Bid Radar: tender alerts for your trade and area, and the contracts coming up for re-tender
A weekly email of live council, housing association and care tenders that fit your trades and area, and a 24-month calendar of contracts coming up for re-tender, from published award notices.
Who it's for
- You run a small repairs, maintenance or care firm and want council work without searching portals every week.
- You want to know which contracts in your area end soon, so you can prepare before the tender appears.
- You find keyword alerts send too much that doesn't fit.
What you get
- A weekly email, every 7 days, of live tenders matched to your trades and areas, best fit first, with closing dates and new ones marked.
- A calendar of contracts in your trades and area that award notices say end in the next 24 months.
- One buyer profile a month when you ask for it: what that buyer lets, how often and how.
- Links to the official notice and documents, never re-hosted copies.
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Your tenders for the week: responsive repairs, North West
2 live tenders fit your trades and areas this week, 1 of them new.
- Repairs and voids contract, Northfield Homes (fictional). New. Closes in 3 weeks.
- Damp and mould surveys, Easterby Council (fictional). Closes in 5 weeks.
Coming up for re-tender: Westbrook Council's (fictional) gas servicing contract ends in about 5 months, going by its award notice. End dates are often extended or brought forward.
The re-tender calendar
Most council and housing association contracts run for a fixed term, and the award notice says when it ends. Bid Radar lists the contracts in your trades and area that award notices say end in the next 24 months, so you can get ready, check your accreditations and talk to the buyer at market engagement events before the tender is published. End dates are often extended or brought forward, so treat them as a guide.
Other ways to find tenders
- Find a Tender is the government's free notice service. Since February 2025 it carries new notices of every size, and you can save a search to get an email when new notices match. GOV.UK guide.
- The free Bid Matcher checks your website against the live repairs and care tenders today. No sign-up to see your matches. Check my website.
- Bid Radar does the matching every week, adds the re-tender calendar and a buyer profile, and never needs a keyword list.
Browse live tenders and contracts ending soon by trade and region, or read our guide to damp and mould tenders after Awaab's Law.
What we need from you
- Your trades and areas. That's all.
Our guarantee
- No minimum term. Cancel any time in your client area; it runs to the end of the period you've paid for and we don't charge you again (terms 4.6).
- Matches and end dates are automated estimates from public data, not advice (terms 2.5).
Full wording in our terms of business.
Who checks it
Nobody, before it's sent: it's an automated summary of public information, labelled as automated (terms 6.1). Everything we write or check for you is different: we're appointing experienced UK bid writers; every bid we write or check is reviewed before it reaches you, and nothing is delivered until a reviewer is in place. See how a bid is checked.
Questions
How is this different from Find a Tender's own alerts?
Find a Tender lets you save a search and get emails when new notices match it, which is worth setting up. Bid Radar matches on trade and area rather than keywords, adds a calendar of contracts due for re-tender from award notices, and a buyer profile each month.
Does Bid Radar tell me who else is bidding?
No. It never says who else is interested in a tender or who our clients are (terms 2.5).
Is there a free option?
Yes. The free Bid Matcher checks your website against the live repairs and care tenders today, with no sign-up to see your matches. Bid Radar keeps doing that every week.
Can I keep the subscription but stop the emails?
Yes. You can turn the weekly email off and still use the calendar in your client area.