A new AI-assisted bid writing service has launched, with a mission to level the playing field for SMEs seeking private and public sector contracts, at a time when the cost and complexity of tendering is putting contract opportunities out of reach for many businesses.
bidtogether, headquartered in the North East of England, combines a purpose-built AI platform with the expertise of professional bid writers to produce high-quality, tailored tender responses at speed and at a cost accessible to all organisations.
The launch comes as a report from the Federation of Small Businesses reveals that nearly a third of small firms have not won a public contract over the past three years.
bidtogether was developed over the course of 18 months by Executive Compass, one of the UK’s most established bid writing consultancies, which has supported organisations to win more than £5 billion in public sector contracts since 2009. The platform’s AI workflows were built from the ground up by bid professionals, based entirely on what evaluators look for in winning submissions, rather than adapted from generic large language models.
Craig Sutch, Operations Director at bidtogether, said: “From our experience, time and cost are consistently two of the biggest barriers in tendering, affecting organisations of all sizes. bidtogether was built to help remove these barriers by making professional tender writing support more accessible, efficient and scalable for every type of organisation.
