Bid and Tender Blogs

Procurement Portals & Platforms

Understanding Where Public Sector Opportunities Are Managed If you are new to public sector bidding, one of the first things you will quickly realise...

The Procurement Act 2023

Following its implementation on the 24th of February 2025, for the last year the UK has now officially moved award from the EU-derived regulations...

Bid Library Best Practice: How to Build One That Actually Helps You Win and Improve

A good bid library is crucial to a successful bid process and once implemented can save organisations significant time, improve consistency in your...

Framework Agreements & DPS Explained

If you are relatively new to the UK’s public sector procurement, you may be coming across many new terms and acronyms such as framework agreement...

What Happens After a Framework or DPS Award? Understanding Call-Offs and Further Competition

For many suppliers, being awarded a place on a framework, Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS), or dynamic market should absolutely feel like a major...

Bid Evidence: How to Prove Your Claims and Strengthen Your Scores

Many bids lose valuable marks for a very simple reason: you are making bold claims without any substantiation. More often than not, when we review our...

Bid Writing for Beginners

If you are just beginning your journey into bid writing and have been tasked with securing your company with their first ever public sector contract...

Bid Writing Templates & Examples: How to Structure High-Scoring Tender Responses

Most organisations searching for bid writing templates are looking for a shortcut. They want a template that can be copied into a tender response and...

Common Bid Writing Mistakes and How to Avoid Them

The quality of your writing when tackling a tender response has a direct impact on the score you will receive when it is evaluated. Your business may...