How to Strengthen Your Tenders in Line with the Procurement Act 2023
📜 Why Alignment Matters
The Procurement Act 2023 sets new expectations for transparency, fairness, and value in public sector contracts. To succeed under these rules, social care providers must ensure their tenders are robust, evidence-based, and aligned with commissioners’ priorities.
💡 5 Practical Steps to Strengthen Your Tenders
- 1️⃣ Reframe Your Responses — Align answers to reflect transparency, fairness, and flexibility. Show how you meet these principles in practice.
- 2️⃣ Strengthen Your Evidence — Provide clear, measurable examples of outcomes, quality improvement, safeguarding, and social value delivery.
- 3️⃣ Review Governance Documents — Ensure policies, frameworks, and procedures reflect best practice and align with procurement expectations.
- 4️⃣ Demonstrate Local Impact — Highlight how your services contribute to community wellbeing, economic sustainability, and ICS priorities.
- 5️⃣ Invest in Continuous Improvement — Evidence how learning, feedback, and audits drive ongoing quality and responsiveness.
📥 Why This Matters
Commissioners are looking for clear, well-evidenced tenders that show how providers contribute to better outcomes, fairness, and value for money. Strong bids aren’t just compliant — they inspire confidence.
💼 Rapid Support Products (fast turnaround options)
- ⚡ 48-Hour Tender Triage
- 🆘 Bid Rescue Session – 60 minutes
- ✍️ Score Booster – Tender Answer Rewrite
- 🧩 Tender Answer Blueprint
- 📝 Tender Proofreading & Light Editing
- 🔍 Pre-Tender Readiness Audit
- 📁 Tender Document Review
🚀 Need a Bid Writing Quote?
If you’re exploring support for an upcoming learning disability tender, request a quick, no-obligation quote. I’ll review your documents and respond with:
- A clear scope of work
- Estimated days required
- A fixed fee quote
- Any risks, considerations or quick wins
🔁 Prefer Flexible Monthly Support?
If you regularly handle tenders, frameworks or call-offs, a Monthly Bid Support Retainer may be a better fit.
- Guaranteed hours each month (1, 2, 4 or 8 days)
- Discounted day rates vs ad-hoc consultancy
- Use time flexibly across bids, triage, library updates, renewals
- One-month rollover (fair-use rules applied)
- Cancel anytime before next billing date
🚀 Ready to Win Your Next Bid?
Chat on WhatsApp or email Mike.Harrison@impact-guru.co.uk
Updated for Procurement Act 2023 • CQC-aligned • BASE-aligned (where relevant)