Too much time on unsuitable tenders
Some contracts match your services but need more staff or capacity than you have. Spotting that early keeps your writing time for the bids that fit.
Bid Management Software for UK and Ireland Bid Managers
Bid managers need more than a list of tenders. You need to know which ones are worth pursuing, keep the work on schedule and explain your decisions. Tenderbase brings search, qualification, task tracking and buyer research into one workspace. Whether you bid alone or lead a team, it keeps you focused on the bids that fit.
14-day free trial
UK and Ireland coverage options
Plans from £25 a month
Tenderbase
Search tendersGrounds maintenance · West Yorkshire
Excellent Match
Grounds maintenance services
West Yorkshire · Open tender
Good Match
Facilities management services
Regional opportunity
Saved searchEmail alerts active
Managing Multiple Bids
With Limited Time
A bid manager often runs several submissions at once. Technical colleagues need time to write, commercial staff need to check costs, and directors need to approve the final answer. Without clear priorities, the wrong opportunity can take time from a better one.
Bid/no-bid decisions without clear criteria
Sales wants the contract, delivery doubts the staffing and finance questions the margin. Agreed checks turn that debate into a decision.
Deadlines spread across files
Clarification dates sit in email, pricing sits in a spreadsheet and technical answers sit in another folder. Every live bid makes that harder to keep current.
Little knowledge of the buyer and competition
A tender notice shows what the buyer needs now. It rarely shows what they bought before or who won. That history helps you judge the opportunity.
Keep Your Bid Pipeline, Tasks and Deadlines
Under Control
Tenderbase is tender management software for bid teams across the UK and Ireland. It also works as government contracting software, helping you organise public sector opportunities and review how well they suit you. Search and tracking stay in one place, and your usual tools handle the writing and approval.
Build one search profile for every bid
Set saved searches and tender alerts around your services, target buyers, contract values and locations. Alerts arrive by email, daily or weekly, so you stop rerunning the same searches. Narrow results with keywords and CPV codes. Most Irish tenders are published on eTenders, which the UK + Ireland plan covers.
See your tenders, tasks and deadlines in one view
The dashboard brings your saved tenders, their dates and their tasks into one place.
View dashboard features
Manage Every Bid From First Review to
Submission in Four Steps
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Set your tender search priorities
Choose the sectors, buyers, regions and contract values you want. Set alerts for suitable opportunities, and follow pipeline notices that need early planning.
COMPARISON
Spreadsheets or Bid Management Software?
Spreadsheets or Bid Management Software?
Choose What Fits Your Workload.
Spreadsheets handle a few tenders well. A dedicated platform keeps pace as notices and deadlines multiply.
VS
Spreadsheets and email
- Search Find a Tender, Contracts Finder and eTenders separately
- Build and maintain your own scoring method
- Record criteria and decisions by hand
- Update calendars and shared trackers
- Saved searches and tailored tender alerts
- Excellent, Good and Potential Match categories
- Match categories, with optional professional bid/no-bid review
- Tender dashboard and task tracking
Spreadsheets and email
- Assign owners through separate files
- Track PINs and framework dates manually
- Search published records separately
- Arrange internal or external checks
- Task allocation on Regional Plus and above
- PIN, pipeline, framework and DPS tracking
- Buyer profiles and past contract awards
- Optional professional bid review service
Choose Bid Management Software
That Fits How You Work
Choose a plan by the regions you cover and the people who need
access.
Prices are in pounds sterling and exclude VAT. Yearly plans
save 25%.
What’s included, and what costs extra
Core features come as standard across every plan, including full tender details, PDF downloads, saved searches, alerts, match categories, your shortlist and dashboard. Tender document requests are available as an optional add-on from £10 + VAT per month for five requests. Professional bid support is quoted separately and can be purchased with or without a subscription.
