Providing you with solutions to access more tenders, manage your bids, and analyse the market.
Our Tender Readiness Check assesses your capabilities and puts you on the fast track to success.
We have an amazing and dedicated Customer Services team, who are always ready to help you with any questions, issues or feedback you may have.
You can subscribe to Tenders Direct by either selecting a pricing package from the pricing options above, or by contacting our Sales Team on 0800 222 9009. We have three standard packages (Basic, Core & Premium), each giving you access to a different selection of features. You can also request bespoke packages based on your unique business requirements.
Yes, your data is completely safe with Tenders Direct.
Tenders Direct is part of Proactis Tenders Limited, which is certified to ISO/IEC 27001:2022, the international standard for information security management systems (ISMS). This means Proactis Tenders Limited has implemented a systematic and proactive approach to managing the security of its information assets, including the data of its customers and partners. An ISMS is based on three principles – confidentiality, integrity and availability of information:
By following the requirements and best practices of ISO/IEC 27001:2022, Proactis Tenders Limited demonstrates its commitment to protecting the data of Tenders Direct users from unauthorised access, use, disclosure, modification or loss.
Finding the right public sector contracts is difficult, and missing perfect opportunities is all too easy.
Public contract notices are published in numerous locations by thousands of different buyers. Tender notices can be found on government databases, websites of individual organisations and purchasing consortia, trade journals and even newspapers. In the UK alone, there are literally hundreds of sources.
Tenders Direct saves you time, and offers you peace of mind, by guaranteeing you will never miss out on suitable contracts. Instead of trawling through long lists of notices from multiple sources to find the ones you want to bid for, you can focus on other tasks while we send the most relevant contracts straight to your inbox.
All of our subscriptions include personalised tender alerts from the UK’s most accurate tender alert service, the use of our bid management tool, and full access to our tender database – with over 7 years of contracts and awards from the UK and EU.
We would be happy to discuss all our features and can show you how they work with a quick demo. If you would like to try the features for yourself, we can also give you temporary access to our platform with a trial account.
Our team can be reached on 0800 222 9009, alternatively, you can leave a message by completing our contact form, and we’ll arrange a call at a time that suits you.
Tenders Direct subscriptions and services can be paid for using debit cards, credit cards and bank transfers.
Your dedicated Account Manager will provide all the advice you need to use the service effectively and share their knowledge about public sector tendering. We also have a range of ‘How to’ videos detailing how each of our features and services works.
To help you secure more work with the public sector, we host regular free webinars and have a wide range of resources you can use to develop your knowledge. We also run training courses every month to help equip bid writers with the skills needed to tender more efficiently and effectively. As a subscriber, you also receive a 10% discount on our standard training courses.
Yes, we offer both free guided demos of our features and free trial subscriptions. You can call our team on 0800 222 9009, or can use the following links, to arrange either of these.
We do offer customer support. We have a Customer Support Team available 9.00am – 5.00pm, Monday to Friday, to assist our customers. All subscribers have a dedicated Account Manager who will be your first point of contact for all enquires.
Please follow the hyperlink to view Tenders Direct’s subscription terms & conditions.
Yes. Tenders Direct is the most comprehensive source of public sector tenders in the UK and Ireland. We collect and publish every notice issued by contracting authorities in the UK and Ireland, including central and local governments, NHS, education, emergency services and more. Thanks to the Tenders Direct Guarantee, we make sure you never miss an opportunity. All tenders are brought together in one searchable database, with personalised alerts sent straight to your inbox.
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From finding tenders to optimising your entire bidding process, oeur expert resources are designed for every stage of your journey.
Finding relevant opportunities takes hours of searching across dozens of portals and still exposes you to the risk of missing tenders.
That time cost leads to wasted effort, missed deadlines, and lost revenue - especially when the perfect tender appears, but it is too late to submit a bid.
Get verified, personalised tender alerts sent to you - we scan 500+ sources daily and review every notice, so you only see opportunities that match your business.
Book a short demo with our team, and we will show you how our system works - no commitment, immediate value.
What happens on the demo: ⬩ Review of the market and opportunities for your business ⬩ Discussion about what information and tools you need ⬩ Walkthrough of relevant Tenders Direct features for you ⬩ Option to start a FREE 7 day trial of Tenders Direct
Hearing about contracts only when they are officially published leaves you with the same, small window of time offered to everyone else.
Missing contract expiration dates means losing the chance to build buyer relationships or influence specifications. You are left reacting to the market rather than shaping your success.
Gain a strategic head start with Advance Tender Alerts. We track every contract expiration date, giving you the vital lead time to influence requirements and prepare winning strategies.
Relying on search tools powered by CPV codes is a risky strategy that often results in irrelevant leads or missed opportunities.
Their unreliable results force your team to sift through hundreds of junk notices, wasting valuable time and increasing the risk of overlooking critical contracts.
Benefit from expert human intervention. Our specialist team scans 500+ sources daily and reviews every notice, ensuring you only receive high-quality, perfectly matched tender alerts.
Operating without understanding your competitors’ tendering activity provides no benchmarks, allowing them to capture lucrative markets while you remain completely unaware.
Losing out to rivals without understanding their strategy makes it impossible for you to adapt. You risk repeating mistakes and losing even more of your market share.
Track competitor wins with our dedicated tool. Receive alerts on their new awards and analyse their market share to build and refine your winning, competitive bidding strategies.
Not knowing why competitors win work, or what buyers truly value, can leave you stuck in costly, repetitive bidding cycles.
Without detailed insights or access to winning submissions, you’re effectively flying blind - missing the intelligence needed to move from “consistent bidder” to “consistent winner”.
Our FOI Request Tool changes that. We manage the admin, enabling anonymous requests that protect your relationships while revealing the insights you’ve been missing.
Manually transferring tender data between portals and your internal systems is slow, prone to human error, and delays your critical response times.
This fragmented approach creates data silos and prevents effective collaboration. Without a centralised view, you risk missing deadlines, duplicating work, and losing your competitive market edge
Seamlessly connect our high-quality tender data with your CRM or ERP. Automate your workflows to ensure the right opportunities reach the right people at the right time.
