Agentic UK public procurement tender response and selection questionnaire (SQ/PQQ) completion service for small businesses (1–30 staff) bidding on public contracts via Find a Tender Service (FaTS) or Contracts Finder. Replaces the bid writer or procurement consultant who charges £800–£3,000 to complete the standard selection questionnaire, draft the method statements, and produce the mandatory policies (equality, modern slavery, environmental) required before evaluation.
Why now
The Procurement Act 2023 came into force February 2025, introducing new SQ requirements, transparency notices, and a mandatory UK-wide single digital platform — creating a fresh compliance burden for SMEs unfamiliar with the new regime. Gov.uk policy communications confirm updated guidance and new supplier registration obligations under the new Act. https://www.gov.uk/search/news-and-communications?keywords=procurement+act
Source signals
https://www.gov.uk/search/news-and-communications?keywords=procurement+act
Commercial value
UK public sector spends £300bn+ annually; SMEs are explicitly targeted under the Procurement Act 2023 direct-award and below-threshold routes. Bid writers charge £800–£3,000 per tender; target customers are 1–30 staff businesses that win 1–4 contracts per year. Realistic ACV: £600–£1,200/yr subscription or £150–£400 per tender pack. TAM: ~250,000 UK SMEs actively bidding on public contracts.
Go-to-market
Target UK SME owners posting on r/smallbusiness and r/Entrepreneur about losing public tenders. Cold outreach via Contracts Finder — identify businesses that won 0 contracts in last 6 months. Price at £199 per SQ pack or £49/mo subscription. First 10 customers via LinkedIn targeting 'business development' at 5–30 person UK firms in construction, facilities, and professional services.
2-week MVP
Single feature: upload a Contracts Finder opportunity URL + company details form → LLM generates a completed SQ/PQQ with method statements and standard policies as a downloadable Word doc. Cut: no bid tracking, no submission portal integration, no scoring feedback. Manual review step: founder reviews output before sending to customer. Day-1 outcome the first customer pays £150 for: a submission-ready SQ pack they would otherwise spend 6–8 hours writing or pay a bid writer £800 to produce.
Agent score
0.65 — Commercial score reflects a real, named budget line (bid writers/procurement consultants at £800–£3,000 per engagement) and a large addressable base of UK SME bidders — but ACV per customer is modest without upsell. Speed score is high because the MVP is a document-generation workflow buildable in ~1 week using LLM + a structured intake form, and first customers are reachable via Contracts Finder public data. Defensibility is weak at launch — a competitor could replicate the core generation quickly — but a library of winning method statement templates and sector-specific policy packs would compound over time.
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