The portals are built for buyers
eTendersNI and Find a Tender are complete. They are also noisy. A cleaning firm and a civils contractor see the same undifferentiated stream.
Northern Ireland public-sector tenders
Find the public-sector contracts your business can actually pursue.
Northern Ireland SMEs are expected to scan eTendersNI, council notices and UK-wide portals — then decide, quickly, whether a contract is worth the bid. TenderHunter NI watches official public-sector sources, qualifies opportunities against your company, and helps you prepare a clearer response. You stay the bidder. We do the hunting and the hard reading.
Built for Northern Ireland SMEs pursuing public-sector work.
A disciplined workflow
- 1Find
- 2Qualify
- 3Understand
- 4Prepare
- 5Review
Cleaning, electrical, construction and facilities firms — and other established NI contractors with a real delivery record.
The problem
Public-sector work is real. The way most SMEs find it is not built for them.
Hours disappear on notices that never fitted
Wrong lot, wrong county, wrong turnover threshold, or a mandatory accreditation you do not hold — often discovered after the ITT is half-read.
Eligibility hides in the documents
Insurance levels, experience windows and policy requirements sit behind the notice. Missing one gate wastes a week.
Bid writing still lands on the owner
Most NI SMEs do not have a bid team. The same person who runs the jobs is expected to write method statements after hours.
The solution
Five jobs. Done in order. Nothing invented.
Find
We watch official public-sector sources used in Northern Ireland — eTendersNI, Department of Finance / CPD pipelines, Find a Tender, and council procurement pages — and pull out notices that look relevant to your services and geography.
Qualify
Each opportunity is scored against your company profile. The match score is a structured fit assessment, not a prediction that you will win. A confirmed mandatory failure means do not bid, whatever the number says.
Understand
You receive a plain-English brief: who the buyer is, what they actually want, which gates matter, what evidence is likely to be asked for, and what is still unknown.
Prepare
When you choose to pursue a tender, we help you structure the response, flag missing evidence, and keep the draft honest. We never invent case studies, prices, or social-value claims.
Review
Before you submit, you can commission a £250 final review of the completed pack — critical issues, weak answers, missing evidence and a clear ready / not-ready recommendation.
How it works
From your profile to a decision you can stand over.
01
Tell us about your business
Services you actually deliver, where you work, typical contract size, insurance, accreditations, and the evidence you already hold. We would rather have a short, accurate picture than a polished one.
02
We build your tender profile
That information becomes a working profile: in-scope services, out-of-scope work, geography, capacity, and known gaps. It is the yardstick every opportunity is measured against.
03
We hunt official sources
We search live public-sector notices. We prefer official portals over aggregator sites, and we treat expired or unverified notices as closed until they can be live-checked.
04
You receive qualified opportunities
You see why a contract fits, what might block it, and a recommended next action — bid, do not bid, or review first. You are not handed a raw dump of every notice published that week.
05
You decide. We help you prepare.
You remain the bidder. We help you plan and draft. If you want a structured check of the finished pack, the optional £250 final review is there. We do not submit, sign, or contact the buyer for you.
Illustrative match score
A number that explains fit — not a promise you will win.
Every opportunity is scored against your profile. The example on this page is illustrative. It is not a live tender, not a client result, and not a forecast of award.
- Bands: 85–100 strong · 70–84 good · 50–69 possible · below 50 weak.
- A confirmed mandatory failure overrides the score. That becomes do not bid.
- Unknown information is labelled unknown. We do not treat unknown as a pass.
Benefits
What changes when the first pass is no longer yours alone.
Time back for the work you already do
Someone else does the first pass of the portals, so your evenings are not spent opening notices that were never going to fit.
Fewer tenders you should never have started
Mandatory gates, geography, capacity and evidence are checked before you invest a week in a bid.
A written reason to bid — or to walk away
A clear recommendation is often more valuable than another opportunity. Declining early is part of the service.
Built around Northern Ireland public procurement
The starting point is eTendersNI and NI buyers, not a generic UK-wide feed that buries local work.
Evidence discipline
Missing information is labelled as missing. We will not dress a gap up as a strength.
Optional last look before you press submit
The £250 final review is a structured critique of your pack, not a rubber stamp and not a guarantee.
Who it is for
Established contractors. Not a scheme for businesses that do not yet exist.
A good fit if you are
- Established cleaning contractors bidding, or ready to bid, for public-sector work
- Electrical contractors pursuing council, housing and facilities contracts
- Construction, maintenance and small-works firms that can evidence delivery
- Facilities, grounds and related service businesses with a real operating base in Northern Ireland
- Other NI SMEs that already deliver the service a buyer would be buying
Not a fit if you need
- Start-ups with no delivery record looking for a first public contract from a blank page
- Businesses that want a third party to submit, sign declarations, or accept terms on their behalf
- Anyone expecting a win-rate promise, a guaranteed award, or a shortcut around eligibility
Optional add-on
A £250 final review before you press submit.
When the pack is as complete as you can make it, we read it as a reviewer would. You get a written critique and a clear recommendation. This is not included in the monthly fee, and it is not a guarantee of award.
How the final review works →- Critical issues that would make a buyer pause
- Missing evidence, labelled as missing
- The weakest answers, with a reason
- A ready / not-ready recommendation — not a rubber stamp
Founding Programme
£99 a month for the first three months.
No long-term commitment. Optional £250 final review when you have a pack ready. We are not using countdown clocks or fake remaining places.
Trust and boundaries
We would rather lose a sale than over-claim.
We do not submit tenders
You remain the bidder. Submission, electronic portals, declarations and buyer contact stay with you.
We do not invent evidence
Case studies, accreditations, prices and social-value commitments have to come from your business. Gaps are labelled, not filled in.
A match score is not a win probability
It is a structured view of fit. A high score can still lose. A confirmed mandatory failure overrides the number.
Official sources, live-checked
We work from eTendersNI, DoF/CPD, Find a Tender and official council pages. We do not treat an expired notice as open.
Short FAQ
Straight answers.
No. TenderHunter NI finds, qualifies, helps you understand and prepare, and can review a finished pack. You submit. You sign. You remain responsible for every declaration.
Ready to pursue the contracts that actually fit?
Join the Founding Programme at £99 a month for the first three months. No long-term commitment. You stay the bidder.