks Like

Tender announcement data primarily originates from official websites of government procurement public service platforms, public resource trading centers of various provinces and cities, and industry regulatory authorities. Update frequency adjusts based on project scale: major engineering tender announcements are released in real time, while routine procurement announcements are updated daily. Each document follows a fixed structure, including fields such as project name, tender number, purchaser information, budget amount, bid submission deadline, prequalification requirements, and contact information. Budget amount uses Chinese yuan (yuan or ten thousand yuan) as its unit. Time fields use the uniform format of Gregorian calendar year-month-day hour-minute.

Constraints Imposed by These Characteristics on Citation Sources and Traceability

First, most data sources use official domains. When tracing sources, verify the legitimacy of source domains to prevent non-official content from being included in citations. Second, update frequencies vary. Configure an incremental synchronization mechanism to ensure cited tender announcements are the latest released versions. Third, fixed document structures and clear unique identifier fields (such as tender number) require associating corresponding documents using unique identifiers during traceability. Using only text matching cannot achieve accurate association. Fourth, multi-field content structures require retaining field association relationships during chunking. This ensures cited content fragments can be accurately positioned to the corresponding bidding link.

Configuration Settings

Configuration ItemRecommended ValueRationale
recall_count3-5 entriesSingle tender announcement documents have relatively long content. Excessive recall will lead to redundant context, while a small number of recalls can accurately match core bidding-related content
similarity_threshold0.75-0.85Tender announcement content has high professionalism. A relatively high similarity threshold is required to filter irrelevant matches and avoid recalling non-bidding-related announcements
PARSE_FILE_TIMEOUT_SECONDS600 secondsTender announcements may contain a large number of attachments or long text, so extended parsing timeout is needed to ensure complete parsing
chunk_length800-1200 charactersTender announcements have many fields and standardized content. This chunk length can retain the complete semantics of field associations
knowledge_base_incremental_sync_cycleOnce dailyRoutine procurement announcements are updated daily. Incremental synchronization ensures cited content is the latest version
variable_render_mode{{}} formatMatches the variable compatibility logic fixed in version V4.8.18-FIX2, ensuring citation source fields can render correctly

The parameter values provided on this page are conventional recommendations used as a starting point for configuration. Actual values are affected by material form, data volume, and business rules. Specific issues require individual analysis. It is recommended to test on your own samples before finalizing settings.

Three Common Misconfigurations

  • Phenomenon: When the chat interface is called, it returns the citation list first and then the answer, and the return order cannot be adjusted. Cause: The return_reference_order parameter is not configured correctly, and the default value uses the pre-return mode.
  • Phenomenon: Timeout errors occur when tender announcements are parsed, with error code 504. Cause: The configured value of PARSE_FILE_TIMEOUT_SECONDS is less than the actual time required for parsing, resulting in parsing timeout.
  • Phenomenon: Cited tender announcement fields cannot be rendered into readable text normally, and {{field_name}} is output as-is. Cause: The {{}} format configuration for variable_render_mode is not enabled, or the version is lower than V4.8.18-FIX2, which has variable parsing compatibility issues.

How to Verify Proper Configuration

  • A single tender announcement document is uploaded to the knowledge base, automatic parsing is triggered, and the parsed chunked content is checked to confirm whether it retains the association relationship between core fields such as project name and tender number.
  • A test query is initiated, keywords related to bidding are entered, and the returned results are checked to confirm whether the cited sources are tender announcement content from official domains.
  • A workflow or chat interface is called, a custom knowledge base ID variable is passed in, and the knowledge base search node is verified to confirm whether it can correctly associate with the specified tender announcement knowledge base.
  • System logs are checked to confirm there are no error messages related to parsing timeouts, variable rendering failures, or abnormal citation sources.

Question material comes from public community discussions. Configuration values are common starting points and should be measured against your own samples. Verified on 2026-09-14.