Compete with large bid teams using the team you already have
Mid-sized companies lose winnable tenders simply because there's no time. The CEO writes the bid in the evenings, the technical lead QAs over lunch, and pricing happens in the same Excel sheet used since 2019. Tenderen replaces that ad-hoc process with a structured workflow built for SMEs that actually want to grow on public contracts.
The problem
The bid process is dangerously dependent on two overworked people
In most SMEs, bid work is a hobby for the CEO and a technical second-in-command. That works while volume stays low — but once you want to grow, the bottleneck is impossible to ignore.
extra per month for the CEO
The CEO ends up writing the bids personally. Strategy, sales and operations have to wait — or get pushed into evenings and weekends.
awarded to large suppliers
On comparable tenders, organisations with a formal bid team win more often — not because they're better, but because they deliver more complete, quality-assured bids.
tenders you didn't get to
Promising notices slip by because you didn't have capacity to assess them in time. Your pipeline suffers from hours, not from opportunities.
The solution
A bid team in a box for the team you already have
Tenderen gives SMEs the workflow of a mature bid team — bid/no-bid framework, shared bid-text library, requirement checks and real-time collaboration — without anyone having to work on bids full time.
Shared library of bid text and references
Every time someone writes a strong paragraph on HSE, quality management or delivery model, it lives on in the library. The next bid never starts from a blank page.
Structured tender review
Standard bid/no-bid framework scoring strategic fit, margin potential and win probability — fill it out together in 30 minutes, decide once, skip the endless Slack threads.
Collaboration without tool sprawl
CEO, technical lead, project manager and any external advisor work in the same document with clear roles and comments — no more 'Bid_v17_FINAL_TV-revised.docx' over email.
Targeted tender search
Filter by CPV, buyer, geography and value — and get alerted only when something matches your actual core competence, not everything published on Doffin.
How it works
Three steps from ad-hoc to process
Import your portfolio
Upload the last five to ten bids you've delivered. Tenderen automatically builds a text library and reference base from what you've already written.
Assign roles across the team
Set up who's bid manager, technical lead, legal counsel and price owner. The standard workflow makes sure the right person gets the right task at the right time — no follow-up emails required.
Move from ad-hoc to repeatable
Every new tender follows the same process: qualification in hours, parallel work in hours, quality assurance that doesn't fall on the CEO after 10 pm.
Built for SMEs that want to grow in the public sector
IT firms, building contractors, healthcare providers and advisors between 5 and 50 employees use Tenderen to deliver more — and better — bids without expanding headcount.
Bids delivered per quarter
Less CEO overtime
Roles standardised
Higher win rate
Stop losing to the big players on hours alone.
Upload your portfolio, set up the team, and run the next tender through a proper process. Free to try for 14 days, full SME functionality included.