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Guides for people writing their own bids

Eight guides for people writing their own. Every one is free, none of them asks for your address, and each ends with what to do next.

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Written by Theo Ilori, founder. Last checked 7 September 2026.

Work out whether this one is worth bidding for

A sixteen-question scorecard you can print and take to whoever signs it off.

What you'll pay a bid writer, and what changes it

The fees charged here, and the five things that move any supplier's quote.

Why a good bid still loses marks

Six places marks go missing, three of them found in real applications before they were submitted.

Check your grant application before it goes in

The order that catches the most, from the fund's own rules to the cold read.

How your tender answers actually get scored

Criteria, weightings and the scale, and how to spend your week where the marks are.

What the Procurement Act 2023 means for a small supplier

What is settled, what is still arriving, and where to check it yourself.

The compliance list that decides whether you're read at all

The pass-or-fail items and the format rules, before the writing matters.

How to write a method statement that scores

The shape that covers the criterion, and the test to run on every paragraph.

Which one to start with

If you have found an opportunity and have not decided, start with the bid or no bid scorecard. If you are pricing the option before you speak to anybody, start with what a bid writer costs. The rest are written for a particular moment, and the line under each one says which.

Or send it and get a fixed fee back

Send the guidance or the tender pack with your deadline, and a price comes back with a straight answer on bidding.

Get a fixed fee for my bid

You hear back within 24 hours. If you send a deadline, you hear inside one working day whether we can meet it, and that comes before you pay anything.