BID SUPPORT FOR ENGINEERING AND CONSTRUCTION TENDERS
Tender programme and social value, written and delivered
We write your bid commitments. Then we deliver them.
Every bid makes two promises the client checks after award. The programme says when you will build. The social value answer says who you will employ. We write both. If you win we deliver both.
Demo project. Opens the sample as a PDF.
REPLY WITHIN ONE WORKING DAY
READY FOR YOUR RETURN DATE
ONE BIDDER PER TENDER
NEC ACCREDITED
APMG QUALIFIED
PPN 026 / NATIONAL TOMS
NEC / JCT / FIDIC
WHY IT MATTERS
Two bid answers are checked after award
Evaluators score the programme and the social value answer. The client then holds you to both.
The programme is scored
Built to the format and detail the tender asks for.
Your bid team is busy
We work to your return date while your team writes the rest.
Social value carries the marks
At least 10 per cent of the score on central government tenders from January 2027.
Both must hold after award
The programme becomes your first programme. The role gets a start date.
For main contractors and specialist subcontractors in civil and M&E work.
WHAT YOU GET
Written into your bid. Delivered after award.
Each part arrives in the tender's format and in time for your bid review.
The tender programme
IN THE BID
A logic-linked tender programme built from your tender documents. A short narrative explains the sequence, the key dates and the time risk. Works sequence drawings show the build stage by stage.
AFTER AWARD
It becomes your first programme, updated not rebuilt. We run the monthly updates and support compensation events if you want us to.
The social value answer
IN THE BID
Your jobs and skills answer, written with your bid team to the buyer's criteria. The commitment behind it is real: a permanent planner job on the contract for a qualified engineer facing barriers to work.
AFTER AWARD
We shortlist and you choose. They join your payroll from day one. We review everything they issue for a year and keep the evidence for every KPI. If nobody is ready by your start date we cover the planning until they start.
Tender programme, demo project
UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM
A University of Birmingham policy report, launched in Parliament on 3 November 2026, features the model as an example of best practice.
ON LIVE PROJECTS
Two engineers we prepared have already planned live UK projects through our firm.
Tender narrative, demo project
HOW IT RUNS
From first call to return date
A call about the tender
Tell us the tender, the return date and the questions that carry the marks.
WITHIN ONE WORKING DAY
Scope, fee and dates
Agreed in writing. Issue dates leave time for your bid review.
WITHIN 48 HOURS OF THE CALL
Written and reviewed
We build the programme and write the social value answer with your bid team. An NEC Accredited Project Manager reviews both.
BEFORE EVERY ISSUE
Issued
The programme as a native file and a PDF. The answer in your template and to your word count.
READY FOR YOUR RETURN DATE
The social value answer reaches you as a first draft within 3 working days of the tender documents. For a single-phase job the tender programme is ready within 5 working days of the scope being agreed.
FOR BID WRITERS
If a bid writer runs your submission
Your bid writer or your own team writes the submission. We supply the two parts that must be built and delivered.
The bid stays yours
We don't write bids. We work to your storyboard, template and word count.
Under your name
Our part can go out under your name. Your client stays your client.
To your return date
Tell us the date and the question. A first draft of the social value answer is with you within 3 working days of the tender documents.
One bidder per tender
We back one bidder on each tender. Nothing we write reaches a competitor. Tender documents stay with the people working on the bid.
A tender programme and narrative we built for a design and construction package went in with the winning bid.
PPN 026
Social value carries at least 10 per cent from January 2027
PPN 026 applies from 1 January 2027 to central government departments, executive agencies and NDPBs on procurements of £1m or more including VAT. Other public bodies may adopt it.
PROCUREMENTS FROM £1M
10%
minimum social value weighting
PROCUREMENTS FROM £5M
20%
minimum social value weighting
PPN 026 STARTS
1 Jan 2027
for new procurements
We write to PPN 026, the National TOMs or the buyer's own model.
QUESTIONS
Questions bid teams and bid writers ask
Do you write the whole bid?
No. Your bid writer or your own team writes the submission. We build the tender programme, draw the works sequence and write the social value answer.
What social value commitments do contractors make in bids?
Apprenticeships, work placements, school visits and local spend are common. A named job on the contract is easier to score and easier to prove than a list of activities. It has a start date and a record behind it.
Where can a contractor get help writing social value into a tender?
A bid writer helps with the wording. We write the jobs and skills answer with your team and prepare the person who fills the role. That makes the commitment deliverable.
What does bid support cost?
A tender programme starts from £1,500 + VAT as a fixed fee. Tender support with the narrative starts from £2,500 + VAT. For the social value answer there is nothing to pay if you don't win. The terms for the work after award are agreed before you submit.
What do you need from us?
Nothing to start the conversation. Then the tender documents, the return date and the questions that carry the marks. We use them for your bid only.
Which contracts do you work on?
NEC, JCT and FIDIC, for main contractors and specialist subcontractors. We write the social value answer to PPN 026, the National TOMs or the buyer's own model.