Services
Bid writing that carries its weight - plus a simple way in for first-timers.
Two clear services: hands-on writing of your public sector tenders, and a one-off setup that gets brand-new businesses onto the procurement portal and ready to bid.
01 / New service
Tender portal setup
£500one-off setup
Never bid for public sector work before? The first hurdle is simply getting registered and set up on the right procurement portal - and it puts a lot of small businesses off before they’ve started.
This one-time service removes that barrier. I’ll set your company up on Public Contracts Scotland - creating your contractor profile, linking it to the PCS Tender Module, and configuring your Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV) codes so you start receiving daily notifications of relevant opportunities. It’s a fixed £500 one-off - no ongoing fees, just a clean, working start on the portal.
- Contractor profile created on Public Contracts Scotland
- Accounts linked to the PCS Tender Module
- CPV codes configured for daily opportunity alerts
- A one-time setup - no subscription, no recurring cost
- Ideal for SMEs aiming for longer-term public sector contracts
This covers registration and set-up only - pricing and preparing your actual tender submissions is separate, and forms part of the full bid writing service below.
Secure card payment via Stripe. Once paid, John will be in touch within one working day to start your setup. Questions first? Get in touch.
02 / Core service
Full bid writing
Your tender, prepared and submitted properly - end to end.
Public sector tenders are won on the detail: answering the actual question, meeting every requirement in the specification, and writing to the way the response will be scored. I take that off your plate entirely - reading the opportunity, planning the response, drafting the answers, and preparing everything for submission by the deadline.
The aim is straightforward: give your business a submission that reads as clearly and credibly as anything a much larger competitor would put forward.
- Review of the ITT / tender documents and scoring criteria
- Method statements and quality question responses
- Social value and community benefit answers
- Compliance, policies and supporting schedules
- Selection Questionnaire (SQ) / PQQ completion
- Framework and Dynamic Purchasing System applications
- Clear, evidence-led writing tailored to your business
- Prepared and checked ahead of the submission deadline
- Post-award review - advice on improving your score next time
Ideally, get in touch at least two weeks before your submission deadline - the earlier the better for a properly considered response.
How full bid writing works
A clear path from first contact to submission.
Get in touch by email to start - here’s what happens next.
Step 01
Initial contact
You get in touch - usually by email. I review your website and publicly available information before we speak.
Step 02
Meet & scope
An initial meeting, then a full review of the tender documents and a request for anything I need from you.
Step 03
Draft & review
I prepare a draft, we review it together, and it’s refined into a final draft you’re confident in.
Step 04
Submit
Everything is checked for compliance and submitted cleanly, ahead of the deadline.
Sector experience
Where JT Bids adds the most value.
A strong track record across the areas where SMEs most often compete for public contracts.
Social housing
Social value tenders
Construction - new build
Construction - refurbishment
Maintenance & repairs
Energy
Facilities management
Wider public sector
Let’s get started
Tell me about the work you want to win.
Share the tender or ask about portal setup - I’ll come back with a straight answer.
