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How to win: Proposal Development Support for Applicants to EU Funding Opportunities

A services contract from UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM (THE), worth £300,000. Below: what it involves and how to write a winning bid for it.

Buyer

UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM (THE)

Value

£300,000

Closing date

9 October 2026

About this contract

The University of Nottingham is seeking a supplier or suppliers to provide direct support to academics in across all faculties in an iterative, draft-comment-redraft-repeat process intended to be engaged from the early stages of research bid development.

How to win contracts like this

✓Answer against the marking scheme, not the question text — UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM (THE) scores each response, so map your evidence to the published criteria and weightings.
✓At £300,000, expect quality and social value to carry a large share of the score — price alone rarely wins services work.
✓Show recent, comparable delivery: name similar services contracts you've delivered for public bodies, with measurable outcomes.
✓Start early: it closes 9 October 2026 and a strong bid takes iteration.

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