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 under an hour 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.
CE-199-25 Measured Term Contract (MTC) for Servicing, Maintenance & Monitoring of Intruder Alarm Systems
South Ayrshire Council · Awarded to unspecified supplier on 29 May 2026
Undisclosed
FTS052 Cleaning Services - Inverness Campus
Highlands and Islands Enterprise · Awarded to ALLAN INGRAM INDUSTRIAL CLEANING SERVICES LTD on 27 May 2026
£451k
Vernacare Technical Services
Isle of Wight · Awarded to VERNACARE LIMITED on 27 May 2026
£53k
HTHW DHN Reactive Maintenance
University of Dundee · Awarded to unspecified supplier on 27 May 2026
Undisclosed
Provision of Medical Gases Maintenance
BUCKINGHAMSHIRE HEALTHCARE NHS TRUST · Awarded to SHJ Hospital Pipelines t/a SHJ Medical & Lab Gas Specialists on 26 May 2026
£56k
NHSDG Estates & Property Term Roofing Contractor 2026
Dumfries and Galloway Health Board · Awarded to Lee Glover Roofing Contractor Ltd on 25 May 2026
£179k
Mobile and Fixed Line Telephony Services
Caerphilly County Borough Council · Awarded to Virgin Media O2 on 25 May 2026
£950k
Repair, maintenance and support services for Automatic Ticket Gate (ATG) systems across the TransPennine Express network
Transpennine Trains Limited · Awarded to Cubic Transportation Systems on 24 May 2026
£4.5m
See more in the buyer index or the sector index.
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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