We stay on the notices that decide

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who gets the work

To give every bid lead a desk that stays on the notice from fit note to upload, so the work goes to teams who can actually do it.

Our mission

Our credentials

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Buyer-side standards

We hold a bid to the same bar a buyer will use when they score it.

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Backed by people who have bid

We’re backed by bid directors and operators who have sat both sides of a public notice.

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Award-winning desk

Our service recently won Bid Innovation of the Year from Supply Management.

why Aries Tender

Why we built Aries Tender

CEO and Co-founder of Aries Tender

Public tenders decide who gets the work, and the pack is unforgiving. Navigating a notice takes people who have sat on evaluation, a record of jobs you have already done, and a desk that will still be there on the morning of upload.

We built Aries Tender so bid leads do not have to staff that alone. Our writers, our notice watch, and our compliance review sit on the same job. We help contractors submit with evidence, bid leads pick lots they can staff, and operators reach buyers with a live notice.

How we work

how we work

Time back to the people who do the work

Our commercial model is a desk on the notice, not a writing pool. The people who qualify the bid stay on it through submission, so the day job does not have to lend a team every time a PDF arrives.

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how we work

Transparency as a competitive advantage

We do not sell a writing pool. We do not sit on both sides of a notice. We act in our clients' interests, and we can prove it.

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An expert team that gives a damn

We work hard to make the next bid shorter, evidenced, and ready to score. That conviction shapes every product decision, every recommendation, every hire.

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Calder Grounds × Aries Tender

'The council highways and grounds framework was the first bid we could staff without borrowing people from the day job. Aries Tender sat on the fit note, wrote from jobs we had already done, and kept the pack off the rejection pile.'

Helen Croft, Bid Lead, Calder Grounds
Meridian Cleaning X Aries Tender

'Aries Tender’s bid strategy and notice watch helped us evolve how we write, as part of working towards a winning score. The team worked with us to pick lots we could staff and write answers a buyer could mark, and that insight was valuable in helping us get there.'

Christos Tsaprounis, People and Culture Director, Meridian Cleaning
Nene Valley Meals × Aries Tender

'We are a small school-meals contractor. Aries Tender told us which lots we could actually cover, then wrote answers a buyer could score. We sent fewer bids, and the one we sent was ready on the morning of upload.'

Priya Shah, Contracts Manager, Nene Valley Meals
Ridgeway Highways × Aries Tender

'The Aries Tender service is a great resource that helps us understand complex and evolving tender round policy across multiple countries.'

Robert O'Sullivan, Head of Supply, Ridgeway Highways
Thrive FM × Aries Tender

'It is always a pleasure working with the team at Aries Tender. They are knowledgeable, professional and warm in approach. In a fast evolving market, we are grateful to have such a reliable partner on our side.'

Jane Dennyson, Founder & CEO, Thrive FM
Harrow Facilities X Aries Tender

'Aries Tender has been a key partner from the beginning of our journey in the public sector. Their expertise and notice access helped us run one of our first winning-score strategies as a bid lead. They kept the process transparent, competitive, and tied to lots we could actually cover, and we still use the same desk for guidance.'

Patrick Bird, Director of Investments, Harrow Facilities
City of Edinburgh × Aries Tender

'Our partnership with Aries Tender has made the social value method statements something a buyer can score. Their notice access and writing expertise meant the answers matched the jobs we had already done, not a template.'

Georgina Grenon, Director of Procurement, City of Edinburgh Council
Oakdene FM × Aries Tender

'District estates work does not wait for a writing pool. Aries Tender stayed on the notice through submission, and the same person who qualified the bid was there when we uploaded.'

Mark Ellison, Tender Manager, Oakdene FM
Northbank Estates × Aries Tender

'Partnerships like ours with Aries Tender connect a live notice with a bid we can actually staff, so better scoring is visible in the pack and repeatable on the next round.'

Olivia Albrecht, CEO and Founder, Northbank Estates

People

Our leadership team

Our executive team brings together expertise across bid writing, public procurement policy, product, and operations, built inside contracting authorities, contractors, and complex operating companies.

Oliver has over a decade of experience building products for teams that live in documents and deadlines, including roles at Meta, Google and Monzo. He co-founded Aries Tender to give bid leads a desk that stays on a notice from fit note to upload.

Oliver Grant
CEO and Co-founder

Hannah is a former Vice President at Goldman Sachs where she advised large corporates on public procurement and capital programmes. She was part of the founding team on a £200mn civic infrastructure framework and social value delivery.

Hannah Cole
Co-Founder

Rachel has extensive experience driving strategic planning and running complex programmes at growth companies. Her previous roles include Chief of Staff at a UK construction software firm, where she led operations and fundraising. She is also a qualified solicitor.

Rachel Okonkwo
Chief Operating Officer

David has 20+ years as an adviser on UK and EU public procurement. Prior to Aries Tender, he spent 15 years inside a contracting authority writing scoring guidance and sitting on evaluation panels. He advises on PCR, PA 2023, and framework call-off practice.

David Chen
Director of Procurement Policy

Marcus has extensive experience developing bid strategies and helping organisations win public work with practical solutions, including driving commercial success at a national FM contractor where he sat on the executive team.

Marcus Hale
Global Commercial Director

Elena has 20+ years as a product manager across public procurement tools, financial services and data. Prior to joining Aries Tender she led products that help bid teams evidence answers and keep compliance packs ready for upload.

Elena Rossi
Director of Product

Amira is a B2B go-to-market leader with over 14 years spanning professional services, SaaS, and data. She has built teams that take a bid desk to contractors who already live in the portal.

Amira Khan
Director of Go-To-Market

Claire is a people director with over 10 years’ experience scaling people functions across high-growth companies. She builds cultures that hold a deadline without burning the team that has to meet it.

Claire Bennett
Director of People

Start the next notice with a fit note, not a blank page