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Scan and shortlist
Track target portals, frameworks, buyer pages, and live notices. Cut noise before it reaches partners.
UK capture desk for specialist firms
ALIREX
Bid capacity without a permanent hire.
ALIREX runs the standing bid function for accounting and compliance firms: tender watchlists, qualification discipline, evidence planning, and submission control. Clients hire us when the pipeline matters but a full-time bid manager still does not.
The monthly retainer is for owning the standing desk. Live bid writing and framework submissions are scoped separately.
Why the retainer clears
A real function sits between the watchlist and the bid.
Firms do not pay ALIREX for generic advice. They pay for a standing commercial discipline that keeps real opportunities moving, filters out weak ones, and stops partner time from leaking into unstructured bid work.
Included in the monthly desk
- Opportunity watch: active monitoring across agreed portals, frameworks, and buyer signals.
- Qualification discipline: structured go / no-go calls before the team wastes time on low-fit work.
- Evidence readiness: case studies, bios, policies, references, and credentials kept bid-ready instead of scattered.
- Pursuit control: weekly pipeline reviews, owners, next actions, and deadline pressure kept visible.
Priced separately
- Bid-builds: full response drafting, redrafting, and packaging for a live tender.
- Framework entry: supplier registrations, framework applications, and reusable submission packs.
- Rush deadlines: compressed timelines, multi-lot submissions, or partner coordination beyond the standing desk.
Standing desk
The monthly operating layer that makes pursuit decisions, evidence control, and deadline ownership real.
€3k-€4k
One missed fit opportunity
Usually costs more than a month of ALIREX oversight if nobody owned qualification or evidence readiness.
Higher than fee
Partner-led bidding
Drains senior billable time and still leaves pursuit management inconsistent from month to month.
Margin leak
Internal hire too early
Hard to justify before the opportunity flow is stable, even when the firm clearly needs bid capacity.
Fixed overhead
Operating cadence
What the desk actually does every week.
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Qualify or kill
Run fit scoring against service scope, evidence strength, team capacity, and margin reality.
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Close evidence gaps
Pull CVs, case studies, policies, references, and buyer-specific materials into one controlled pack.
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Control live submissions
Keep owners, deadlines, clarifications, and next actions visible so the bid can actually move.
Best-fit profile
When ALIREX is worth hiring.
Large enough to deliver well, small enough that a dedicated bid function is still underbuilt.
Services already fit procurement logic: audit, payroll, tax, compliance, advisory, or finance operations.
The work is being pushed into nights, inboxes, and ad hoc spreadsheets instead of a controlled commercial process.
The firm needs bid capacity now but is not ready to commit to a full-time hire and its overhead profile.