Bidwell
Bidwell is a web-based AI tender response platform for UK small and medium-sized businesses.
What Bidwell is
Bidwell is a web-based AI tender response platform for UK small and medium-sized businesses. It builds a knowledge base from past bids, accreditations, case studies, policies, team CVs, and a company website, then drafts answers to tender, PQQ, DDQ, and security-questionnaire questions in the user’s voice. Each answer cites its source document, and users review and approve the wording before submission. Responses export to Word and Excel. Bidwell also monitors UK portals including Find a Tender, Contracts Finder, Public Contracts Scotland, Sell2Wales, and eTendersNI. It matches opportunities by sector, CPV code, region, and contract value, then sends email alerts. Imports support Word, PDF, Excel, Google Drive, and websites. The free Knowledge base plan includes unlimited past bids, policies, and case studies, website import, search, and exports. Paid plans cost £20/month and £30/month, with discovery on the latter. Bidwell says setup takes about 15 minutes and first drafts arrive in minutes.
Good
- Free knowledge-base plan
- Source citations in drafted answers
- Word and Excel exports
- UK tender portal monitoring
- Imports from common business files
Watch out
- Focused on UK tender portals
- Users must review every word
- No SSO or enterprise procurement
Who it suits
Bidwell is aimed at UK SMBs that already know how to deliver and write bids without a dedicated bid team. It is not intended for organizations needing SSO, enterprise procurement, or a named account manager.
Verdict
Bidwell combines tender drafting, cited source material, exports, and UK opportunity discovery in one web platform. Its audience and stated exclusions make it a clearer fit for smaller UK bid teams than enterprise procurement departments.
Plans and prices
From Bidwell's own pricing page, checked 30 Sep 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Answer any tender | £20 a month | Knowledge base included · Every question answered with source citation · Tenders, PQQs and supplier questionnaires · Word and Excel export · First three answers free · £20/month |
| Answer and discover | £30 a month | Answer any tender included · Daily monitoring of every UK tender portal · Matching by sector, CPV code, region and value · Email alerts · Full notice access · £30/month |
| Knowledge base | Free | Unlimited past bids, policies and case studies · Import from your website · Search every answer · Export whenever you want · No card, no time limit · £0/month |
The facts
Each one read from Bidwell's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Citations
- Each drafted answer cites the document it came from.checked 30 Sep 2026
- Compliance tracking
- Yeschecked 24 Sep 2026
- Deployment
- webchecked 24 Sep 2026
- Discovery
- Tender discovery monitors UK portals including Find a Tender, Contracts Finder, Public Contracts Scotland, Sell2Wales and eTendersNI.checked 30 Sep 2026
- Drafting
- Bidwell answers tender, PQQ, DDQ and security-questionnaire questions from the knowledge base in the user's voice.checked 30 Sep 2026
- Exports
- Drafted responses can be exported to Word and Excel.checked 30 Sep 2026
- Human review
- Bidwell says the AI drafts while users review and approve every word before submission.checked 30 Sep 2026
- Integrations
- Knowledge-base ingestion supports Word, PDF, Excel, Google Drive and a company website.checked 30 Sep 2026
- Knowledge base
- Users can upload past responses, accreditations, case studies, policies and team CVs, or point Bidwell at their website.checked 30 Sep 2026
- Matching
- Discovery matches opportunities by sector, CPV code, region and contract value and sends email alerts.checked 30 Sep 2026
- Notable limits
- Bidwell says it is not for organizations needing SSO, enterprise procurement or a named account manager.checked 30 Sep 2026
- Opportunity discovery
- Yeschecked 24 Sep 2026
- Product
- Bidwell is an AI tender response platform for UK SMBs that turns past bids, policies and websites into a knowledge base and drafts new tender responses.checked 30 Sep 2026
- Reusable content library
- Yeschecked 24 Sep 2026
- Security
- Bidwell states that knowledge bases, past wins and policies are not used to train shared models and that data has UK residency with encryption in transit and at rest.checked 30 Sep 2026
- Setup
- Bidwell says setup takes about 15 minutes and the first draft comes back in minutes.checked 30 Sep 2026
- Support
- Bidwell says it answers most contact messages inside the working day.checked 30 Sep 2026
- Target users
- The product is built for SMBs that already know how to deliver and write their own bids without a dedicated bid team.checked 30 Sep 2026
- Tender document management
- Yeschecked 24 Sep 2026
The company
- Founded
- 2026checked 19 Oct 2026
- Headquarters
- Oldham, Lancashire, United Kingdomchecked 19 Oct 2026
Money
- Free plan
- Yeschecked 24 Sep 2026
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