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bidpiston · UK public sector edition · measure what matters

You know you can deliver the work. Your tenders just don't prove it.

The AI Bid Command Centre — built from your own evidence, scored the way evaluators score. Start free and run your first tender on us for 30 days — or download the tools and the 9-stage winning process. Everything runs inside your own ChatGPT or Claude: your key, your bill, your data.

Start free — your first tender's on us for 30 days. Prefer to run it yourself? Download the tools & winning process for £600 — one-off, no fee to us, and install into your own ChatGPT or Claude (~£20/mo).
30‑day
free trial on the app
0
proven process stages
0
verified prompts
£600
one-off · runs in your own AI (~£20/mo)
Bid Command Centre — your ChatGPT or Claude
ITT question 3b — "Describe your approach to social value delivery." 10% weighting, 500 words. Can we draft this?
Stage 04 → 05 · live tender wizard

Built by ex-procurement directors·Runs in your own ChatGPT or Claude·Your key, your bill, your data·First tender free for 30 days·Measure what matters

Meet Max — built into the app

You're never set up alone. Max walks you through it.

Start free and Max — your AI setup manager is waiting inside bidpiston. He walks you through the whole build, one step at a time: connect your AI, connect your tender folders, load your bid library, build your Bid Brain, run your first tender. No handover, no waiting, no consultant.

Prefer to run it yourself? Buy the £600 download pack, then register for the implementation guide — Max walks you through installing it inside your own ChatGPT or Claude.

Watch it work — 2 minutes

See it installed inside a real AI account.

No pitch. No slides. Just the system — built live, from scratch, in two minutes.

Build My Bid Manager UK · bidpiston by ebida · buildmybidmanager.ai

Built by ex-evaluation panel members & Procurement Directors
PPN 002 Social Value & Carbon built into every stage
ITT · MEAT · PPN · Contracts Finder — every workflow
Your data stays inside your own AI account
Two ways to work with bidpiston

Let the app do it — or run it yourself.

Same 9-stage winning process, same evidence-led method. The only question is whether the app runs it for you, or you run it yourself. Either way it's your own ChatGPT or Claude — your key, your bill, your data.

Start free
Subscribe · the app
bidpiston runs it for you
from £100/mo
First tender FREE — 30-day trial, then billed monthly
£100 SME · £249 Pro · £350 Agency per month · cancel anytime
  • The guided app decodes, drafts, scores and submits
  • Bid Brain compounds with every tender
  • Evaluator scoring, Social Value & Compliance built in
  • New tools and updates included
  • Best if you want it done for you
Download · do it yourself
You run the process
£600
one-off · no fee to us
yours forever · installs into your own ChatGPT/Claude (~£20/mo)
  • 175-prompt library + the 9-stage SOP + guide
  • Install it in your own ChatGPT or Claude
  • Run the Live Tender Wizard on every ITT
  • No subscription, no expiry — yours to keep
  • Best if you'd rather run it yourself

Both run inside the ChatGPT Plus or Claude Pro account you already have (~£20/mo) — no new platform, no API keys, no lock-in.

0%
of UK SMEs rebuild their tender responses from scratch every time — compounding time cost with no reusable library.
0×
more time per tender when there is no structured bid library, case study engine or evidence vault behind each answer.
£0bn
UK annual public sector spend. What's limiting you isn't what you can deliver — it's how you prove it on the page.
The problem

Three reasons UK SMEs lose tenders they should have won.

01
No case study library
Project evidence is scattered across old submissions, emails and spreadsheets. Every new ITT means hunting for the same material — or drafting without it and hoping the evaluator doesn't notice the generic answers.
"We had the case studies. We just couldn't pull them together before the deadline."
02
Writing for the response, not the evaluator
Most SMEs write tenders that describe what they do. Public sector evaluators score what you will deliver, how it will be governed and what evidence proves you've done it before. Generic writing scores Adequate at best.
"Our technical approach was strong. The panel just couldn't find the evidence to support it."
03
Starting from scratch every time
Without a reusable bid library — case studies, methodologies, social value evidence, Carbon Reduction Plan content — every ITT costs the same. No compounding, no learning loop. The win rate stays flat.
"We submitted ten tenders last year. Won three. The process wore the team out more than the losses did."
The proven process

9 stages. From AI setup to a stronger library after every bid.

Your end-to-end journey to winning public sector bids with AI — built on proven procurement expertise.

01
Stage 01
AI workspace setup
Choose ChatGPT Plus or Claude Pro. Create your dedicated Bid Project and install the Master System Prompt. Your AI becomes a guided bid expert — inside the account you already have — from the first session.
→ Professional bid AI ready in under an hour
02
Stage 02
Evidence library build
Upload your past submissions, case studies and company documents. Run extraction prompts to build a graded evidence vault — tagged by theme, sector and evaluation factor. Grade A content ready to draw from on every ITT.
→ Evidence library that compounds with every bid
03
Stage 03
Responsible AI use
Understand how to use AI responsibly in public sector bidding. Verify everything. Never invent case study outcomes, KPIs or accreditations. Evidence discipline is built into every prompt from day one.
→ Safe, compliant and evidence-led from the start
04
Stage 04
ITT decode
Upload the ITT, specification and all clarifications. Run the full structured ITT decode — MEAT weightings, evaluation criteria, social value requirements, deadlines and compliance risks identified before a word is drafted.
→ Evaluator-focused plan before drafting begins
05
Stage 05
Draft responses
Match evidence to each question. Generate evidence-backed first drafts per evaluation criterion. Flag evidence gaps. Run the first-pass evaluator critique (score out of 50) on every answer before human review begins.
→ Evidence-backed first drafts ready for review
06
Stage 06
Human quality review
The Bid Lead reads every draft. Verify case study outcomes from delivery records. Ensure MEAT criteria are fully addressed. Add specific metrics, named contacts and delivery dates. Issue the revision brief. Apply AI revision per criterion.
→ Verified, evaluator-credible responses
07
Stage 07
Finalise & pre-submit
Cross-answer consistency check. Social value and carbon alignment. Word count and page limit control. Mock evaluator scoring session. Portal submission checklist — every control applied before the Contracts Finder deadline.
→ Answers that compete for top MEAT scores
08
Stage 08
Submit & update library
Submit via the buyer portal — two hours before the deadline. Save confirmation reference. Run post-submission debrief. Extract Grade A content to the library. Update evidence gap register. Log outcome and pattern intelligence.
→ Stronger library after every submission
09
Stage 09
Prompts that deliver
Use all 175 UK prompts for every stage — Decode, Plan, Draft, Evaluator Critique, Tighten. Run the scoring critique before submitting. Save and adapt prompts for your target buyers. Every prompt built for PPN 002, MEAT and Contracts Finder.
→ High-scoring answers using the right prompts, fast
Workflow principles AI assists, humans decide Evidence first, always Clear context, better outputs Verify, review, then submit Every bid makes you better Your data, your AI, your control
Running it yourself · the download

Prefer the download? Up and running in under an hour.

If you'd rather run the process yourself: buy once, download immediately, follow the guided installation, and run your first live tender the same day. (Subscribing? The app does all of this for you — nothing to install.)

1
Buy & download
One payment. Instant access. Download all files — SOP, 175-Prompt Library, Interactive Guide, Slide Pack and the free bonus How to Win UK Public Sector Tenders guide. No waiting, no onboarding call, no new software.
Under 2 minutes
2
Install the Bid Command Centre
Open ChatGPT Plus or Claude Pro. Create a project. Paste the Master Installation Prompt. The AI becomes your guided setup wizard — working through all 16 library-build stages using your own uploaded documents.
30–45 minutes
3
Run your first live tender
When an ITT lands from Contracts Finder or Find a Tender, paste the Live Tender Wizard. The system decodes the ITT, builds the compliance checklist, matches library evidence, drafts and critiques every answer. Every time.
Structured process
What makes it different

What if every tender was built the way evaluators actually score?

Build My Bid Manager is not an AI writing tool. It is a complete UK bid operating system — one that builds a reusable library from your own evidence, runs every draft through an evaluator critique, and gets stronger after every tender.

Start free — first tender free
  • 01
    Company brain & case study engine
    Verified case studies, evidence vault and company profile — built from your own documents, never invented. Every answer draws from real proof, not generic language.
  • 02
    Evaluator scoring at every draft
    Every answer scored out of 50 against the evaluation criteria before you accept it. Answers below 35/50 must be rewritten. You see the panel's view before they do.
  • 03
    Social value & carbon built in
    PPN 002-aligned social value library, Carbon Reduction Plan evidence and ESG commitment checks — embedded in the system, not bolted on afterwards.
  • 04
    No invented claims — ever
    Every prompt instructs the AI to write [EVIDENCE NEEDED] when evidence is missing. Never invent a case study outcome, KPI or accreditation. You cannot submit what you cannot support.
  • 05
    Post-bid learning loop
    After every submission: extract Grade A content, update the evidence vault, log the outcome. Each bid makes the next one faster, stronger and more likely to win.
Your own AI, either way

It runs inside the account you already have.

ChatGPT Plus is £20/month. Claude Pro is £20/month. You probably already have one. Both the app and the download run inside your own account — your key, your bill, your data. No API keys, no developer setup, no third-party platform, no separate login.

ChatGPT Plus
£20/mo
OpenAI · GPT-4o
Claude Pro
£20/mo
Anthropic · Claude
What you'll actually pay

Subscribe to the app: from £100/month (SME £100 · Pro £249 · Agency £350) plus your own ~£20/mo ChatGPT or Claude. Or download once: £600 one-off, no monthly fee to us, plus your own ~£20/mo AI. Either way — no API fees, no usage charges, no platform licence on top.

The compounding advantage

The library gets stronger after every bid.

  • First tender builds the Company Brain, Evidence Vault and Case Study Library.
  • Second tender draws from the library — drafting is faster, evidence is stronger.
  • Third tender adds new case studies, closes evidence gaps, scores more consistently.
  • Post-bid learning loop extracts Grade A content after every submission — no exceptions.
  • After six months, your library is a competitive asset built from six tenders — not six consultants.
BID LIBRARY SUBMIT ITT DRAFT WITH EVALUATOR LENS EXTRACT & LEARN STRONGER LIBRARY
"We can't guarantee you'll win. We can guarantee your next tender will be built on verified evidence, scored from the evaluator's perspective, and structured to compete at the highest level."

Public sector procurement is competitive. The contract goes to the strongest submission on the day — not necessarily the best-performing supplier. What we give you is every possible advantage before the evaluator opens your response. The rest is yours to win.

What you get

Four files. One complete system.

Everything you need to build, run and improve a public sector bid operation — from first document upload to post-bid debrief.

01 · Operational reference
Standard Operating Procedures
The complete 15-phase UK Bid Operating System — every phase, step and governance check documented.
  • 15-phase process: discovery to performance improvement
  • 12-phase live tender workflow: ITT intake to post-bid debrief
  • Evaluator scoring models for every tender section (out of 50)
  • Social value and carbon compliance guidance throughout
  • Weekly, monthly and per-bid governance checklists
02 · Live operations
Prompt Library — 175 UK Prompts
Every prompt adapted for UK public sector — PPN 002, Carbon Reduction Plans, MEAT evaluation, Contracts Finder workflow.
  • Master Installation Wizard — 16-stage library build in one prompt
  • Live Tender Wizard — full ITT process in one prompt
  • Evaluator critique on every draft (score out of 50)
  • Social value alignment check — PPN 002 across full submission
  • Hallucination risk check — flags unsupported claims
  • Context modes: procurement insider, SME advantage, safe pair of hands
03 · Interactive guide
Setup & Operations Guide (HTML)
Open in any browser — no internet required. All 175 prompts copy-paste ready. Interactive progress tracker for all 16 installation stages.
  • ChatGPT Projects and Claude Projects setup — step by step
  • All 16 installation stages with progress tracker
  • All Phase 8–12 live tender prompts with one-click copy
  • Context modes, rewrite prompts and common mistakes
  • UK public sector glossary: ITT, MEAT, PPN, CRP, TUPE, DPS
04 · Team tool
Process Slide Pack — 20 Slides
The complete 15-phase process visualised for bid team briefings, board presentations and new hire onboarding.
  • 15-phase overview map colour-coded by phase group
  • One slide per phase — steps, deliverables and governance
  • 6 Non-Negotiable Rules and Prompt Stacking Sequence slides
  • bidpiston branded throughout
Free bonus — included with every purchase
05 · Free bonus guide
How to Win UK Public Sector Tenders — Interactive Guide
The mechanics of UK public sector procurement — how buyers buy, how to find the right opportunities before they become ITTs, and how to position your organisation to win.
  • How UK public sector procurement actually works, step by step
  • Contracts Finder and Find a Tender — strategy for SMEs
  • Understanding MEAT, MIAT and lowest price scoring structures
  • Pre-market engagement and Sources Sought equivalents
  • Framework agreements, DPS and G-Cloud access explained
  • How to request and use a post-award debrief effectively
  • PPN 002 social value — what buyers are really looking for
  • SME advantages in public sector procurement law

Delivered in your download pack — same link, no separate login, no extra steps.

Pricing & products

Start free. Then choose how you run it.

Build My Bid Manager wins your public sector tenders — start free and let the app run it (first tender free for 30 days, then from £100/month), or download the tools once for £600 and run it yourself. The Social Value Advantage Pack scores the social value section. Use both for maximum impact.

Product 01
Build My Bid Manager
The complete AI bid operating system for UK public sector tenders — 9-stage process, 175 prompts, evaluator scoring on every draft. Subscribe and the app runs it for you, or download the tools and run it yourself. Gets stronger after every bid.
From £100/mo or £600 one-offFirst tender freeEvaluator scoring
Product 02 · New
Social Value Advantage Pack
The AI Social Value Wizard for UK public sector tenders. Complete PPN 002 Social Value Pack built from your own evidence. 8 themes, MAC mapped, statement, policy and commitments register.
PPN 0028 themesMAC metrics mapped
Choose your path

Three ways to win.

Start free on the app and run your first tender on us. Prefer to run it yourself? Download the tools once. Want it done with you? We'll run your tenders alongside you.

Founding member pricing · the download

Buying the download? The £600 + VAT founding price moves to £997 + VAT at next release. Lock in today: one-time purchase, no subscription, no renewal, no expiry. (Or start free on the app and subscribe from £100/month.)

£600 + VAT
rises to £997 + VAT at next release
Download · do it yourself
Download Pack
£600
+ VAT (£720 inc. VAT)
one-time · instant download · yours forever

Everything you need to install, operate and improve your AI Bid Command Centre — completely independently, at your own pace.

  • Standard Operating Procedures (15-phase SOP)
  • Prompt Library — 175 verified UK prompts
  • Interactive Setup & Operations Guide (HTML)
  • Process Slide Pack — 20 slides, bidpiston branded
  • Master Installation Wizard — 16 stages in one prompt
  • Live Tender Wizard — full ITT process in one prompt
  • No subscription. No expiry. No monthly fees.
Download the tools — £600 →

One-off · no monthly fees. Requires your own ChatGPT Plus or Claude Pro (£20/mo).

New
Download · social value · UK only
Social Value Advantage Pack
£600
+ VAT (£720 inc. VAT)
one-time · instant download · yours forever

The AI Social Value Wizard — complete PPN 002 Social Value Pack built from your own evidence. Statement, policy, 8 themed sections, MAC mapping, localisation framework and commitments register.

  • 12-stage guided Social Value Wizard prompt
  • Social Value Audit — Evidence Pack (Word, 80 questions)
  • All 8 PPN 002 outcomes covered · MAC metrics mapped
  • Social Value Statement — website and tender ready
  • Commitments Register — safe-to-claim only, no overclaiming
  • Social Value Policy — formal governance document
  • Localisation Framework + Tender Answer Guidance
  • Save £2,800 vs our managed Social Value Pack service
Start free
Subscribe · the app · most popular
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from £100/mo
First tender FREE — 30-day trial, then billed monthly
SME £100 · Pro £249 · Agency £350 per month · cancel anytime

The guided app runs the whole process for you — decode, draft, evaluator-score, submit — and builds a Bid Brain that gets stronger after every tender.

  • Live Tender Wizard — decode to submission, guided
  • Bid Brain — your evidence library that compounds
  • Evaluator scoring on every answer before you submit
  • Social Value, Compliance & readiness tools built in
  • Runs on your own ChatGPT or Claude — your key, your bill
  • Your bids stay in your own cloud — never on our servers
  • Cancel any time
Start free — first tender free →

Free for 30 days · then from £100/mo · cancel anytime

Done with you
Subscribe · ebida-Supported · UK
ebida-Supported
£999
+ VAT per month
we run your tenders with you · cancel anytime

The full app, run alongside you by our bid team — and we provide the AI. You bring the knowledge of your business; we do the heavy lifting on every tender.

  • Everything in the app, set up and run for you
  • Our bid experts on your live tenders every month
  • We provide the AI — nothing for you to connect
  • Bid Brain built and maintained from your evidence
  • Evaluator scoring and pre-submission checks on every bid
  • Monthly strategy call and library review
  • No lock-in — cancel anytime
Get ebida-Supported →

£999/mo · we provide the AI setup

&
How the two products work together

Build My Bid Manager (£600) gives you the complete AI bid operating system — ITT analysis, evidence library, 175 prompts, evaluator scoring on every answer. Social Value Advantage Pack (£600) gives you a complete PPN 002 Social Value Pack built from your own evidence — statement, policy, 8 themed sections and MAC mapping. Together they cover the full tender response. Social value typically scores 10–20% of total marks — use both to compete at every level.

Why trust this
"This system was built by people who sat on the other side of the evaluation table — not by AI developers who have never read an ITT."
bidpiston by ebida · ex-Public Sector Procurement Directors
  • Built by ex-procurement directors
    The people who designed this system have sat on evaluation panels, managed MEAT scoring and awarded public sector contracts. They know what wins because they decided who won.
  • Social value and carbon built in
    PPN 002 social value alignment, Carbon Reduction Plan evidence and ESG commitment checks are embedded in the system — not afterthoughts bolted on at submission.
  • No invented claims — ever
    Every prompt instructs the AI to write [EVIDENCE NEEDED] when evidence is missing. Never invent a case study outcome, KPI or accreditation. You cannot submit what you cannot support.
  • Two ways in — no lock-in either way
    Subscribe to the app and cancel any time, or buy the download once and own it forever — no fee to us beyond your own ~£20/mo ChatGPT or Claude. Whichever you choose, the library you build is yours to keep and compound.
Who this is built for

Built for UK SMEs who know they can deliver.

If your capability is real but your tenders don't prove it at evaluation level, this system is built for you.

Established SMEs bidding on ITTs
You are actively bidding via Contracts Finder or Find a Tender but your win rate is flat. You know your delivery record is strong — you just can't pull the evidence together fast enough, or structure it the way an evaluator scores it.
SMEs new to public sector
You have real delivery experience in the private sector and want to break into public contracts. You understand the work — you need a system that teaches you how public sector buyers evaluate, what MEAT scoring means and how to write for it.
Firms scaling their bid volume
You are winning some contracts but every bid still costs the same time. Without a reusable evidence library and methodology, you can't increase bid volume without burning out. This system compounds — each tender makes the next one faster and stronger.

This is not for firms with no prior delivery experience, businesses with no case studies or evidence to work from, or organisations looking for a generic writing tool. Build My Bid Manager requires real evidence — it turns that evidence into a competitive, evaluator-ready library. The evidence has to be yours.

Frequently asked questions

Everything you need to know before you buy.

No. The system is designed to be installed by a non-technical user in under an hour. Open your existing ChatGPT or Claude account, create a project, paste the Master Installation Prompt and follow the guided setup. The AI walks you through every step. If you can copy and paste, you can install this.
You can sign up for either at openai.com or claude.ai — both are around £20/month with no long-term commitment. If you buy the download, that AI subscription is your only ongoing cost. If you subscribe to the app, you add the bidpiston monthly fee on top and it runs the whole process for you. Most UK SMEs bidding on tenders already have ChatGPT or Claude.
The system is built around the public procurement framework that governs the vast majority of UK public sector buying — MEAT scoring, PPN 002 social value, Carbon Reduction Plans and Contracts Finder/Find a Tender workflow. The 175 prompts include context modes that can be adapted to your specific buyers, sectors and frameworks.
Using ChatGPT directly gives you a general-purpose AI with no public sector bid knowledge, no evaluation criteria awareness and no evidence discipline. Build My Bid Manager gives you 175 prompts engineered specifically for UK public sector bidding — plus a Master System Prompt that transforms your AI into a bid specialist, an evidence library that grows with every tender, and a governed 9-stage process built by ex-procurement directors who have actually awarded contracts.
The system is designed to work with whatever evidence you have. Stage 02 explicitly identifies evidence gaps and builds a register to close them over time. If your library is thin, the system flags this honestly using [EVIDENCE NEEDED] markers — rather than inventing case study outcomes that could undermine your tender or be challenged by the buyer.
Yes. The download pack is yours to use within your organisation. The Interactive Guide and Prompt Library can be used by multiple team members. The AI project itself lives in whichever ChatGPT or Claude account your team uses for bids — so the evidence vault and library all live in one shared workspace that compounds with every submission.
Yes. The £600 + VAT founding member price reflects early access before the next release update. When the next version launches, the price moves to £997 + VAT. Founding members pay once, own the system permanently and receive any updates as part of that original purchase.
The people who designed this system have personally sat on MEAT evaluation panels, managed procurement processes and made contract award decisions in the UK public sector. They know what earns a top score because they assigned those scores. This is not a system designed by AI developers or writers who have observed procurement from the outside — it is built on first-hand evaluation experience.

Your next tender starts here.

Let the app run it for you, or download the tools and run it yourself. Either way, a bid system that gets stronger after every tender.

Start free — your first tender's on us for 30 days · or download for £600 (no fee to us — needs your own AI ~£20/mo)
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