For UK small businesses
Find work, win bids, run your business.
123 Tenders finds the government contracts that fit your business, shows you exactly what the buyer wants and helps you write a winning bid. One place, built for small businesses.
We don't just find the tender. We help you win it.
Or browse live tenders by council across the UK.
- Refreshed daily
- Find a Tender, Contracts Finder and Public Contracts Scotland
- OGL v3.0 licensed
What 123 Tenders actually is
More than a tender finder.
123 Tenders isn't just somewhere to find contracts. When we say business tools, we mean it. Find the tender. Draft the bid. Run the admin your industry actually needs, whether that's a staff rota, a training tracker, or keeping insurance dates from creeping past you. And once you're trading, get found online too, so you're not paying an SEO agency on top of everything else.
One place, not five subscriptions to five different tools that don't talk to each other.
Find the tender
Live public sector notices from across the UK, matched to what you actually do.
Draft the bid
Structured first drafts, an answer library and exports, all built around your business.
Run the admin
Staff rotas, training logs, expiry trackers and job sheets for your trade. Free to use, no account needed.
Get found online
Growth and visibility tools so customers can find you without a separate SEO bill.
Free Business Tools
Your business admin, sorted.
Not sure what business to start? Try Sector Finder.
Staff rotas, training records, invoicing, and now Sector Finder, so you know exactly what to bid for before you have even started. All in one place.
How it works
Three steps from notice to submission
No bid team, no blank page, no month-long process.
Find the work
Browse live UK public sector contracts by region and sector, filter by what you actually do, and open the official notice in one click.
Generate your draft
One click builds a structured response: requirements, social value, modern slavery and a company overview, with your business details filled in.
Finish and submit
Edit the draft into your own words, add your evidence and pricing, and submit through the buyer's portal. You control every word.
Welcome to 123 Tenders
A quick look at how we help your business find, choose and win more public sector contracts, all in one place and built for small businesses.
A short walkthrough of how 123 Tenders finds live public sector contracts, scores them against your business and drafts the bid.
Plays muted automatically. Tap unmute to hear the voiceover.
Why we built this
I kept meeting small UK trades and service businesses who could clearly do the work, but never bid for it. A human bid writer starts at around £1,500 per submission, and most small firms don’t have an in-house bid team or a spare week to decode a selection questionnaire.
So the work quietly goes to whoever can afford the paperwork. That didn’t seem right.
123 Tenders is our attempt at a fix: real live notices from across the UK (Find a Tender, Contracts Finder and Public Contracts Scotland) turned into a structured first draft in minutes. It’s a starting point, not a finished submission; you still bring the evidence, the pricing and the final words. But you start from something, instead of a blank page.
The 123 Tenders team
There's a better way.
What we do
Everything a bid team does, without the bid team.
Built around the real jobs a small business has to do when bidding for public sector work.
Find the right contracts
Live public sector opportunities from Find a Tender, Contracts Finder and Public Contracts Scotland, matched to your business.
Know if you should bid
A match score and a clear Bid or No-Bid call on every tender, so you never waste days on the wrong one. Included with Pro and Business.
Understand the tender
Tender X-Ray shows what the buyer is really asking for and how you will be scored. One free X-Ray on Starter, unlimited on Pro and Business.
Get bid-ready
Your Readiness score, Answer Library and renewal alerts keep you a step ahead.
Write a winning bid
A done-for-you Bid Pack, built around your company.
123 Tenders provides automated tools, drafts and reminders, not professional, legal, tax or bid-writing advice. You are responsible for verifying all information and for your final submissions.
Everything a bid team does (find, qualify, analyse, draft) without the £1,500-a-bid consultant.
Who it's for
Built for the businesses behind the services people rely on.
If you can do the work, the paperwork shouldn't stop you. 123 Tenders is for the small UK trades and service businesses who never had a bid team: construction, care, cleaning, logistics, IT, facilities and professional services. We handle the complex bits. You deliver what you're good at.
Trades & construction
Electricians, builders, facilities: bid for council and housing-association work without a full-time bid team.
Care & healthcare providers
Care homes, domiciliary care, NHS suppliers: respond to more framework and contract opportunities.
Professional services & consultants
Keep a steady pipeline of public sector work without hiring a bid writer.
First-time bidders
Never stare at a blank selection questionnaire again; start from a structured draft and learn as you go.
The maths
A draft costs pennies to generate. A bid writer costs £1,500+.
Pro £49.99/mo for your first month, then £89/month. Or a one-off Bid Pack for £349.