Industry · UK public sector
Bid for UK public-sector FM contracts without losing your operations director to PQQs
Soft FM, hard FM, total FM: councils, NHS trusts, schools and government departments all buy FM from SMBs. Bidwell helps you bid on more of it.
30 min
first-pass response on a typical FM SQ
4x
more bids per operations lead
100%
of UK public-sector FM notices monitored
The shape of facilities management bidding
What makes this industry hard to bid in
Facilities management spans the largest and most operationally diverse pool of public-sector procurement: cleaning, security, catering, mechanical and electrical, grounds maintenance, waste, soft FM bundles, and full total FM contracts. SMB providers win plenty of this work because buyers value local presence, response time, and direct accountability, but each bid wants the same heavy evidence: TUPE handling, BICSc and SIA accreditations, CHAS or SafeContractor approval, social value commitments scaled to the contract, and a credible mobilisation plan. Operations directors typically write these, which pulls them off live contract management. Bidwell takes that pressure off. We watch every FM-relevant UK notice on Find a Tender and Contracts Finder, score it against your service mix, region and contract size, and draft a tailored first-pass response in minutes from your stored evidence: TUPE process, accreditation proofs, mobilisation plan templates, and past wins. Your operations lead reviews and submits, and the contract delivery team stays on the floor.
What sucks today
- Operations directors writing TUPE narratives at weekends
- Mobilisation plans copy-pasted instead of tailored to each contract
- Soft FM and total FM bundles closing before the team has scoped them properly
- Social value commitments not aligned to the buyer's declared priorities
What Bidwell does about it
- FM notice feed scoped to your service mix, region and contract size
- TUPE, mobilisation and accreditation evidence reused consistently
- Social value sections drafted against the buyer's actual published priorities
- More bids per operations lead without weekend work
Live tender feed
Recent facilities management awards in the UK
Pulled live from Find a Tender and Contracts Finder, filtered to facilities management-relevant CPV codes.
L11-299 First time find and fix gangs
North Lincolnshire Council · Awarded to EC Surfacing on 31 Aug 2026
£557k
Synergy Family Information System & Early Years
London Borough of Haringey · Awarded to Access UK Ltd on 31 Aug 2026
£116k
Maintenance of Infant Ventilators
Hywel Dda University Health Board · Awarded to Inspiration Healthcare on 25 Aug 2026
£83k
ICCA Service Contract
NHS Grampian · Awarded to Philips Electronics UK Limited on 25 Aug 2026
£274k
Beds [Maintenance of]
NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership-Procurement Services · Awarded to Drive DeVilbiss Healthcare Limited on 24 Aug 2026
£101k
Supply of Cleaning Consumables, Hygiene Products, PPE & Associated Services
Falmouth Exeter Plus · Awarded to Banner Group Limited on 23 Aug 2026
Undisclosed
NHSDG Estates & Property Fire Damper Inspection
Dumfries and Galloway Health Board · Awarded to Cleartech Group Ltd on 23 Aug 2026
£54k
Facilities Management Transition Support
Velindre University NHS Trust · Awarded to Mott MacDonald on 20 Aug 2026
£79k
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Who runs the bids in facilities management
Most of our facilities management customers are sme owners.
Frequently asked
Bidwell vs Facilities Management, in short
Yes. TUPE narrative is one of the most repetitive parts of FM bidding. The drafts pull your standard TUPE process, consultation timelines, and prior-mobilisation case studies into the buyer-specific scope.
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