Tenders for building construction can be highly competitive. While price is undoubtedly a key factor, the quality of the submission, selection questionnaire, and ITT response often carries more weight in the overall evaluation. We support our clients with construction bidding projects for contracting opportunities, helping them maximise their quality scores and ensuring they win more tenders and framework agreements.
For a construction tender, the following areas are typically critical:
- Social Value, particularly community benefits, which emphasises the importance of giving back to the local community and creating a positive impact beyond the construction project itself.
- Innovation and the integration of technology in building, such as the use of Building Information Management (BIM) systems, which can streamline processes, improve collaboration, and enhance the overall efficiency of the construction project.
- Cost and value engineering, focusing on optimising the project's budget while maintaining high quality standards and delivering the best possible value for the client.
- Health & Safety as a top priority, demonstrating a strong commitment to the well-being of workers, the public, and the environment throughout the construction process.
- Innovative approaches to managing sub-contractors, ensuring effective communication, coordination, and quality control across all aspects of the project.
The real key is writing a highly practical and considered bid which clearly highlights our clients expertise and understanding of the specific requirements.
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Tailored Bidding Solutions
Whether you’re new to tendering or a seasoned professional, we offer services that are customised to meet your business’s specific needs.
Fast, Efficient Service
We understand the importance of deadlines, and our team works quickly to ensure your bid is submitted on time with the highest quality.
Industry-Specific Expertise: With 15 years of experience in the sector, we understand the complexities and challenges of bidding for highly competitive and often complex construction projects.
Proven Track Record: Our team has helped secure hundreds of millions in contracts for clients!
Comprehensive Bid Support: From initial bid assessment to final submission, we provide full-service support, ensuring your submission meets all tender requirements.
Tailored Solutions: We customise each bid to reflect your organisation’s strengths, values, and objectives, aligning with the specific needs of the contracting authority.
Compliance and Regulation: We ensure all bids comply with the latest industry regulations and guidelines, helping you avoid common pitfalls that could jeopardise your chances of success. Especially important for our SME clients.
"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).
