How to Structure High-Scoring Tender Responses for Social Care
🔍 Why Structure Matters
Commissioners score your submission based on clarity, relevance, and evidence. A well-structured response makes it easy for evaluators to award marks. Poorly structured answers — even if well-written — risk losing points because key information gets missed.
📋 Key Elements of a Strong Tender Structure
- Headings and Sub-Headings: Reflect the question structure and break answers into clear, logical sections.
- Signposting: Make it obvious where you are answering each part of the question (“In response to…”, “We deliver this through…”).
- Flow: Move from context to action to outcomes. Start with what you do, explain how you do it, and finish with the difference it makes.
- Evidence: Weave in examples, case studies, data, and feedback to demonstrate impact.
- Consistency: Use consistent formatting, tone, and language throughout.
💡 Common Pitfalls to Avoid
Unstructured narrative, inconsistent headings, and jumping between points without clarity all make responses harder to follow — and harder to score highly.
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Updated for Procurement Act 2023 • CQC-aligned • BASE-aligned (where relevant)