Drylining bid writer in Sussex — no win, no fee.
You price the drylining. We craft the proposal. Founder-led bid writing for drylining and suspended-ceiling subcontractors tendering £50k–£5m packages.
Drylining firms are losing tenders on the documentation — not the price.
You can price drylining faster than most. Estimating is the part you know. The Friday-night problem is the rest of the bid pack — the method statement, the programme, the fire-rating evidence, the acoustic build-up data sheets, the F-rating certificates, the CHAS and insurance framing.
That's the half that decides whether the main contractor's QS reads your number as fair value or as expensive.
Most drylining and ceiling sub-packages are now losing more on the documentation than on price. CHAS, £10m PL and Fermacell approvals don't tell that story on their own. The document around them has to.
The three problems that cost you the appointment.
- 01
Acoustic & fire data sheets in the QS's language
Most drylining tenders score acoustic and fire performance. Most subcontractors hand the QS a manufacturer datasheet stapled to a quote. The QS reads that as effort, not evidence.
- 02
F-rating evidence that the inspector will accept
Tender returns increasingly ask for F-rating substantiation against the actual specified build-up — not the generic certificate. Without that, scoring drops before commercials are even read.
- 03
Programme tied to first-fix M&E sequencing
Drylining sits in the critical path with mechanical and electrical first fix. A bid pack that ignores the M&E sequence reads as naïve and gets discounted.
Why bid evaluation in Sussex works the way it does.
Sussex sits between the South-East commercial corridor and the South-Coast economic strip. Bid activity is heavier in the Brighton, Crawley, Gatwick Diamond, Worthing and Eastbourne corridors. The mix is commercial fit-out, hospitality refurb, schools and universities, healthcare estates, and a steady stream of council-framework work.
Most Sussex subcontractors win locally on relationships and lose nationally on submissions. The big main contractors running South-East frameworks (Wates, ISG, Willmott Dixon, BAM, Vinci) want the regional sub's site capability — but evaluate the bid pack against the same standard they apply to their tier-1 supply chain. That's where well-priced Sussex firms get out-bid by national rivals with bigger bid teams.
From tender on the desk to submission-ready pack.
- 01
You send us the tender
Brief, scope, return-by date, your draft price.
- 02
We write the proposal pack
Method statement, programme narrative, drylining-specific compliance evidence, and the supporting documents your evaluator wants to read — in the main contractor's QS language, not yours.
- 03
You review and submit
Your name on it. Your win.
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You pay only if you win
£1,500 minimum, 2% of contract value above £75k. Don't win, don't pay.
Founding-team UK firm. Sussex-covering. Karl runs it.
What you get in a drylining proposal pack.
- 01Method statementPartition systems, suspended ceilings, SFS, fire-rated builds — written to the specific tender.
- 02Programme narrativeTied to your price assumptions and the M&E first-fix sequence.
- 03Acoustic build-up data sheetsFramed for the QS, not pulled from the supplier brochure.
- 04F-rating evidenceMapped to the build-up you've priced, with Fermacell / Knauf / Siniat approval framing.
- 05Quality assurance & inspection regimeSample panels, hold points, snagging process, defect-free handover plan.
- 06Sustainability & wasteWhere the tender scores it — material returns, recycling routes, low-VOC selections.
- 07Experience matrixMapped to the tender's evaluation criteria, not a generic CV.
- 08CHAS / accreditation framingWritten to earn evaluation points, not just be listed.
A first-tender risk-sharing offer.
We only get paid if the bid wins. £1,500 minimum success fee (binds on contracts up to £75k), 2% on contract value above £75k. Eligible on opportunities over £50k. Founding offer — capped at the first ten Sussex contractors who take it up.
See what one actually looks like.
We’ve put together a sample bid pack — fictional contract, watermarked, real format. Request it via the link below. No commitment to engage; we just want you to see what one looks like.
Drylining bid writing — practical answers.
01How much does a no-win-no-fee bid writer cost for a Sussex drylining tender?
02What's included in a drylining proposal pack?
03How long does a drylining bid pack take to write?
04Will the pack work with the build-up we've already priced?
05Are you tied to British Gypsum, Knauf or any one supplier?
06Do you understand the Sussex / South-East tender market?
Worth a 15-minute call?
If you’ve got a live dryliningtender on the desk now, let’s look at it together. Karl will run through what the proposal pack would cover, and we’ll agree the engagement terms before any work starts.