Free · 12 questions · 3 minutes

Are you ready to win public contracts?

Check your documents, insurance, references, pricing, capacity and the contracts you could lose. You get a score out of 100 and the 3 fixes that matter most.

Your main trade (optional) Country

1. Documents
Is your tax clearance (or your country's equivalent) current?

Yes, currentExpires within 3 monthsNo, or not sure

2. Documents
Do you have a written safety statement and risk assessments for the work you'd tender for?

Yes, up to dateYes, but over a year oldNo

3. Insurance
Does your insurance meet the levels the tenders you want usually ask for?

YesOurs is lowerI don't know what they ask for

4. Documents
Do you hold the certificates, licences or registrations your trade needs for public work?

Yes, all of themSome of themNot sure which are needed

5. References
How many similar contracts from the last 3 years could you name as references?

3 or more1 or 2None yet

6. References
Has a public body (council, HSE, school, agency) ever given you a contract?

YesNot yet

7. Pricing
Do you know your full cost per hour: wages, employment costs, overheads and a margin?

Yes, worked outRoughlyNo

8. Pricing
Of the quotes and bids you send, how many do you win?

About a third to a halfOver 60%Under a quarterI don't track it

9. Capacity
Could you staff and start a new contract within 4 to 6 weeks of winning it?

Yes, with a planProbably, no plan writtenNo

10. Capacity
Do you have written method statements or procedures you can reuse in bids?

YesSomeNo

11. Contracts at risk
Do you know when each of your current contracts ends?

Yes, every oneSome of themNoWe have no contracts yet

12. Contracts at risk
Do any of your contracts end within 12 months without a plan to keep them?

No, or we have a planYesNot sureWe have no contracts yet

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