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Tender discovery and bid writing

Your outsourced public-sector bid team

You run an established business and want to win more public-sector work. We find the opportunities that fit, help you decide what to pursue and manage your bids through to submission. You do not need an existing pipeline or in-house bid team. One experienced bid owner stays with you and brings in the writers and reviewers each bid needs.

Before you start

Who this helps

  • An established business that wants to grow through public-sector contracts
  • A company that wants one team to find the opportunities and run the bids
  • An existing bidder that needs one owner for its bids and more people to write and review them

Points to check

  • A business without the delivery capability or evidence required by its target buyers
  • A plan to bid for every notice regardless of eligibility or commercial fit
  • A request for guaranteed contract awards or commitments made without your approval
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We start with your business, not a list of tenders

We learn what you sell, where you can deliver, the work you want to win and the evidence behind your offer. Together we agree the buyers, contract sizes and opportunities worth pursuing. If you have not tendered before, we work out what needs preparing and build the opportunity profile with you.

You do not need to arrive with a shortlist. A Free Bids Audit can help you size the opportunity. Onboarding then turns your growth plans into a practical search and bid strategy.

02

We find opportunities and give you a clear recommendation

We monitor the market we have agreed with you, sift the notices and dig into the procurement documents. We check access, mandatory requirements, delivery fit, commercial considerations and the work involved in responding. You get a reasoned recommendation to pursue, investigate or pass.

An open tender, a framework application and an early market engagement need different decisions. We tell them apart and bring you the ones that fit, with the next step explained.

03

We take ownership of the bids you choose

Your named bid owner plans the response, interviews your specialists, organises evidence and coordinates the writing. Experienced people write the answers against the buyer's requirements and your approved delivery approach. The drafts are then reviewed independently. We handle the submission tasks we have agreed and make clear which decisions are still yours.

Your team gives us access to its specialists and approves the facts, price, contractual commitments and final response. We agree the responsibilities, deadlines and capacity before work begins, so you know what we own and when we need you.

04

Each bid makes the next one easier

We keep what we learn about your business, the evidence you have approved and the lessons from buyer feedback. Between submissions, the agreed work includes reviewing opportunities, preparing for upcoming tenders and improving the evidence buyers keep asking for.

Your bid owner stays the same from bid to bid. The team of writers and reviewers can grow or shrink with the number and complexity of the bids you pursue, and we agree priorities and scope with you as the workload changes.

05

From a small public-sector foothold to £7M+ in new contracts

A building compliance company started working with Bidgen in Q3 2025 with little public-sector revenue. We developed its framework strategy and now handle five or more suitable opportunities each month.

The client won £3M+ in new contract value in Q1 2026, around six months into the relationship, followed by £4M+ in Q2 2026. The £7M+ total covers the first half of 2026.

06

An ongoing partnership with a defined scope

The service runs on a Retainer. We agree the work, capacity, fee and commitment in your proposal, including how additional or overlapping bids will be handled. You can see the pipeline, the work in progress and the decisions waiting on you.

If you already have a bid team, we can work alongside it. If you only need help with one live opportunity, our one-off tender support is scoped and quoted for that response.

Common questions

01Do we need to have tendered before?

No. The starting point is an established business with a credible service and the ability to deliver it. We can assess the market, work out what you need to get ready and build the pipeline of opportunities with you.

02Do you find the tenders and write the bids?

Yes. In an ongoing partnership we find and qualify the opportunities, then plan, write and independently review the bids and handle the agreed submission work. The same bid owner stays with you throughout, so what they learn about your business carries forward.

03How much work will our team need to do?

We organise the response and write the drafts. Your specialists explain and confirm how you will deliver; your authorised people approve evidence, pricing, contractual commitments and the final response. We plan their time with you early rather than leaving it until the deadline.

04Can you work with our existing bid manager?

Yes. We agree which opportunities and tasks your team owns and where Bidgen adds management, writing or review capacity. We can work alongside an in-house bid team or be your bid team.

05What happens when there are no suitable live tenders?

We carry on with the agreed monitoring and preparation, such as improving your evidence and planning for upcoming procurements. We qualify opportunities on fit and value rather than creating bids to fill the diary.

We find the tenders and run the bids.

Tell us about your business and where you want to grow. You do not need an existing tender pipeline or bid team.