Our bid writers based in Leeds and York are privileged to provide bid, tender and proposal writing services to businesses and community organisations in Leeds and across the Yorkshire Region including in Sheffield, Bradford, Hull and York. We know the local market, local economy and what challenges public and private sector organisations are facing.
Public Sector Tendering Frameworks in Leeds and the Yorkshire Region and how bid writers help you win
We specialise in writing bids and tenders to the public sector. This includes helping our clients apply for frameworks, respond to ITTS and DPSs. There are a number of NHS Trusts and Tendering Frameworks that issues tenders for goods and services in Leeds and Yorkshire. Our bid writers have experience in writing bids to each of them for a wide variety of services such as IT, construction and building, equipment supply and general consultancy.
Examples of the NHS trusts we have written bids to include:
- Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
- Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- The Hull and East Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust
- York Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
We help clients win contracts for NHS trusts for a range of services, no just medical and health industry services. For example, we have helped clients from the equipment supply industry, construction, maintenance, IT/ICT and other industries secure contracts with NHS trusts.
As bid writing consultants in Leeds and the Yorkshire region, we have helped clients win bids with government and other organisations that issue tenders / contract opportunities and frameworks. Examples of public and private sector clients we have helped win bids with include:
- Yorkshire and Humber Academic Health Science Network: For a range of different contracts and services from equipment supply to cleaning and other services. Its important to reference the organisations values and academic focus when writing bids and tenders to the Health Science Network.
- Yorkshire and Humber Regional Procurement Collaborative: For a very broad range of services including construction and building projects, maintenance, equipment supply and IT services. They are an experienced and professional procurement organisation which is very strict with compliance. Therefore, as usual with any bid or ITT response, ensure you comply with the requirements and take a detailed approach to completing basic information such as your company name.
- Leeds City Council: For a broad range of community services. We have helped businesses involved in construction and concreting, footpath maintenance, design and consultancy and all trades. We have also helped cleaning and security companies as well as IT companies win Leeds City Council contracts. When writing bids and tenders to Leeds City Council, it is critical that you localise your bid and address any local issues. You also need to demonstrate support for local Leeds based businesses through your bid including engaging with potential local suppliers.
- Bradford Metropolitan District Council: We have helped business from many industries, particularly the building and construction industry bid for contracts with the Bradford Metropolitan District Council. Again, a local focus is critical. When writing a construction bid to the Council, ensure you address site specific challenges in your methodology statement. For example, if you are working near a school, how will you limit truck and delivery activity during school arrival and departure times?
- Sheffield City Council: Our bid writers in Leeds and the Yorkshire region have helped local businesses write winning bids to Sheffield City Council for electrical and plumbing maintenance contracts, fire maintenance contracts and community services. We work closely with tradespeople in the local area who are looking to grow their businesses through bids and tenders and have helped them secure Council contracts. Talking about how they will hire locals and transfer knowledge to the youth and other local residents is critical to securing a contract with Sheffield City Council.
- Department for Transport: For contracts associated with transport services. These are mostly on a national scale for freight, logistics, trucking and other transport bids and tenders across the UK. Our team has helped businesses in the Yorkshire region bid for and secure national contracts and are able to assist with creating critical supporting documentation.
- Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs.
- Department for Work & Pensions
- Home Office
- Ministry of Defence: Refer to our page for more information on our capabilities writing defence sector bids and tenders here.
Writing winning Social Value responses for Government, Public Sector and NHS Bids in Leeds and the Yorkshire Region
When writing a bid or tender to the Government, you will invariably be asked to submit a Social Value statement or response. When doing this, it’s important to localise your response and ensure that is focused on delivering real social value to the community and directly addresses pressing local issues. Some of the issues which we work on tackling when writing social value responses for businesses in Leeds and the other cities and towns in the Yorkshire region include:
- Poverty and inequality: Given there are many high wealth and low wealth areas in Yorkshire.
- Unemployment: Especially at a localised level. Even though parts of the economy are strong, other parts of the economy especially in many localised areas are weak and there are high rates of unemployment. Talking about how through winning a contract, you will contribute to local employment is critical to winning a bid.
- Crime: Drug related offences and violent crime are an issue in some areas for the Yorkshire County and supporting community initiatives that tackle this issue is critical.
Given the immense diversity in Yorkshire, there are a broad range of tenders and contract opportunities both in Leeds, other cities, and the wider Yorkshire region. Examples include:
- Bid Writing in Leeds: The strong economy and dynamic cultural scene in Leeds has resulted in our bid writers in Leeds writing bids for lawyers, accountants, equipment supply businesses, construction companies and medical / health companies.
- Bid Writing in Sheffield: The steel industry is strong and dynamic in Sheffield. Our bid writers in Leeds and Yorkshire has helped businesses servicing the steel industry such as maintenance companies, cleaning companies and others, write bids and secure contracts.
- Bid Writing in Bradford and Hull: We have strong experience writing bids for community services companies. Furthermore, one of our bid writers based in London is a maritime specialist. He has helped write bids and tenders for port and maritime industry clients in Hull and bids to provide associated asset maintenance and other services (for example, cleaning and maintenance services at ports).
- Bid writing in Doncaster, Wakefield, Harrogate and Ripon: Over the years, we have helped businesses in these towns write bids and tenders.
Our guide and strategies to win more contracts in the Yorkshire Region
When proving bid and tender writing support to business in Leeds and the wider Yorkshire Region, we employ a range of different strategies to help you win. These include:
- Tailoring your bid to the local area and the challenges faced in the local area in which you are bidding. Whether it be a construction, health services or other contract, you will certainly need to tailor your bid or tender. However, in addition, you will need to tailor it not only to the opportunity, but also to the challenges and underlying challenges of the local area. For example, if you are writing a social services tender, you will need to talk about your service, and how you will address the issues, and underlying issues, facing the community, through your services.
- Focus on the economic and social benefits of your bid to the region. You need to clearly identify and explain the link between your business, undertaking commercial and other activities as part of the proposed contract, and how you will support the Yorkshire region or individual city you are living and operating in. Think employing local personnel, knowledge transfer and purchasing from local suppliers.
- Establish your win themes and stick with them. Many public sector procurement teams have different people review different parts of a bid, ITT, SSQ or Framework. Therefore, once you establish your win themes, you have to push these consistently throughout the document. The reason is simple. Sometimes when discussing a potential supplier, the different members of the procurement team will come together to talk about the suppliers and who they preferred. Your win themes need to be consistent so they all talk about the same key point when they discuss your firm and that your messaging is consistent.
- Include evidence throughout your bid. Another key point is that you need facts, figures and evidence to substantiate any of your claims. This applies regardless of if you are writing a bid to the Ministry of Defence, NHS Trust or local Council. If you are able to provide evidence and references from any previous services you have provided to clients in the Yorkshire region, it’s even better. Either way, back up your claims throughout your bid to give your bid or tender credibility and increase your chances of success.
- Conduct a thorough bid / no bid process and always do a good job. Where we are working with businesses that don’t have the right experience or expertise for a bid, we generally recommend you don’t bid for the tender. The reason is simple. First of all, frameworks are quite competitive and therefore you need to put your best foot forward to win and submit a compelling bid. The second, point is that where PCBUs are release DPS and ITTs often, they will get to know your firm and capabilities. It’s important that you always put forward a compelling and well-written bid, from a reputation and business profiling perspective. Put the resources into developing a well written and persuasive proposal or elect not to bid if you don’t have a realistic prospect of success.
Bid writing consultants servicing different industries in Leeds and the Yorkshire Region
Our bid writing consultants have helped clients win contracts in the private sector. The private sector in the Yorkshire Region is highly diverse. We have worked on bids and tenders in industries such as:
- Manufacturing: A strong driving force in the Yorkshire there are a range of contracts and bids in the manufacturing industry including for supply:
- Raw materials, components and equipment
- Infrastructure and construction bids
- Maintenance of manufacturing facilities and equipment as well as logistics and IT
- Research and funding for manufacturing projects.
- Financial services: Leeds is a major financial center, and the sector is also significant in other parts of Yorkshire. Our team have worked on bids and tenders in the finance sector as well as other marketing and proposal writing services.
- Tourism: We have worked in tourism tenders and bids in Yorkshire. These include the for catering and hospitality services as well as tourism operations.
- Education: Yorkshire is home to several universities and colleges, and the education sector is a significant contributor to the region’s economy. We have written bids and tenders for many different businesses in the education industry.
Contact our team of bid writers
For help winning your next bid or framework, including YPO Frameworks which we have strong experience in, contact your team of bid writers today. We take the time to understand your business and help you win.
Client testimonials
Over the years, we have used the services of a number of bid writers across the UK. Most recently we used the services of Tsaks Consulting and were very happy with the service they provided. They were focused on helping us win the contract not just simply write the bid. Everything they did and suggested was geared towards winning. They provided us with a transparent and professional bid writing service which was also affordable and delivered us value. They worked well with all our internal stakeholders and project managed the entire process. Overall, I am happy to recommend Tsaks Consulting UK to any business in Leeds or York who are looking for help writing frameworks and winning government bids regardless of if you are in the health, construction or any other industry. Jason and the team are great and helped us win!
John C | Construction and Maintenance | Yorkshire and Leeds
If you are searching for a bid writing consultancy or help with a tender, DPS, ITT or Framework application, then Tsaks Consulting UK is a great choice. They have assisted us with a number of bids of the years and we have had a high success rate. They know the Yorkshire region well and help business in Leeds, Sheffield, Bradford and across the region. They are professional work work over email, are quick to respond and always get started on a first draft straight away. When we use them for our bids, we have the confidence that they are on top of it and will deliver us a quality submission. We would recommend then to any business looking for bid writing help that wants a professional team to provide guidance.
Mary K | Community Services | Sheffield