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Free tender qualification tool

Bid/no-bid checklist for digital agencies

Pressure-test a UK public-sector opportunity before it consumes the week. Seven focused checks and a bid-cost calculator assess fit and commercial exposure without uploading tender documents or creating an account.

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Step 1 · hard gates

Can this opportunity proceed at all?

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We can meet every mandatory supplier and submission requirement.

Include accreditations, turnover thresholds, insurance, route-to-market eligibility, and pass/fail declarations.

The submission deadline is achievable with a compliant response.

Allow time for clarifications, partner input, approvals, portal submission, and a final compliance check.

Step 2 · opportunity fit

How credible is the match?

1The requested work is a strong match for services we already deliver.

Score the actual scope—not a familiar keyword in the title.

2We can show relevant outcomes, case studies, or named experience.

Look for evidence that maps to the buyer’s evaluation criteria.

3The contract value and likely bid effort fit our commercial range.

Include unpaid bid time, procurement overhead, and delivery margin.

4The location, delivery model, security, and working pattern are realistic.

Check on-site expectations, clearance, travel, and mobilisation.

5We have credible capacity to bid and deliver without harming committed work.

Consider named people, partners, dependencies, and the delivery start date.

Step 3 · bid economics

Tender bid cost and break-even calculator

Estimate whether the opportunity’s gross-profit upside justifies the cost of pursuing it. Figures stay in this browser and are never submitted to TenderWinnow.

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How the tender bid calculator works

Use fully loaded costs and conservative probabilities

The calculation separates the cost of pursuing the tender from the gross profit available if you win. It does not treat contract value as profit.

  1. Bid costBid-team hours × fully loaded hourly cost, plus external and other direct bid costs.
  2. Contract gross profitEstimated contract value × expected gross-margin percentage.
  3. Break-even win probabilityEstimated bid cost ÷ contract gross profit. A higher result demands greater confidence before bidding.
  4. Expected contributionEstimated win probability × contract gross profit, minus the full estimated bid cost.

Where opportunities come from

Use official services first. Add qualification when search results become noisy.

Find a Tender and Contracts Finder are free official services and remain authoritative. TenderWinnow monitors supported notices from both and ranks them against your agency’s services, commercial range, regions, and exclusions.

Qualify the right opportunities earlier

Describe your agency once. Start with five current matches.

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