Construction tenders are competitive and buyers often score heavily on quality as well as price. A strong submission makes it easy for evaluators to see that you understand the contract, can manage risk, and have the right people and processes in place.
A high scoring construction bid usually shows:
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Clear method statements that reflect the specification and site realities
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Strong evidence, including similar projects, outcomes, and client references
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Practical health and safety, quality, and environmental controls
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A realistic mobilisation plan and contract management approach
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Social value that is relevant to the contract and measurable
Our role is to turn your experience into clear answers that match the questions and scoring, with evidence that stands up to evaluation.
Most construction bids are won or lost on method statements. They need to be practical, specific and easy to follow, not generic.
We help you produce method statements that:
• Follow the buyer’s wording and scoring criteria
• Explain how you will deliver on site, step by step
• Show how you will manage risk, quality and customer impact
• Use evidence from similar work, with outcomes and lessons learned
• Are consistent across the submission, so nothing contradicts
If you already have drafts, we can strengthen them and close gaps before submission.
Social value scoring is common across public sector construction and frameworks. The best answers are specific to the contract and backed by delivery plans, not broad promises.
We help you build social value responses that:
• Link directly to the buyer’s priorities and the local area
• Set out what you will deliver, when, and how it will be measured
• Use practical commitments, such as local employment, supply chain, or community support
• Include reporting, governance and accountability
This makes it easier for evaluators to give high marks and reduces the risk of over committing.
"We again engaged Thornton and Lowe to support our company and improve the quality of a recent bid
submission. Dave Thornton and his team assisted with our submission and added quality and focus to the
process, streamlining replies, while ensuring key points demonstrated.
The result was a concise, quality, professional bid we were proud to submit and provided a key structure to our
business for future bids. We are very pleased with the outcome and will definitely be using T&L in the future."
Louise Scott, H Bell & Sons. Building Contractor
"I was looking for assistance in compiling bids for the various tenders my company was tendering for and that's when I came across Thornton &Lowe Ltd. The service I received, especially from Katie, Cathrine and Maria Edwards was nothing but exceptional, their knowledge and skill for compiling and providing excellent bids for those tendering submissions have been first-class. It's fair to say that my company has been successful in a number of the bids submitted. I would strongly recommend the services offered by Thornton & Lowe if you are looking for a successful bid writing organisation."
Nichol Associates
"Dave, Adam, Beth and the team at Thornton & Lowe assisted us in completing a large tender for a multi-million pound, multi-year utility framework which was of the utmost strategic importance for our company. They were proactive, efficient, extremely thorough, demanding of us in the right ways, and wrote for us some excellent answers to the numerous questions asked of us by the tender submission. The tender was completed within a short notice period and ultimately successful in helping us to win this important framework. I'd recommend Thornton & Lowe and look forward to working with them on future tender submissions."
Alex Dinham, Celtic Process Control Ltd
"We wanted to work with an established provider of tender services. Crucially, it was important for us to look more widely at our tendering – not just to look at when we should tender but also to decide where we shouldn’t tender. Finally, as a local company, it was important for us to work with a company from Greater Manchester, where possible."
Totally Local Company
"We have had confirmation from Salford Council that we have been successful with our tender for the Demolition and associated service framework: Lot 1 planned demolition (5 contractors in total) & Lot 2 emergency call out during office hours (sole contractor).Thank you for all your good work in preparing our submission it was much appreciated and of course fruitful."
Tim Scopes, P McGuinness & Co Ltd
"This is a huge thank you e-mail! After waiting many months for the Canterbury Christchurch University tender we have just received notice to say we have been awarded the contract. we simply could not have achieved this success without the great template you provided us with. Every tender we have gone for so far we have won! 3 tenders in all, across 3 Universities. We are over the moon! Thanks again for such an amazing team and the work you put into the template."
Tracy Hutchison, Director, Elite Entrance Systems
See our google reviews and case studies (SUS and Danfo for example - 2 very different but longstanding and successful clients).
