Do you need to hire a bid professional, or do you need the bid written?
When a deadline is approaching, the last thing you want is to spend weeks recruiting, vetting, and onboarding a contractor before a single word is written. Recruitment and resourcing providers offer real value when you are building an internal team, but if you simply need this tender delivered, a done for you service gets you to submission faster.
Sound familiar?
- Unsure whether to hire a bid professional or outsource the whole submission
- Concerned about the time it takes to source and onboard a contractor
- Worried about managing a freelancer while running your business
- Need the finished bid delivered, not just access to talent
Last reviewed: June 2026
A Fair Comparison
How TenderVera and Bid Solutions compare.
TenderVera and Bid Solutions solve related but different problems. Bid Solutions is one of the UK's most established names in bid recruitment and resourcing, connecting organisations with skilled bid professionals and contractors and supporting the profession itself. TenderVera is a done for you bid writing service that delivers the finished, submission ready response without you needing to hire, manage, or onboard anyone.
Bid Solutions
- Long established and respected specialist in bid recruitment
- Extensive network of vetted bid and proposal professionals
- Valuable resource for building permanent internal bid teams
- Strong contribution to the bid profession through training and research
TenderVera
A finished bid, not a hire
You receive a complete, submission ready response. There is no contractor to source, vet, onboard, or manage.
Fixed per bid pricing
You know the full cost before any work begins, rather than paying day rates or recruitment fees that add up quickly.
Guaranteed turnaround times
Your delivery date is agreed upfront, so you are not waiting on a resourcing process before the writing can even start.
Compliance first methodology
Every requirement is mapped before drafting begins, and clarification support is included in your package.
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"If you are building a permanent bid team, a recruitment partner is the right call. If you need this contract won and this bid delivered, a done for you service removes the delay and hands you a finished, compliant submission."
See how our clients have benefited: read our case studies
Service Delivery
How TenderVera delivers your bid, from brief to submission.
Every engagement follows a proven service delivery approach, with no recruitment step and no management overhead. Just professional bid writing delivered to the standard your tender demands.
Tender review and requirements mapping
Your dedicated bid writer reviews the full tender pack, maps every requirement, and identifies the evaluation criteria that will determine the outcome.
Evidence gathering and response planning
We work with you to gather the right evidence, case studies, and data points, so every claim in your response is supported by verifiable proof.
Professional drafting aligned to scoring criteria
Your response is written to directly address what evaluators are looking for, with clear structure and compelling evidence designed to score.
Compliance review and quality assurance
Before you see the draft, it passes through our compliance checklist and quality review. Nothing leaves our desk unless it meets the standard.
Revisions and submission ready pack
You receive the complete response with defined revision rounds included. The final pack is formatted, compliant, and ready to submit.
Real Results
What this looks like in practice.
IT and Technology
The Challenge
A growing technology supplier considered hiring a freelance bid writer for a single high value opportunity but did not have time to source, vet, and manage a contractor before the deadline.
Our Approach
TenderVera stepped in with a fixed fee and a firm delivery date, mapped the requirements, and produced the complete response without the client needing to recruit or manage anyone.
The Outcome
The supplier submitted on time, won the contract worth around £350,000, and now uses TenderVera whenever a priority tender arises rather than resourcing case by case.
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The next tender you submit could be the one that changes your business.
Whether you are comparing providers or ready to move forward, a conversation costs nothing and could save you from submitting another bid that does not do your business justice.
- No obligation, no pressure, no sales pitch
- We will give you an honest assessment of your opportunity
- If we are not the right fit, we will tell you
- Initial conversations are always free
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