Like all sales documentation, there is a slightly different name depending on the industry that you’re in and the purpose of the document.

A proposal document is something that outlines your standard service offering; an off the shelf product – otherwise known as s front window.

A bid pack documents encompass the whole the bid process and often include certificates for completion, such as Form of Tender, Non-Collusion, Anti-Canvassing and more. There are multiple documents within this pack which includes:

• Specification
• Terms and Conditions
• Overview – document that sets out timelines, scoring, mandatory requirements and how to respond
• Templates – such as the Standard Supplier Questionnaire, and Quality Response

The bid response encompasses the completion of all documents and certificates needed for the SME to respond to that opportunity.

The tender documents are the quality response template and the scope of works. They generally go together and form the written qualitative response, the tender response.

A contract form is the confirmation of the order which often includes a legal document and a purchase order number.

Regardless of what your terminology is, Tender Response takes the time to understand what support you need from us. We can complete responses to individual questions (often ones here are (Social Value, Sustainability, ESG, … ), all of the qualitative questions or the complete bid management response.

We can’t advise you on what your pricing structure should be, nor the expected win price for the bid. However, as part of our offering, we have Tender Insights. This is a market research tool that can provide you with insights on your target clients, and your competition. The reports we provide can be used to see trends in the market,  including local influences as well as a forecasting tool for upcoming new tenders.

In brief, all of them.
We are a team of eleven highly experienced bid professionals, and each one of us has specific sector expertise, with a broad range of sub-sectors included. Tender Response’s service delivery is high-level.
Construction, IT, Marketing, Financial Services, Technology – our knowledge and experience is extensive.

No, we don’t. Our specialist skills are in UK-based public sector and charity procurements.

Apologies, we can’t offer you a definitive answer for all our services. However, for our Tender Finder service, prices start at £37 and progress from there, depending on the level of qualification and support you need.
We provide our Tender Reader and Tender Writer services for a fixed fee – which sets us apart from many competitors. This means that should your bid succeed, we do not charge a commission.

With Tender Finder you can cancel any time. And, you can upgrade. Tender Finder Plus involves a minimum six-month commitment due to the commitment and work involved from Tender Response.
As we price on a per-tender basis that you pay on submission, you only pay for what you have used regarding our Tender Writer service.

No, if you have your own tender document and need help with it, we can help. From one question to the whole tender, we’ve got the expertise you require.

No. We’d be pleased to work with you if you find your own tender and would like us to help you respond to it.

We work systematically, carefully and in a structured way – so this streamlines our processes and means that we steam along faster than if you were doing it yourself.
There’s no set time.
However, detail is everything. We can’t rush. It’s worth mentioning that we will need information from you within a certain number of days so that the whole response is ready in plenty of time. This is our structure and process:
• We will aim for complete submission and upload 24 hours before it is due for submission
• There will be two internal reviews before we send the document to you
• Your internally reviewed tender document will be with you three working days before submission
• For larger tenders, we will share the content with you in batches. Generally, larger tenders have 10 or more questions.

All copyright belongs to you. We write your content so that, should you wish, you can use it elsewhere in your marketing: handy “sound bites” for your business. This applies whether we’ve written just one response or the whole tender.
If you buy policies from us, copyright will belong to you.
Importantly, we can build up a bid library on your behalf which we can review and improve for every subsequent bid we work on with you. As our client, you will have access to this information.

Relax. Yes, we can. We have access to several types of policies, including:
• Social Value
• Modern Slavery
• Sustainability
• Social Value
• Modern Slavery
• Health and Safety
• Quality
• Environmental
• Diversity and Equality
• CSR
• Staff Development and Training
• Business Continuity

We use lastpass.com to manage passwords across our business. To access the portal yourself, you can set us up as an approved user. Or, we can manage portal access for you. You will need to be subscribed to Tender Response to use this service.

Yes, we have full public liability insurance.

Look at our Why Work with Tender Response page for many compelling reasons to pick up the phone to us.
We’ve thought of a few more, though:
We fully support equality, and fairness – including equal pay for all. And, helping people achieve success with us regardless of circumstances. So, most of the Tender Response team are working carers; either they support children, disabled siblings or ageing parents. Our focus is on offering flexibility to work when they want to, rather than to inflexible time frames.
Even if you are new to tendering, we can still do everything from start to finish. For example, you may not have references yet; no worries, we’ll get them for you. And, can supply adaptable templates for any critical documents. It’s a secure way to sell, as you will be outsourcing this complicated process to an exceptional company that lives, breathes and eats tenders.
Not literally, of course.