The tender process
Follow the nine stages from market engagement and qualification through evaluation, award and mobilisation.
Read the guide ↗ Bid4Growth resources
Practical tools for better business decisions.
Use our calculators and plain-English guides to assess opportunities, protect margin and understand the route from business idea to contract delivery.
Interactive calculator
Care tender pricing and margin calculator
Build the estimated cost of one chargeable care hour, calculate a target bid rate and test the margin at a commissioner's proposed price.
- 2026/27 National Living Wage default
- Employer NI and pension thresholds
- Travel, non-contact time and overhead recovery
- Weekly and annual contract view
Free 2-minute assessment
Take the readiness assessment ↗How tender-ready is your business?
Answer ten practical questions and receive an instant readiness score, a breakdown across four business-critical areas and ranked actions to address before your next tender.
Equal-weight scoringPriority gap analysisInstant action plan
Care business planning tool
Build your timeline ↗Map your CQC and contract-readiness journey.
Build an indicative timeline from your current stage, separate the work you control from the CQC assessment period, and see how contract preparation can run in parallel.
Start-date or target-date planningAdjustable assessment allowanceClear compliance gates
Interactive tender planner
Open the deadline tracker ↗Turn the buyer’s deadline into a controlled bid plan.
Create a working-day schedule for qualification, strategy, clarification, writing, pricing, review and early submission. Tick off milestones and keep your progress saved on this device.
Reverse-scheduled milestonesOverdue warningsSaved completion tracking
Bid4Growth guides
Understand the journey before committing.
Clear guidance for providers making commercial, regulatory and procurement decisions.
Care Business Launchpad
See how provider readiness and early revenue can be developed through a controlled, evidence-led programme.
Explore the Launchpad ↗Growth and bidding articles
Practical thinking on winning work, building evidence and turning contracts into sustainable business growth.
Browse insights ↗Authoritative sources
Official resources worth bookmarking.
Use these services to verify current requirements. A live opportunity's documents always take precedence over general guidance.
Find a TenderSearch higher-value UK public procurement opportunities.↗Contracts FinderFind public sector opportunities and previous awards in England.↗CQC provider guidanceCheck registration, regulated activities and provider requirements.↗Procurement Act guidanceRead official guidance on the Procurement Act 2023.↗NHS Provider Selection RegimeUnderstand the routes used for relevant NHS healthcare services.↗Employment costs and thresholdsCheck current National Insurance and employer rates.↗
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