We write the tender with you. You deliver the programme.
Call-offs, further competitions and open tenders for public sector training contracts. We write the submission in your name, to the marking criteria, from your expertise and your evidence. You hold the contract and deliver the work.
Where this fits
Most public sector training is bought through a list. Tender support is what happens once you're on one, and for the open tenders that don't need one.
Get onto the framework
Councils, NHS trusts and other public bodies buy leadership development, safeguarding, compliance and CPD through frameworks and dynamic purchasing systems. The call-offs and further competitions only go to suppliers on the list. If you're not on it, you're not invited. We help you get on, in your own name.
Win the work
When a buyer runs a further competition, or an open tender appears on the portals that fits you, we write the response with you. Evaluators score quality, price and social value against set weightings, and we write to the marking criteria, not around them. Your expertise and your evidence, turned into a response that scores.
Not on a framework yet and not sure you need to be? The free qualification check tells you which route makes sense for what you deliver.
What we write
The submission. A competitive response for a training contract runs to several thousand words against a published scoring matrix, to a fixed deadline. That is the part we take off you.
We do
- Method statement and delivery model — how the programme will actually run, mapped to what the buyer is scoring. Cohorts, format, trainers, assessment.
- Quality and technical answers — the bulk of the marks on most public sector tenders.
- Trainer CVs and accreditation evidence — awarding body recognition, safeguarding and DBS arrangements, presented the way evaluators expect to see them.
- Social value response — specific, measurable commitments rather than good intentions. Often where small providers under-sell themselves.
- Selection questionnaire — including the insurance, policy and financial evidence the buyer asks for.
- Pricing narrative — the justification around your numbers, not the numbers themselves.
- Compliance and submission — portal mechanics, clarifications, deadlines, formatting rules.
You do
- The expertise. How you would deliver it, what your method is, where the risks are. Usually a couple of hours on a call.
- The evidence. Case studies, references, trainer CVs, certificates, accreditations. Once assembled, it is reusable on every future bid.
- Your price. You know your costs; we would be guessing.
- An honest capacity answer. If you cannot deliver it, say so before we bid, not after you win.
- The delivery. The programme, the cohorts, the buyer relationship. The part you are actually good at.
Who we write for
Specialist training and L&D providers, from sole-trader coaches to established small consultancies.
What our providers deliver
Delivering something else specialist? Get in touch and we'll tell you straight whether there's a public sector market for it.
Common questions
How much does tender support cost?
The first conversation and the qualification check are free. If we go on to support a tender, we agree terms with you in writing for that piece of work before anything is written. We don't publish a rate card because the right arrangement depends on the contract and how much of the work sits with us.
What is included in the writing?
The submission: method statement, delivery model, trainer CVs and evidence of accreditation, safeguarding and DBS arrangements, social value response, pricing narrative, the selection questionnaire, and the compliance paperwork. You provide the expertise, the evidence and your price; we do the writing and the submission mechanics.
Do we need to be on a framework first?
Often, yes. Much public sector training is bought through frameworks and dynamic purchasing systems, and the call-offs and further competitions only go to suppliers on the list. Getting on is usually the first step, and we help with that. Open tenders on the public portals don't need a framework place, and we support those too.
Do you work with training providers with no public sector track record?
Yes. A great many excellent training providers have never held a public sector contract. We need evidence you deliver well, typically two verifiable case studies or references, appropriate insurance and an honest view of your capacity, but public sector experience is a bonus, not a requirement. Our guide for small businesses covers what the barrier actually is.
How long does a tender submission take?
A typical invitation to tender allows three to four weeks; a further competition under a framework can be shorter. We need your input early in that window, usually a couple of hours, and we handle the rest. Deciding to bid in the final week almost never produces a winning submission.
Who holds the contract if we win?
You do. You bid in your own name, you hold the contract, you deliver the programme and the buyer is your client. Each contract you deliver goes on your own record and strengthens what you can bid for next.
How do you find the tenders in the first place?
Anton, our own bid intelligence engine, scans the UK procurement portals for training and L&D opportunities and scores each one against your business, not a generic keyword list. Our guide to where to find UK tenders explains the portals if you would rather watch them yourself, and our directory of UK public sector buying frameworks covers the organisations that run the frameworks worth aiming at.
Tell us what you deliver
We'll tell you honestly whether frameworks or tenders are worth your time, and which to go for first. That conversation costs nothing.
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