5 tips for winning hospital bids

Do you want to start winning hospital bids but are not sure where to start? In this blog, we take a look at five tips for winning your next hospital tender.

1. Check your qualifications

The first thing you need to do when trying to win hospital bids is make sure you’re eligible. To do this, read through the tender documents and check for any qualifications or accreditations you might need.

Some of the key accreditations that are needed when applying for hospital tenders include:

• ISO 9001
• ISO 27001
• NVQs (usually Level 3 or above).

2. Demonstrate your experience

As part of your tender response for hospital bids, the buyer is likely to ask for previous contract examples. You should prepare two to three case studies from the past five years that demonstrate your relevant experience. This will reassure the buyer that you’re capable of delivering the contract successfully.

3. Think about your pricing

When applying for hospital bids, you want to make your proposal is the most price attractive to the buyer. In the public sector, buyers will award the contract to the most economically advantageous tender, or the MEAT. Simply put, this means they’re looking for the highest quality services for the lowest price. 

4. Add value to the contract

When it comes to hospital bids, you’ll be competing against other suppliers that offer the same services. To stand out in such a competitive field, you need to add as much value as possible to the contract. Added value, also known as social value, is now mandatory in public sector contracts, with a compulsory weighting of 10%. You need to show the buyer how your business will deal with environmental, social and economic factors. So, for example, you should consider how your company will:

• Support ongoing COVID-19 recovery
• Encourage economic growth
• Tackle climate change
• Create new job opportunities
• Give back to the local community.

5. Give yourself plenty of time 

Finally, remember to give yourself plenty of time to complete your tender response and submit the bid. NHS tenders are often large, complex and notorious for involving a lengthy procurement process. Therefore, you need to ensure you have enough time to complete each stage of the project.

To do this, you could try working backwards from the submission deadline to create a plan. This will prevent you from rushing to complete the bid at the last minute.

In summary 

Do you want to know how to win hospital bids? Remember our five tips for success:

1. Check your qualifications
2. Demonstrate your experience
3. Think about your pricing
4. Add value to the contract
5. Give yourself plenty of time.

Need help with winning hospital bids?

If you don’t have the resources or time to write a winning bid, why not outsource it? Our sister company, Hudson Succeed, boasts an 87% success rate and have over 60 years of collective bidding experience. We offer four bid writing support packages that can get you on the path to success. Whether you’re new to tendering, or simply need someone to proof your written response before you submit – we can help.

Tender Ready

Our Tender Ready programme is designed for those who have never tendered before. This 4-week programme works with you to ensure you have everything in place to tender successfully.

Tender Improvement

Tender Improvement can help if you’re already tendering but aren’t seeing success from your current efforts. Our Bid Writers will assess your previous submissions and supporting documents. They’ll give you feedback and guidance on how to improve, helping you to secure your next hospital bid.

Tender Mentor

If you’ve written a home care tender response and need someone to proofread it – Tender Mentor is for you. A Bid Writer will double-check it’s in line with the specification and free of any grammar or spelling mistakes.

Tender Writing

If you’ve found the perfect tender but don’t know where to start – we can help. Send the specification over to us and our Bid Team will do the rest. They’ll let you know what they need from you and provide you with a full Tender Writing breakdown. They’ll even submit it on your behalf, leaving you more time to focus on your business.

Get in touch to find out more information about our bid management consultancy services.

Where can I find hospital tenders?

You may be wondering where you can find hospital contracts. You likely don’t have the time to trawl through numerous websites, relying on inaccurate CPV codes. Luckily for you, we have a solution.

Our Healthcare Tenders portal uploads all the relevant tenders in the healthcare industry across the UK. This helps to streamline the process, saving you time and resources.

Below are previous hospital bids sourced on our Healthcare Tenders portal:

What makes Healthcare Tenders different?

Healthcare Tenders is a time-saving tool. Our Opportunity Trackers manually search numerous sites for the latest healthcare leads and opportunities. They upload a whole range of opportunities such as single-provider contracts, NHS frameworks and DPS’. Once they are uploaded to our portal, you can filter the results by budget, keyword, location and more.

We source opportunities to bid for the following:

• Domiciliary Care Tenders
• Medical PPE
• Social Care Contracts
• Medical Supplies & Consumables
• Mental Health Tenders
• Supported Living Tenders
• Medical Equipment Tenders.

Book a free live demo today.

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The Ultimate Time-Saving Tool offers your business:

• An annual subscription to a maximum of two Discover portals of your choice.
• Up to five bid breakdowns per month to help you make your bid or no-bid
• Weekly phone calls with your Account Manager to discuss viable hospital leads and tendering opportunities.
• Award and pre-market engagement notice monitored on your behalf.
• Public and private buyer portal management including registering, password management, downloading documents and assessing viability based on your bid strategy.

The Pre-Bid Master package can offer your business:

• All of the above
• Up to seven bid breakdowns per month
• A bespoke bidding strategy, developed by our senior bidding professionals.

Contact us for more information and start winning work today!