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.
The 10 UK public sector tender portals to track in 2026
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 →Government contractsHow to bid for UK government contracts in 2026
The free method for finding and bidding government contracts, the 2026 thresholds, and every platform that helps — official portals, alert services and intelligence tools — one by one.
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 →Irish procurementHow to find Irish public sector tenders in 2026
eTenders, SupplyGov, the OGP frameworks and TED, the 2026 thresholds that decide what gets advertised, and the best tools for tracking it all.
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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