Cost effective tender and bid writing service across the UK to help you win

Our fee structure is designed to enable our team to deliver to help your business reach its peak of excellence. We are also committed to deliver our services cost effectively. We work efficiently to quickly get to know your business and understand your bid. We provide hourly rate as well as fixed rate options – and are always transparent in our approach.

We are a service-oriented business – that means our tender and bid writers, as well as our Directors, are hands-on, working on your bid or tender. We keep our team lean, with minimal back-end reporting and administration. This enables us to keep our prices low and delivery quality services.

Why engage Tsaks Consulting to help you win your next bid or framework?

At Tsaks Consulting we see your fee as an investment in our services an increasing your chances of success. Engaging Tsaks Consulting will:

• Increases your chances of success and win rates. Our clients generally see a 95% increase in win rate compared to when they write bids and tenders in house.
• Ensure a specialist, experienced bid writer is helping to write your bid.
• Ensure compliance with all mandatory criteria so you don’t risk losing your bid for no reason.
• To develop a best practice bid document for use in future tenders.

Arrange a fee proposal and quote to help with your next bid

We are happy to provide a fee proposal or quote to assist with your bid or tender. We generally also propose an exploratory call so we can understand the extent of your existing documentation, the level of detail in the RFP, SQQ or Framework, and the scope of services required.

In addition, prior to providing a fee proposal for our bid writing service, we will need to review a copy of the RFP, RFT or Framework application so that we can understand the depth and detailed required for the specific bid.

Once we have this information, we will provide you with a detailed quote as either an hourly rate or fixed fee.

Fixed price quotes for UK tenders and bids – bid writing services cost

We provide fixed price quotes for all bids across the UK. These generally depend on the length and scope of the bid documentation. As a general guide, our fixed fees often range from:

• Small (up to 10 pages) tender response or business proposal £450 – £2000 pounds. These can be small government bids or even private sector bids and proposals.
• Medium (up to 25 pages) tender response or business proposal £2000 – £5,000 pounds. These are generally medium sized government bids or frameworks applications. They generally take two weeks or so to complete with including communication back and forth with drafts and content revisions.
• Large (up to 100 pages) tender response or business proposal £5,000– £20,000+ These bids and tenders are often to the public sector for large framework applications or private sector bids. Our team is involved in project managing the bid as well as writing the submission. Our pricing is generally based on an hourly rate as it’s difficult to quantify our bid writing service due to the many variables that impact the total number of hours of work involved.

We take the time to provide you with a tailored fee proposal with a detailed scope of services how we will assist you and which questions we will help you respond to. Our proposed fee will depend on:

• The size and scope of the tender. If you are asking yourself, how much does it cost to write a tender or bid to government, the answer is largely governed by the questions asked, word limits and scope of the tender. The more questions, particularly qualitative questions that require written responses, the increased the preparation time and thus the cost. Generally speaking, we can review the RFP, ITT or tender documentation and create an estimate of how much work is involved.
• The extent of your existing marketing material. The more existing content you have, the easier and more efficient it is to write your tender. That doesn’t mean we use Chat-GPT or AI to create write it or simply cut and past your previous content, we will write your bid – but with the support of the previous content. It give us something to tailor and work with.
• If graphics are required for the tender response or not. Graphics and presentation take time – as do infographics. If they are not required, our proposed fees are generally lower.

Hourly rate fee

Our team can also provide you a simple hourly rate fee. This is particularly popular when we are conducting a tender review or bid review. We work off a base fee of 110 + VAT per hour. We also provide hourly rates for our full bid writing service and report in 30-minute intervals on our work.

This transparent approach ensures you know you are getting value from our services and we want you to win your bid.

Monthly retainer contracts

We provide a bid administration service and bid search service. Our tender writing consultants will work with you to deliver a package that includes a bid search service and bid administration service. These packages start from 500 + VAT per month and will be tailored to your needs.

Frequently asked questions about our fees and charges

How much does it cost to get a bid or framework application professionally written?

Our tender and bid writing fees depend on the scope of the tender, the size of the framework or ITT, and what type of existing documentation you have. Most of the bids we work on are government tenders and some are larger than others. The average cost of a tender or bid we assist with is 4,000 + VAT.

Regarding location, it doesn’t matter where you are based across the UK – the costs of our bid writing services will be the same. I.e. if you are a business in London, York, Birmingham, Manchester or Scotland, our fees are the same and we provide a remote service from our London offices.

What is the cost of an expert bid writer in the UK to help us with a bid or tender?

Our experienced tender writing consultants help businesses from all industries including healthcare (NHS), construction, maintenance, defence and community services. At Tsaks Consulting, our fees start from 110 + VAT per hour.

I need a bid written. How much will it cost?

Speak to your team of bid writers today. We will review your bid and provide you with a free fee proposal.

We help businesses write bids and tenders across the UK to the Government and private sector and offer a free quote to help you understand what our service costs and what is involved in engaging us to help you with your next bid.

Our tender and bid writing service extends across the UK, applies to all industries and we deliver quality proposal writing services at affordable fees without compromising on quality.

How much does a bid writer get paid?

It varies depending on the level of experience of our bid or tender writing consultant. Either way, we pay our writers market rate and this enables us to provide our clients a professional bid writing service designed to help you win.

How much does a bid writer charge?

Here at Tsaks Consulting UK, we provide fixed price for your bids or tenders. We also provide an hourly rate option. It depends on how much work is involved and to what extent you require assistance. We offer an obligation free quote, so get in touch with us and send through your RFP or Framework so we can review and provide you with a fee proposal.

How much do freelance bid writers charge per day UK?

We provide day rates here at Tsaks Consulting UK however it depends on which of our team members is assisting you with your bid (based on seniority). As a general guide, we charge between 550 and 750 per day + VAT. We also work off an eight hour day, however, if there is more work to be completed in a day we will work to get the tender complete even if it mens working extra hours.

How much do professional writers charge?

At Tsaks Consulting UK, we work off an hourly rate of 110 + VAT.
We offer obligation free quotes. Therefore, it doesn’t matter if you are in London, Manchester, Leeds, Glasgow, Yorkshire, Birmingham or regional areas, we offer cost effective bid writing services at rates that are designed to deliver you real value and helping you win.

Is all the intellectual property of what you write for my bid or tender and any graphics included in the price if we engage you to help write and review our bid?

Yes most definitely. We have that built into our contract and quote. We take a highly transparent approach and every graphic and piece of writing or content we create is automatically transferred to your ownership.

How does Tsaks Consulting compare to other bid writing consultancies for tender writing services and bid writing services costs?

We don’t know the exact rates our competitors charge, and any fixed fees would change for each tender or bid. However, as a generally guide, we are proud to be a leading bid writing consultancy in the UK and set our fees at market / reasonable amounts. They generally align with other credible competitors who are also bid writing consultants.

Do you offer free tender and bid writing services in the UK?

No – we only offer paid bid writing and review services as we are a professional consultancy. If the costs of having us write your bid for a UK government framework or agency are out of reach, you could consider our tender and bid review service where we provide constructive feedback on how to enhance your bid and help you win and you can implement that feedback.

We need an expert bid writer to help us complete a bid in London? Do you charge extra if we require a writer with experience in the construction industry? We need a construction industry specialist.

Yes – we can certainly assist with your bid in London. We have writers who are construction industry specialists, and other writers on our team who specialise in healthcare and defense. We do not charge any additional fee for a specialist writer and will always ensure the writer with the most experience and specialisation in your industry, or the framework you are bidding for, works on your bid.

What is the cost to outsource rfp writing services in the UK?

As stated earlier, this depends on the scope of work and size of the tender. However, as a guide, it ranges upwards from 2000 GBP.

Do you have special prices for SMEs who are bidding for contracts? What is the average cost of bid preparation for SMEs in the UK and will you assist building and trades contractors with the upload and the rest of the process?

We don’t – however we couldn’t consider ourselves to be a high-cost service targeted only at the corporate sector. We have helped many SMEs and other businesses to win and retain key public and private sector contracts and have reasonable rates. The average cost of bid preparation for SMEs in the UK for the past year has been GBP 3,800. However, it depends on the size and type of the bids we have been working on.

Yes – when we provide a fixed fee for your bid we consider it to be for the full scope of the bid. We won’t leave you in the lurch and provide a full bid writing service including bid management, uploading the final submission and even preparing for any presentations.

What is Tsaks Consulting’s average win rate for UK bids? How do I know paying for a bid writer will increase my chances of winning?

There are many factors that impact the outcome of a tender – such as bid writing quality, existing experience and pricing. This year our win rate so far is 85%. We can provide you with a free sample and are transparent in our approach as your tender progresses. We would like to think, as we are bid writing specialist consultancy, we will leverage on our expertise, experience and knowledge to increase your chances of success and ensure you score well in all qualitative criteria.

Can you complete urgent bids and does it cost extra if we have a short deadline?

Yes – we will generally work around the clock to deliver your bid and we can usually assist with requests for urgent bid writing support services and short deadlines. We do not apply any loading or extra charge simply because you have a short deadline. We also offer a bid review service which may be of benefit for clients looking for urgent assistance.

What makes Tsaks Consulting more cost-effective than hiring an in-house bid writer?

The cost benefits of engaging our bid writing service to help with your next bid or tender include:

• No fixed long term cost. You pay only when you use our services.
• There is no holiday or leave payments.
• You engage a highly experienced professional for a specific task.
• We bring our insights from different industries and bids to your project.
• As bid writing professional, we quickly get across your business and work with your existing content.