Our team has had the please of helping businesses, organisations and not-for-profits in Manchester write bids and tenders for over seven years. A dynamic metropolis in North West England, Manchester has a strong and dense economy that offers a wealth of opportunities in both the public and private sector.

There are local businesses and organisations as well as government departments of all shapes and sizes that regularly release contract opportunities local businesses can bid for.

We provide bid, framework and proposal writing services in Manchester where we help local businesses win government and private contracts. If you are a business or organisation seeking assistance with an up-coming bid or tender, we have the experience, capability and expertise to assist.

We are a team of bid writers based in Manchester, with support from writers in London. Businesses, large and small, based in Manchester often have to respond to bids and tenders to win government and private sector contracts. In order to succeed, you need to understand the bid writing process to write a compelling bid, as well as have an understanding of the local Manchester region, particularly for contracts in Manchester.

Our team brings experience working on large, national contracts, as well as local Council contracts where the downstream economic benefits of the contract need to flow through to the local area and your bid or tender must explain how this will be the case. We area experienced writing comprehensive ‘social value’ responses as well as compelling case studies and corporate profiles.

 Our guide to help you win more contracts, bids, frameworks and tenders in Manchester

Tsaks Consulting is a London and Manchester based bid and tender writing consultancy. Having helped hundreds of businesses in Manchester writing wining bids, ITT and RFP responses over the years, we have developed the following short guide on what to do to help you win.

Select the right contract opportunity

There are many public and private sector contracts  available in Manchester across different industries such as construction and infrastructure, IT and Professional services. It’s important to qualify the opportunities and bid or tender for frameworks and RPFs which you have strong prospects of success with. For example, within the construction sector there are road, bridge, refurbishment and other engineering projects. If you are a specialist in road construction, then your experience is obviously more aligned to road construction or maintenance bids and these are therefore easier to win. That’s not to say that you can’t branch out within your sector.

For example, we have worked with many SMEs and other clients in Manchester who have written bids and won contracts for services slightly outside their scope of experience but in the same industry. This is possible, particularly if you have made a lateral hire, beefed up your team, and put forward a quality social value proposition.

Don’t waste your time going for the wrong opportunities – and make sure you put forward a quality submission for any opportunity, contract of framework in Manchester you do bid for.

Demonstrate your local knowledge and leverage on your relationships

When bidding for work in Manchester it’s not only important to understand the local market dynamics, challenges, and social dynamics – you also need to demonstrate your understanding of the local market. This is critical and throughout your bid you will need to interweave examples of your knowledge of local issues into your response.

If you are a local business based in Manchester, this usually involves transferring your knowledge and understanding of the market from your head onto paper. For non-local businesses, a bit more research and work is involved to demonstrating an understanding of the challenged.

It’s also critical to leverage on key relationships. References are important – especially when putting forward case studies. In addition to putting forward relevant references, you can including in your bid and response, quotes and testimonials from other relevant and key personnel. This evidences your relationships and gives further credibility to your bid.

Strong local partnerships and a robust social value response

A robust compelling and engaging response to questions on social value is also critical to win a contract in Manchester. You should take the time to tailor your Social Value initiatives to Manchester and the social issues it faces. Furthermore, forging, and leveraging on local partnerships and integrated these into Social Value initiatives will also see you score well. This provides proof to the evaluators that you are legitimate and serious about your social value commitment.

Case studies of Success – Local Manchester Businesses we have helped win Government contracts

Manchester Domiliciary Care Services Tender

We assisted a local Manchester company to successfully write a bid for an NHS contract for the Greater Manchester and North Western England Region for the provision of Domiciliary Care services. This was a must-win contract for our client as they were the current services provider and a substantial component of their business was on the line. We worked with the client to ensure their tender proposal was client focused, and to further ensure they had a strong focus on patient outcomes. The client needed to highlight what they had delivered over the past three years of the contract, whilst ensuring they focused on the future and the value they would bring. Finally, a strong social value response was required which we assisted with. The result was a positive outcome with the help of our Manchester bid writing consultants.

Electrical Tender to Manchester City Council

We assisted a local electrical company to respond to a PQQ for electrical services to Manchester City Council. The company had limited supporting documentation and a number of good private sector referees and case studies, however, limited Public Sector case studies. We worked with our client to flesh out their experience and produce the required supporting documentation. In addition, we assisted our client to write a compelling social value response. Our experience bid writing consultants combined their knowledge of Manchester City with the economic, environmental and social initiatives our client had supported in the City in order to develop an outstanding social value response that delivered a positive result.

Industries our Manchester bid writing services supports

Our team of bid writers have a track record of successfully assisting business in Manchester and the surrounding area across all industries including:

Defence

Defence tenders are highly specialised and the Ministry of Defence has specialised and extensive requirements the Ministry of Defence have built into their procurement processes. We help organisations ensure their bids are compliant and give them the best chances of success. Our experience writing defence bids is not limited to the defence industry. We have helped caterers, manufacturers and other suppliers write bids for the supply of products and services to the MoD.

Medical and healthcare

Our team of Government bid writers in Manchester can help you write and win medical tenders and bids. We have two writers who specialise in writing bids and tenders to the NHS as well as private healthcare providers. We are highly experienced in writing ‘Social Value’ responses as well as ensuring that patient outcomes are central to any bid or proposal we write for our clients.

Our NHS tender and bid writing capability in Manchester expands across all services areas in the NHS including acute services such as hospital tenders, ambulance services and emergency and urgent care transport, social care services, nursing and rehabilitation, acute and community care and mental health services. We have also assisted with tenders for sexual health services, dentistry and orthodontics. Our bid writers in Manchester are supported by some our London based bid writers who have strong experience writing NHS and medical tenders in the UK, particularly for some specialised areas.

Construction and trades

We help many stakeholders from the Construction industry in Manchester write bids and tenders for government and private sector bids. This includes responding to ITT and PQQ requests, as well as creating private sector proposals and capability statements. We have a graphics and infographics capability that can make your tender and business stand out from the crowd.

Most importantly, our writers have experience writing construction methodology statements, case and project studies, as well as comprehensive safety, quality assurance and environmental management plans.

Technology, Innovation and IT

Our experience in technology, innovation and IT extends across both grants and tenders. We have helped local Manchester based IT and Cyber Consultancies bid for contracts to a range of local and national government departments. We have also assisted with Grant applications including technology grant proposal writing as well as writing applications for funding. Our team has worked in the start-up and innovation space, mostly writing bids and proposals to the private sector including for fundraising as well as other activities.

Advanced Manufacturing

There is a strong manufacturing sector in Manchester – especially advanced manufacturing. This extends across different industries such as engineering, automotive, aerospace and pharmaceuticals. We have helped many companies who services the aerospace and pharmaceutical sector to write proposals to advanced manufacturers to services and products related to the sector. We also have experience writing grant and funding applications as well as application for regulatory approvals for manufacturers looking to set-up shop in Manchester and take advantage of government incentives.

Financial and professional services

Our team is experienced in bid writing this sector. We have written bids and framework applications for law firms in Manchester, financial consulting firms and IT infrastructure projects both in Manchester and across the UK. Our team can also assist with writing proposals for accountants, valuers and auditors. Writing for professional services requires a focus on expertise and expertise as well as your depth of resources and specialisations. Our consultants have held in-house bid writing positions at Tier-1 legal and accounting firms and our Director, Jason Cooney, has helped international management consultancies such as Boston Consulting Group secure government contracts across the globe.

Creative and digital

Manchester has a strong creative sub industry with a range of marketing, media, PR, design and technology companies operating in Manchester that have the expertise and potential to secure contracts in Manchester and nationally. These companies often bid for digital marketing campaign, advertising and software development contracts and frameworks such as the recent G Cloud 14 Framework. We love helping creative local business write bids and win contracts with the public and private sector.

Opportunities in Manchester and beyond

We help businesses in Manchester secure contracts across the United Kingdom including in Scotland and Wales. A large percentage of the applications and bids we have worked on for Manchester based businesses are to the Government sector in Manchester. As a result, we have a strong working knowledge of what local government and private entities are looking for and can help you write a relevant and tailored bid that appeals to their thinking and provides a comprehensive and detailed response to providing social value. Examples of public bodies include:

• Manchester City Council: The Council release tenders for a range of different projects and activities such as building and waste management, building maintenance and general support services. We often help local clients write and win contracts with Manchester City Council.
• Transport for Greater Manchester (TfGM): TfGM often release a broad range of tenders related to transport infrastructure such as maintenance and service contracts, construction of roads and trains and also providing AI and other technology related solutions that may be required. Many national businesses bid for TfGM contracts. We have helped national businesses win TfGM contracts and have also helped Manchester based businesses to succeed and leverage on their location to submit a compelling social value proposition.
• The Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA): The GMCA release tenders for the regional planning and development projects such as housing, transport and sustainability and environmental initiatives.
• District Councils in Manchester: Such as Stockport, Trafford and Bury often release contracts, ITTs and PQQs for a range of services such associated with Council operations (such as waste management).
• NHS Trusts: There are many NHS trusts in Manchester. Two of our bid writers specialise in the health sector and can help you secure health related bids in Manchester. Examples include the Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust and the Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust.

General Tenders and Bids our bid writers in Manchester will help you write

Our Manchester-based team of bid writers understand the local Manchester market and economy. We are proud to provide bid writing services to businesses in Manchester and that often leads to us writing bids and tenders for different industries.

For example, we have written bids and tenders and provided PQQ support in Manchester for food, beverage and catering services, playground installation, transport and logistics services, legal, accounting, recruitment, engineering, excavation, asset maintenance and many other businesses and industries.

Our bid writing services include:

• Pre-Qualification Questionnaire (PQQ) Support: We will work with you to ensure you are eligible, look at what win themes you need to focus on and develop and submit the PQQ.
• Writing your bid: Our team loves guiding businesses in Manchester on how to understand the evaluation criteria and formulate a suitable response. We will help you showcase your experience and track record, detail your technical skills and come up with a quality value proposition.
• Review, proof-read, edit and submit your bid. We will assist with the finalisation of your bid as well as with any post-bid presentation and negotiations.

We can assist businesses from all industries to secure government and private sector contracts with a robust bid and tender writing support service. Since 2014 Tsaks Consulting has been providing bid writing services to businesses in Manchester and as we enter 2025 we will continue to focus on helping our clients win contracts.

Client Testimonials

Tsaks Consulting is the best tender and bid writing consultancy in Manchester in my personal view. They are responsive and professional and know how to win. They help us write bids to frameworks that are complex and cover multiple lots. Jason and the team are super responsive and will take the time to strategise how to win the contract before starting the writing process. We have engaged them to help write a number of SQQs and even find us contract opportunities, and they have always been logical, methodical and committed to best practice.

John S | Construction Contractor | Manchester

Hi Jason and all the team at Tsaks Consulting, just a quick email to thank you all for your excellent work on this tender response. As a medium sized business in Manchester, it’s always daunting completing this large tenders and taking on the big guys in our industry. You have given us the support to deliver a quality proposal, and also the confidence that that our bid is as good if not better than our larger competitors. We really valued your excellent writing skills, ideas in terms of response structure and what information to include and cover, as well as your help with the social value initiatives. It’s been great working with a bid writing consultancy as professional as yourselves and we will keep you updated on the result.

Jenny S | Community and Social Services Provider | Manchester

We won!. Thank you so much for all your help. We passed the presentation and have been awarded the tender. 10 days waiting time now and it’s all locked in. Thank you so much for writing our winning bid response – the entire Tsaks Consulting team team has been a pleasure to work with.

Jake B | Equipment Supply | Manchester

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