Find the right starting point
These guides help digital agencies and consultancies find public work, check the scope and decide what to investigate. They include practical worksheets, labelled examples and links to official guidance. They are not a live tender directory or a substitute for the buyer's documents.
New to public procurement? Start with our guide to finding public tenders as a UK digital agency.
Choose a workflow and make the bid decision
Tender alerts vs bid qualification: what an agency needsCompare tender alerts with bid qualification. Use a two-week worksheet to test coverage, relevance, evidence and review effort before choosing software.Bid or no bid checklist for digital agenciesA practical bid/no-bid checklist for digital agencies, with hard gates, an evidence log, bid-cost example and a reusable decision note.
Check the work your team would deliver
UK website redesign tenders: search and screening guideFind UK website redesign tenders and separate design work from hosting, migration and support. Includes a search worksheet and scope checklist.Accessibility audit tenders: scope and bid checklistScreen accessibility audit tenders by testing scope, assistive technology, reporting, remediation and retesting. Includes a supplier checklist and example.User research tenders: check recruitment before you bidAssess user research tenders by research questions, participant access, recruitment, incentives and delivery dependencies. Includes a scope worksheet.CMS migration tenders: a risk and evidence checklistEvaluate CMS migration tenders by content, integrations, access, cutover and support. Includes a dependency register and an illustrative risk assessment.
Resolve scope and commercial uncertainty
Tender clarification questions for digital projectsEight practical clarification question templates for digital tenders, covering scope, migration, accessibility, research, support and contract value.How to read a tender contract value before you bidSeparate a tender’s headline value from annual revenue, guaranteed work and delivery margin. Includes worked examples for terms, options and frameworks.
See the evidence and sources
Read our worked Bid or Not examples, compare tender tools or explore the official tender sources. For product boundaries, check coverage and how the judgement works.
See your own tenders judged.
Start with five free briefs, no card. Confirm your email and check the capability profile drafted from your website. See which published notices deserve a closer look, with the reasons.