Tender support for UK care providers
Bid writing for care providers by a former council evaluator. We write against the marking scheme, for a fixed fee. We also help new services get set up, and existing ones keep the contracts they win.
Who we work with
CQC-regulated services
Ofsted-regulated services
Not sure where your service fits? Ask us. If we can't help, we'll say so.
Setting up a new service
Many providers come to us before they have a tender. We help you get registered, get ready to be commissioned and get onto your first framework, with the same two partners from the first plan to the first placement.
Statement of Purpose, policies mapped to the regulations, location risk assessment and preparation for the fit-person interview.
Which councils place in your area, how each one buys, and what they check before they place a child or young person with you.
DPS and framework applications at our published prices, so you are on the lists councils buy from.
Fixed fee after a short scoping call. Ofsted makes every registration decision, so we never promise an outcome or a timescale.
What we do
Method statements and quality answers written against the published marking scheme, inside every word count and formatting rule.
SQs and PQQs completed accurately, with your policies and evidence mapped to each requirement.
Getting onto the dynamic purchasing systems, dynamic markets and frameworks councils buy care through, and staying on them when they reopen.
A council evaluator's read of your draft before you submit, or a straight answer on whether a tender is worth your time.
Won council work? We help you pass its monitoring visits and keep the contract. Contract-monitoring readiness, seen from the commissioner's side.
For CQC-registered services, we also help you prepare for inspection alongside the council's monitoring visits.
Ask about quality assuranceHow councils score your bid
Councils mark each quality answer against a published scale, usually 0 to 5, then apply the question's weighting. We've done that marking for a council. This is what the evaluator is looking for.
Meets the requirement, in general terms.
“All staff complete safeguarding training and concerns are reported to the manager.”
Who does what, how often, and how you know it is working.
“Every worker completes Level 2 safeguarding before their first shift, refreshed yearly. The registered manager reviews each concern within 24 hours and reports themes to the council's safeguarding lead every quarter.”
How it works
Share the documents and the closing date. We start with the specification and the marking scheme.
A short scoping call, then a fixed price in writing before any work begins. No hourly meter.
Drafts built around what scores, checked against every instruction in the tender before you submit.
Who you'll work with
Partner
A former council evaluator who has scored care tenders and spent two years on the commissioning side, checking that contracted services delivered what they promised. Has also run regulated care services. Leads on bid strategy, scoring and quality assurance.
Partner
Brings experience from mental health services and runs each bid from first read to final upload: the timetable, the evidence and the checks against every instruction in the tender.
Two partners on every bid, and no conflicts. Your bid is written by the two of us, never passed to juniors or freelancers. We never write for two providers bidding for the same lot, and we check before we quote.
Prices
£150
A straight view on whether a tender is worth your time.
from£500
The SQ plus up to 6 quality answers, ready to upload.
Every quality answer, written to the marking scheme.
Fixed fee
Registration readiness, commissioning readiness and your first framework. Priced after a scoping call.
Every fee is agreed in writing before work starts.
Questions providers ask
Full tender submissions and method statements, selection questionnaires (SQs and PQQs), applications to dynamic purchasing systems (DPS), dynamic markets and frameworks, and social value answers for local authority care contracts. We also review bids you have written yourselves.
Adult social care: care homes (residential and nursing), supported living for adults with learning disabilities, autism or mental health needs, and home care, including reablement and extra care. Children's services: children's homes, and Ofsted-regulated supported accommodation for 16 and 17-year-olds and care leavers.
Yes. We write for residential and nursing care homes bidding onto council frameworks, block contracts and approved provider lists, including the quality and pricing schedules those tenders ask for.
Every job is a fixed fee, agreed in writing after a short scoping call. A bid/no-bid view is £150, a DPS or framework application starts at £500 and a full tender starts at £1,500. The price depends on the number of questions, the word limits and how much existing material you already have. There is no hourly billing. See all prices.
Yes. Your first full tender with us is £850 for up to 8 quality answers, so you can see how we work before paying the full rate. Larger tenders get the same £650 off. From your second tender, prices start at £1,500, agreed in writing after a short scoping call.
As much as you can give. Get in touch as soon as a tender is published and we will tell you straight away whether the timescale is workable, and whether the opportunity is worth bidding for at all. Or call us on 07743 233 029 (Mon to Fri, 09:00 to 17:30 UK).
Yes. We read your draft the way a council evaluator would, against the published marking scheme, and show you where it is likely to lose marks and how to fix it before you submit.
Yes. Our quality assurance support gets you ready for the council's contract monitoring, seen from the commissioner's side: preparing for quality-assurance and monitoring visits, including a rehearsal; your KPI and monitoring returns; self-assessment against the council's provider quality framework; and the improvement plan if a visit goes badly. It is priced after a short call.
Yes. We help you get ready to register with Ofsted and to be commissioned: your Statement of Purpose, policies mapped to the regulations, location risk assessment, fit-person interview preparation, and which councils to approach. Ofsted makes the registration decision, so we never promise an outcome or a timescale.
Yes. We write tenders for supported living, home care and care homes, and help existing services prepare for CQC inspection and council monitoring visits.
We never write for two providers bidding for the same lot. We check for conflicts before we quote, and if we are already working with someone on that lot, we tell you straight away.
Yes. Your documents are used only for your bid, are never shared outside the two of us and are never reused for another client. We are happy to sign your non-disclosure agreement.
Get in touch
Tell us which tender and when it closes. We'll reply within one working day.
Scoping and kick-off meetings in person in England, or by video.
Prefer email? hello@carebidconsultants.co.uk
Or call 07743 233 029 (Mon to Fri, 09:00 to 17:30 UK)
Your enquiry goes straight to Nicholas and Cristina.