UK Public Procurement — Act 2023

Small businesses
winning big contracts.

The UK government spends £300bn on contracts every year.
Only 20% reaches SMEs. TenderBridge changes that — connecting small businesses to the contracts and capital they need to grow.

Live Opportunity
NHS Digital Services Framework Renewal
£180,000 · Manchester CC · SME-eligible
72% lots now SME-designated
Funding Available
Invoice Financing — up to 85% of contract value
1.8 days avg. approval · 68% approval rate
Alternative finance market: $1.29 trillion

The opportunity is now.

The Procurement Act 2023 rewrote the rules of UK public procurement — specifically to level the playing field for small businesses.

£300bn
UK government procurement spend annually
72%
of contract lots now SME-designated (up from 57% in March 2025)
67%
of bids submitted in the last year came from SMEs
30 days
mandatory payment term for all public sector contracts
How it works

From opportunity to execution — in one place.

01

Find contracts built for you

We aggregate every UK public sector tender — Find a Tender, Contracts Finder, regional portals — and filter by sector, value, and SME eligibility. You see what you can actually win.

02

Compete with the right tools

Bid templates, compliance checklists, and scoring guides built around the Procurement Act 2023's Most Advantageous Tender framework. Quality and social value — not just price.

03

Access capital to deliver

Win the contract, fund the execution. TenderBridge connects you to working capital, invoice financing, and growth funding the moment you win — so you can actually deliver.

Contracts. Capital. Both.

Most platforms do one or the other. TenderBridge does both — because winning a contract you can't finance is meaningless.

Contract Discovery

  • Aggregated UK public tender listings
  • SME eligibility filtering
  • Pipeline visibility and alerts
  • Bid template library
  • Procurement Act 2023 compliance guides

Capital Access

  • Invoice financing against won contracts
  • Working capital for execution
  • Connected to 20+ UK lenders
  • 1.8-day average approval
  • Single application, multiple offers
Pricing

Simple, transparent pricing

No hidden fees. No sales calls. Cancel anytime.

Monthly
Annual Save 20%
Bronze
£ 19
per month
  • Browse live UK public tenders
  • Filter by sector and contract value
  • Basic search
  • Up to 10 saved searches
Get Started
Most Popular
Silver
£ 49
per month
  • Everything in Bronze
  • Email alerts for new matching tenders
  • Access to SME eligibility filtering
  • Up to 50 saved searches
  • Priority support
Get Started
Gold
£ 99
per month
  • Everything in Silver
  • Funding readiness dashboard
  • Direct connection to UK SME lenders
  • Bid template library
  • Dedicated account manager
  • Unlimited searches
Get Started
Pay annually — cancel before renewal to avoid the next charge. No contracts.
"SMEs account for 99.9% of UK businesses. Yet public procurement has historically been dominated by large incumbents with the resources to navigate complex, bureaucratic tendering processes."
— JGP Consultancy, on the Procurement Act 2023

The legislation changed. The market shifted. The window is wide open.

TenderBridge exists to make sure small businesses don't miss it.