Terms of Service

Last updated: 29 July 2026

These terms govern your use of BidSkim (the "Service"), operated by BidSkim Limited ("we", "us", "our"). By creating an account or using the Service, you agree to these terms.

1. What BidSkim does

BidSkim monitors public procurement sources in Britain for new tender notices, uses assisted scoring to rank them against your company profile, and sends email alerts for relevant matches on paid monitoring plans.

We do not guarantee contract wins, tender accuracy, or completeness. BidSkim is an alerting and discovery tool. You are responsible for verifying all tender details directly on the original procurement portal and making your own bidding decisions.

2. Accounts

• You must provide a valid email address and keep your login credentials secure.
• One account per person or business. We may close duplicate accounts.
• You must be 18 or older and authorised to act on behalf of the business you register.
• You are responsible for all activity under your account.

3. Free plan

New accounts receive a permanent free plan. At signup we run a one-time match scan across public sector tenders in Britain and pin your highest-scoring match with full detail, plus up to 15 additional blurred preview cards. Signed-in users can browse the tender database. Daily scoring, email alerts, profile rescans, renewals, buyer/supplier intelligence, and similar-contract research are paid features. No credit card is required for the free plan.

4. Paid subscriptions

Pricing

• Monitor monthly: £79/month, billed monthly
• Monitor annual: £780/year, billed annually
• Predict monthly: £189/month, billed monthly
• Predict annual: £1,860/year, billed annually

BidSkim Limited is not VAT registered; no VAT is charged on subscriptions. Prices shown are final. We reserve the right to change pricing with 30 days' notice to existing subscribers. Existing legacy subscribers keep their grandfathered access unless they cancel or change plan.

What Monitor includes

• Daily scoring against new tenders in Britain
• Instant email alerts when new matches drop
• Unblurred scores, match reasoning, and match analysis
• Editable profile with rescans and ongoing matching
• Pipeline and deadline tracking across matched tenders

What Predict includes

• Everything in Monitor
• Renewals and expiring incumbent contracts
• Buyer profiles, buyer contacts, supplier and incumbent intelligence
• Similar contracts, comparable awards, and pricing context

Cancellation

• Monthly plans: Cancel anytime from your settings page. Your plan remains active until the end of the current billing period.
• Annual plans: 30-day money-back guarantee from the date of purchase. After 30 days, you can cancel and your plan runs until the end of the annual period. No partial refunds after 30 days.

Payment

Payments are processed securely by Stripe. By subscribing, you authorise us to charge your payment method on a recurring basis. Failed payments may result in service suspension.

5. Acceptable use

You agree not to:

• Use the Service for any unlawful purpose
• Scrape, copy, or redistribute our tender data, match scores, or summaries
• Share your account credentials or let others use your account
• Attempt to reverse-engineer our matching algorithms
• Use automated tools to access the Service beyond normal browser usage
• Interfere with the Service's infrastructure or other users' access

We may suspend or terminate accounts that violate these terms without notice.

6. Data and AI

• Tender data is sourced from public procurement sources used by BidSkim.
• Matching uses a third-party AI service provider to classify and score tenders. Automated outputs are informational. Always verify tender details on the original tender notice.
• Your company profile is used solely to generate tender matches and is not shared with other users or third parties beyond our service providers.

See our Privacy Policy for full details on data handling.

7. Intellectual property

The BidSkim name, logo, website design, matching algorithms, and generated summaries are our intellectual property. Tender notices themselves are Crown Copyright published under the Open Government Licence.

8. Limitation of liability

To the maximum extent permitted by law:

• BidSkim is provided "as is" without warranty of any kind.
• We do not guarantee uninterrupted access, accuracy of scoring, or completeness of tender coverage.
• We are not liable for any loss of business, revenue, or contracts arising from use of or inability to use the Service.
• Our total liability to you shall not exceed the amount you paid us in the 12 months preceding the claim.

Nothing in these terms limits our liability for death or personal injury caused by our negligence, fraud, or any other liability that cannot be excluded by law.

9. Service availability

We aim for high availability but do not guarantee uptime. The Service depends on third-party providers (UK procurement portals, Google, Stripe, Render) that may experience outages. We will not be liable for downtime caused by third parties, scheduled maintenance, or force majeure events.

10. Changes to these terms

We may update these terms from time to time. For material changes, we will notify registered users via email at least 14 days before the changes take effect. Continued use after changes take effect constitutes acceptance.

11. Governing law

These terms are governed by the laws of England and Wales. Any disputes will be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of England and Wales.

12. Contact

For any questions about these terms:

• Email: [email protected]