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Tell BidSkim what you do
Services, regions, contract size and certifications. Plain English, two minutes.
How it works
Alerts look for words. BidSkim looks for fit.
A buyer writing 'responsive maintenance' will never trip your 'repairs' alert. BidSkim reads the whole notice and scores it against your business instead.
The short version
One profile. Four sources. A daily brief.
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We read the sources daily
Find a Tender, Contracts Finder, Public Contracts Scotland and Sell2Wales, every morning.
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You get a scored shortlist
Each match graded 0–100 with the reasons it fits, a summary, and the source link.
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You see what's coming
Renewals, frameworks, buyer contacts and competitor history around every match.
The scoring
Scored the way you'd decide to bid.
No keyword counting. The same checks you'd run reading the notice yourself, ending in a verdict: Recommended, Worth a look, or In your market.
Services
What you actually provide, however the buyer chose to word it.
Location
Where you can deliver, not just where the buyer sits.
Contract size
Too small to bother, in range, or too big for the team.
Certifications
Mandatory accreditations and pass/fail gates, flagged before you read further.
Route
Open tender, framework, DPS or dynamic market, and whether you can still get in.
Buyer context
The buyer's history, incumbents and repeat suppliers where public data supports it.
What lands in your inbox
The 7am email that replaces the portal round.
Every match arrives with its verdict and the evidence quoted, summarised in a sentence, and linked back to the official notice. Bid, save or ignore. Most take under a minute to call.
- Strongest matches first, weakest never sent.
- The 'why it fits' is written on the card.
- One click to the official source for the detail.
Recommended
Building maintenanceSME suitable
Responsive repairs & minor works, 18 schools
Leeds City Council· Yorkshire
£1.9m
28 May
Why it fitsYou deliver reactive repairs in Yorkshire, the value sits in your range, and no framework membership is required.
Recommended
Hard FMFramework
Hard FM & building services framework
YPO · National
£280m
closes 34d
Before / after
The morning, before and after.
Before
Four portals. Saved searches that miss the buyer's wording. CPV alerts that bury two real opportunities under fifty irrelevant ones. By Wednesday, nobody's checking.
After
One scored shortlist over coffee. The reasons on each card, the buyer's history a click away, and renewal signals landing months before the tender does.
Predict
Plan the year before the notices arrive.
For teams that want time to build buyer relationships, close certification gaps and prepare credible answers before a procurement goes live.
- Renewal radar: see expiring incumbent contracts and likely retender windows months ahead.
- Buyer preparation: learn the certifications, insurance, social-value evidence and pass/fail gates a target buyer typically expects.
- Relationship planning: find published contacts and approach the buyer before the specification and timetable are fixed.
- Market context: understand incumbents, comparable awards, values and bid counts before making your plan.
Two minutes of questions. A shortlist by morning.
Answer a few questions about what you do. Get a scored match report in minutes.
✓No credit card✓No sales call✓2-minute setup