Free bid and tender tools
Three calculators and a set of reference guides, free and with nothing to sign up for. They are the same instruments we use on client work, which is the only reason they are worth anything.
Calculators
Bid or No Bid Calculator
Score an opportunity against capability, competition, commercials and cost to serve before you commit a team to it. Most wasted bid spend is decided in the first hour, by saying yes to the wrong tender.
Open the toolSocial Value Calculator
Estimate the social value your commitments are worth against the measures buyers score. Useful for sense-checking what you are promising before it becomes a contractual obligation you have to report on.
Open the toolBid Health Check
A structured read of how your bid function actually performs: win rate, qualification discipline, content reuse, evidence quality and submission process. Returns a scored report rather than a score.
Open the toolReference guides
PPN 026 and the new Social Value Model
What changes from 1 January 2027: the threshold, the weighting, and 33 metrics cut to six.
First time bidder guide
What a first public sector bid actually involves, and the readiness items with the longest lead times.
PQQ explained
Pre-qualification, selection questionnaires and what disqualifies a supplier before scoring starts.
What is a framework agreement
Frameworks, DPS and dynamic markets, and how call-offs differ from open tenders.
The Procurement Act 2023
What changed for suppliers, including the Central Digital Platform and open framework reopening.
Tender deadlines
The frameworks currently open and closing, with references and dates.
A tool tells you where you stand. It does not write the bid.
If the calculator says the opportunity is worth chasing, book a call at bookings.glaxtons.co.uk and we will tell you what winning it takes.
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