About HelpMeBid

Most bid managers reach the social value section of an ITT and face the same set of problems. The buyer's framework isn't always clearly named in the documents. The proxy values used on the last bid may not apply to this one. The response submitted previously was generic enough that it probably under-scored, but there wasn't a better option at the time.

The tools that exist either measure social value delivery after a contract is awarded — useful for supplier reporting, not for writing the bid — or treat social value as a text generation problem, producing polished language attached to unverifiable numbers. Neither addresses the actual difficulty: working out what your buyer is scoring, what commitments are proportionate and deliverable for this specific contract, and how to attach a citable figure to each one.

HelpMeBid was built to solve that specific problem — at bid stage, before award, for the person writing the response.

Every proxy value in HelpMeBid is drawn from a published, named source — the National TOMs framework, the HACT Social Value Bank, or HM Treasury Green Book unit costs. We do not generate figures; we apply published methodologies to specific commitments. That distinction matters because evaluators are trained to look for unsupported numbers, and a social value claim that cannot be traced to a recognised source will be marked down by any procurement team that takes the evaluation seriously.

Where buyers use SROI methodology, we are explicit that the output is an estimate that applies published adjustment factors — deadweight, attribution, displacement — not a certified SROI analysis. A certified analysis requires an independent assessor, stakeholder engagement, and a methodology sign-off that is beyond the scope of a bid response tool. What we produce is a defensible, methodology-consistent calculation that a supplier can submit honestly and an evaluator can assess on its merits. We say so clearly, because overstating the status of a social value calculation is one of the things that damages a supplier's credibility with procurement teams who know what they're looking at.

The same principle applies to the written narrative: the AI-generated text describes commitments the supplier has selected and quantified, not commitments invented by the tool. The starting point is always what the supplier can actually deliver.

HelpMeBid is built for UK bid managers and SMEs submitting public sector tenders — particularly in construction, facilities management, and health and care, where social value is weighted heavily and evaluated against established frameworks.

It is most useful for organisations that bid regularly enough to need a repeatable process, but don't have a dedicated social value specialist in-house. That covers most SMEs in the sectors above, and many mid-sized contractors who manage their bid writing internally rather than through a consultancy.

If you commission social value measurement and reporting as a buyer, or you are a specialist social value consultancy, HelpMeBid is probably not what you are looking for. The product is supplier-side, pre-award, and focused on the bid response — not on post-award delivery tracking or portfolio-level reporting.