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Bid readiness checklist
Ready to bid for public contracts under the Procurement Act 2023, and to walk away from the wrong ones.
- Format
- Printable checklist
- For
- SMEs, charities, CICs and social enterprises selling to public bodies.
- Licence
- Free forever. Use it, change it, use it in paid work. Don't resell it as yours. The licence
What's inside
Registrations, policies, an evidence library, social value, a go or no-go scorecard, a bid timeline, a quality check, what to do after the result, and notes for grants. It gets an organisation ready to bid for public contracts, and to decide which ones are worth bidding for.
How to use it
- Read Part 1 first, so you know the rules the buyer is working under.
- Get the registrations, policies and evidence in place before a tender lands, not after.
- Score every opportunity on the go or no-go card. Below 12, walk away.
- Work back from the deadline, submit at least a day early, and ask for feedback whether you win or lose.
Get it
Bid readiness checklist goes on the shelf soon. Nothing to fill in until then.