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
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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.
Maintenance of maldi biotyper mass spectrometer
NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership-Procurement Services (hosted by Velindre University NHS Trust) · Awarded to Bruker UK Ltd on 28 Jul 2026
£26k
Anetic Aid Patient Trolleys [Maintenance of]
NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership-Procurement Services · Awarded to Anetic Aid Ltd. on 22 Jul 2026
£26k
Fall Arrest Equipment Testing, Maintenance and Repairs
Aster Group Limited · Awarded to Harmony Fire Limited on 21 Jul 2026
£100k
Service and Maintenance of Boosted Water Tank and Pump Systems
Dundee City Council · Awarded to Scan Building Services Ltd on 21 Jul 2026
£251k
Palo Alto Firewall infrastructure Hardware maintenance and software update
London Borough of Haringey · Awarded to CDW LTD on 19 Jul 2026
£229k
Westfield Hall Roof Replacement
East Sussex County Council · Awarded to sussex asphalte on 16 Jul 2026
£99k
Cleaning and Janitorial Consumables
ASTON UNIVERSITY · Awarded to Knighton Janitorial Limited on 14 Jul 2026
£50k
Maintenance of Mosaiq Oncology Management System
Swansea Bay University Health Board · Awarded to ELEKTA LIMITED on 12 Jul 2026
£131k
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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