Conducting thorough market research to identify not just competitors but current policy drivers, existing programmes, economic statistics etc, combined with Board or Cabinet decisions is the starting point for preparing tenders for the public sector.
With the support of over 30 information analysts and access to over 2000 online, high quality technical and commercial databases we can help you quickly and efficiently gather the information you need to ensure your tender is built on a fact based platform.
We can help you find specific pieces of information for a particular bid or undertake a complete market research activity for the complete proposal.
To discuss your specific requirement contact research@tenders-uk.org
To help with your market reserach we have provided some useful links below, including those of some other consultants. It is all freely available on the internet but hopefully this will make things a little easier for you.
‘Official’ Public Sector Tender Alert Websites
http://ted.europa.eu All public tenders above specific contract values must be published in the Supplement to the Official Journal of the European Union. For supply contracts and service contracts this is €200,000. The search engine is free and includes RSS feeds.
www.supply2.gov.uk Supply2.gov.uk is a dynamic government-backed service designed specifically to give companies easy access to lower-value contract opportunities (typically worth under £100,000) offered by the public sector. Whilst there is no requirement for public sector organisation to use this site there is a strong government drive for all departments to use it.
Commercial Public Sector Tender Alert Services
There are a variety of private sector website providers that offer tender alert services. Service levels vary from simple re-branding of the free OJEU notices freely available on TED to more comprehensive sector specific listings and commercial sector tenders. Some of these providers include.
www.b2bquote.co.uk
www.bold-e.com
www.ectenders.com
www.government-online.net
www.mytenders.com
www.publictenders.net
www.Qsl-Tenders.co.uk
www.selectlist.co.uk
www.skillfair.co.uk
www.tendermatch.com
www.tendersdirect.co.uk
www.tender-service.com
www.tendersireland.com
www.uk-tenders.co.uk
Specialist Tender Writing Consultancy and Training Providers
If you want to compare our services then try the links below. These organisations also provide specialist tender writing and training services.
www.bidperfect.co.uk
www.choiceofwords.co.uk
www.t-e-s.co.uk
www.thewritingstable.co.uk
www.zemaitis-uk.com
www.writeidea.co.uk