Guides
Guides to finding and winning public contracts
Each guide walks the free, manual method in full before mentioning any tool. Where a paid platform genuinely helps, it says so, and where it does not, it says that too.
Every UK public sector tender portal, and what each one covers
The five national notice services, the buyer-side systems that hold the documents, and the point at which each one's coverage runs out.
Read the guide →Finding tendersHow to find UK government tenders
The free method end to end — choosing CPV codes, setting alerts on every portal, and registering where the documents actually live.
Read the guide →EU procurementHow to find EU tenders
TED above threshold, 27 national portals below it, and what UK suppliers are actually entitled to bid for after Brexit.
Read the guide →Pre-tender intelligenceWhat is pre-tender intelligence?
The published signals that appear before a tender does, how far ahead they let you see, and where the line sits legally.
Read the guide →Displacing an incumbentHow to displace an incumbent supplier
Find the recompete early, read the published record for where the service is failing, and answer the switching risk that actually decides it.
Read the guide →FrameworksHow to find the right framework
Work backwards from your buyers to the agreements they actually buy through, then check whether the door is open, closing, or shut for years.
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