Built for firms without a bid team.

Why Bidlark exists

Most paid tender services are built and priced for firms with a bid team. The free alerts, on Find a Tender and elsewhere, filter by keyword and category, so a small firm still wades through notices it could never bid for: there are about 2,030 new UK notices a month (Bidlark's count of new notices in the last 30 days). A freelance evaluator, a two-person research consultancy, a trainer or a small web studio needs neither. They need the handful in their field, at their size, and a straight answer about whether they could bid with the insurance and certificates they actually hold.

The government's own plan for small businesses (2025) says smaller firms find public procurement complex and discouraging, and often get little feedback. Bidlark doesn't fix that. It does save you the evenings spent reading notices you could never have won.

Who runs it

Bidlark is run by Highfold Group Ltd, which runs a number of independent online businesses. Bidlark is a trading name of Highfold Group Ltd (company number 17521208, registered in England and Wales). Registered office: Office 21848, 182-184 High Street North, East Ham, London, E6 2JA. Email hello@bidlark.co.uk: We read every message and we'll get back to you as soon as we can.

What Bidlark never does

• Promise you'll win. We can tell you which notices are worth an evening.
• Write, review or submit bids by hand. Pro drafts are first drafts from your own facts; you check and submit.
• Pretend to be official. Bidlark is independent and isn't a government service.
• Keep buyer staff names, emails or phone numbers.
• Lock you in. Monthly or yearly, cancel in your account, no sales calls.

What it covers today

Bidlark covers four desk-based fields: consultancy and research, training and coaching, IT, software and web, and marketing, comms and design. Local hands-on trades aren't covered yet, because the notices for them almost never reach the official sources at a size a small firm can win.