LOCUFY COMMERCIAL · FOR BUSINESSES · FREE TO POST

Stop ringing round. Post once; local suppliers compete.One tender. The best local suppliers compete for it.
Free to post. No obligation to award.

One brief goes to every supplier that covers your site. Bids come back to the same spec, scored on weights you set, and you award only when one is right.

Instead of ringing six companies and comparing six different quotes, post one brief. Every supplier that covers your site bids to your spec — scored live on the weights you set — and you pick the best, or nobody.

Post your first tender — free

Two fields to start. Your first brief takes about ten minutes, on your computer.

Two fields to start. Your first brief takes about ten minutes — runs from your computer, with a Dashboard to manage every tender.

Free to post — no card, no obligation
Only suppliers with your must-haves can bid
Same brief, same questions, same deadline for all

The Scoring step of Post a tender, with the Best value preset and a weight for each criterion

Scoring you control: pick a preset or set the weights — bids re-rank live.

Matched to your site

Suppliers are invited by the postcode they cover — one brief, every site.

Accountable, with a record

Reviews from real jobs and contract performance from work won on Locufy.

Scoring you control

Weighted criteria, live re-ranking, a breakdown you can show the board.

Free, no obligation

Post for nothing. Award only if a bid is right for you.

THE OLD WAY, AND THIS ONE

Ringing round costs you a fortnight. A tender costs you ten minutes.

Getting three quotes the old way means explaining the job again and again, chasing, and then comparing answers that were never to the same spec. A tender puts one brief in front of every matched supplier and brings the bids back scored.

RINGING ROUND

A LOCUFY TENDER

Finding suppliers

You ring six companies and explain the job six times

You write the job once. Every matched supplier is invited that day

Comparing quotes

Six quotes, six different specs, your spreadsheet

Every bid to the same spec, scored and ranked for you

Knowing who is good

A website and how they sound on the phone

A checked profile, real reviews, and how their last contracts went

Paperwork

You ask each one for insurance and tax clearance, then wait

Set them as must-haves. Nobody without them can bid

Questions

Whoever rings gets an answer the others never hear

One answer goes to every bidder, in writing

What it costs you

Weeks of your time

Ten minutes. £0 to post, no obligation to award

Posting is free and there is no obligation to award.

WHAT A TENDER GIVES YOU

Everything a tender does for you

One brief, every matched supplier

Post your requirement once. Every supplier that offers the service and covers your site is invited to bid to the same spec — no phone tag, no chasing, no six quotes to six different specs.

Must-haves filter before anyone bids

Public liability insurance, tax clearance, DBS checks, ISO 14001, references, TUPE — switch each one to Must-have and suppliers without it cannot bid. You compare serious applications, not cold leads.

Weighted scoring you control

Price, experience, account management, sustainability, turnover, past performance — set the weights (a preset or your own) and the ranking updates live. Bidders see the weights, so everyone competes on what you actually value.

Ask once, answer all

Bidders' questions are answered in numbered bulletins that go to every bidder — the same information for all, no side deals, and a record of what was said.

Shortlist, best-and-final, award

Compare the shortlist side by side, invite a best-and-final round when bids are close, then award — and a contract with a review schedule is created from the winning bid.

Performance follows suppliers

Every contract you award gets a review, and the record travels with the supplier into their next tender. When your contract ends, your current supplier is invited to the new one with that record attached.

One brief, every matched supplier
Post once. Every supplier that offers the service and covers your site bids to the same spec — no chasing, no mismatched quotes.
Must-haves filter before anyone bids
Insurance, tax clearance, DBS checks, ISO, references, TUPE — set each to Must-have and suppliers without it cannot bid.
Weighted scoring you control
Price, experience, sustainability, turnover, past performance — set the weights and the ranking updates live. Bidders see the weights too.
Ask once, answer all
Clarifications go out as numbered bulletins to every bidder — same information for all, on the record.
Shortlist, best-and-final, award
Compare the shortlist side by side, run a best-and-final round if close, award — a contract with a review schedule is created.
Performance follows suppliers
Every contract gets a review; the record travels with the supplier. When yours ends, your current supplier is invited again, record attached.

THE SUPPLIERS

Suppliers across the UK. Your current one is welcome.

Suppliers come from Locufy's company listings — cleaning, facilities, security, grounds, waste, maintenance — and are matched to your site by the areas they cover. Invite your current supplier to bid too; when the contract comes round again, they are invited automatically, record attached.

INSIDE A TENDER

The brief, the must-haves, the weights — in ten minutes

Posting a tender is five short steps: basics, scope and must-haves, scoring weights, timeline, review. These are the screens as they are — from your computer, where tenders get run.

The Scope step of Post a tender: the site description, the requirements list with each item set to Must-have or Scored, tender documents and the TUPE flag — Scope and must-haves — describe the site once; switch each requirement to Must-have (bids without it are filtered out) or Scored; attach your tender documents; flag TUPE if staff would transfer

The Scoring step of Post a tender: the Best value, Balanced and Quality-first presets and a weight slider for each of the six criteria, totalling 100% — Scoring — Best value, Balanced or Quality-first, or set your own weights across six criteria; they must total 100% and bidders see them

The tender control room for a demo tender: the shortlist table, the scoring-weight sliders, and bids from Demo Supplier A and B ranked with a score bar for each criterion — Tender control room — bids ranked, a score bar for each criterion, the ranking updating as you move a weight

3 screens · swipe or use the arrows

YOUR DASHBOARD

Everything you need to run it properly

Tender control room

Bids ranked, a score bar for each criterion, the ranking updating as you move a weight

Abnormally-low flag

A bid far below the field is flagged before you shortlist it

Batch clarifications

Numbered bulletins to every bidder

Shortlist and best-and-final

Compare the shortlist side by side; ask for a best-and-final offer

Automatic bidder feedback

Bidders who lose see where they ranked on each criterion — no names, no prices

Contract management

Awarded work becomes a contract with a review schedule

Multi-site matching

One brief, suppliers matched per site postcode

One-click retender

When a contract ends, run it again — your current supplier is invited with their record

Tender documents

Attach your request for tender, spec and pricing template

TUPE flag

Tell bidders when they would take on existing staff

Must-have requirements

Insurance, tax clearance, vetting, ISO, references, your own

Dated record

Every answer, score and decision, with its date

A commercial account is separate from a personal Locufy account — one Dashboard for every tender, every bulletin, every contract and every review, across all your sites.

GET BETTER BIDS

What the best-run tenders have in common

Write the scope once, properly
Site size, frequency, hours, areas, standards, KPIs. A clear brief gets like-for-like bids; a vague one gets questions.
Make the deal-breakers must-haves
Insurance, tax clearance, vetting — anything you will not award without. Then nobody wastes a bid.
Set the weights before bids arrive
Pick Best value, Balanced or Quality-first, or set your own. Bidders see them and compete on what you value.
Answer questions as bulletins
One answer, every bidder, on the record. Clarifications stop being phone calls.
Review the contract
A performance review after award builds the record that makes the next tender easier to judge.

WHO IT IS FOR

Built for every kind of site

Office cleaning, commercial cleaning, facilities management, security guarding, window cleaning, grounds maintenance, waste removal, gutters, commercial electricians and maintenance — if a local supplier does it, you can tender it.

Offices & retail

Nightly cleaning, maintenance and facilities for workspaces; store cleaning and upkeep across branches.

Hospitality

Kitchens, front-of-house, windows and grounds kept sharp — one-off deep cleans or fixed-term contracts.

Property, FM & multi-site

End-to-end facilities contracts and multi-site operators: one brief, suppliers matched per site, coverage checked per postcode.

TENDER BY SERVICE

Office cleaning Commercial cleaning Facilities management Security Window cleaning Landscaping Junk removal Gutter cleaning Electrician Handyman

SUPPLIERS BY CITY

Commercial services in London Commercial services in Birmingham Commercial services in Manchester Commercial services in Leeds Commercial services in Glasgow Commercial services in Bristol

HOW IT WORKS

From brief to contract in four steps

Post your brief

Service, site postcode, scope, timeline and the requirements that matter. One structured brief, out to tender.

Suppliers bid

Every supplier that offers your service and covers your site is invited — in-app and by email. Must-haves filter them before they can bid.

Score on your terms

Set the weights; every bid gets a score you can see the workings of. Answer questions once, to every bidder.

Shortlist and award

Side by side, a best-and-final round if you want, then award — a contract with a review schedule is created.

A LEVEL FIELD

Ask once, answer all. Every bidder gets feedback.

Questions are answered in numbered bulletins that go to every bidder — no side deals
Bidders who lose are told where they ranked on each criterion, automatically — no names, no prices
Suppliers who know why they lost bid better next time — and your next tender gets sharper bids
Every answer, score and decision is dated — a record you can show anyone
Performance reviews follow suppliers into their next tender

WHAT WE ASK OF YOU

A few rules, so suppliers can trust the tender

A real requirement — a site, a scope and a timeline. Posting is free and you need not award — but bids cost suppliers time, so post when you mean it.
Answers in bulletins — questions from bidders are answered once, to everyone, through the tender — not by phone to one of them.
A review after award — the contract gets a performance review; that record is what makes every supplier's track record worth anything.

STEP 1 OF 3 · ABOUT 2 MINUTES

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Commercial FAQs

: Yes. Posting is free, there is no subscription and no card, and you are under no obligation to award.
: Every supplier on Locufy that offers the service and covers your site postcode — and only those that meet your must-haves can bid. Your company name is shown to bidders; your contact details are not until you award.
: Each document a supplier uploads (insurance, tax clearance, DBS checks, ISO certificates …) shows as a badge — “uploaded”, then “verified” once we have read and checked it — and you can ask to see the document. You can require insurance, tax clearance, DBS checks, ISO 9001/14001, references or your own requirement as must-haves; documents are requested with the bid.
: Both. Choose One-off job or Fixed-duration contract when you post. Contracts get a review schedule, and when one ends you can run the tender again in one click — your current supplier is invited with their record.
: You weight six things: price, experience, account management, sustainability, turnover and past contract performance — a preset or your own, totalling 100%. Every bid gets a score for each and a total; move a weight and the ranking updates live. Bidders see the weights.
: Tick TUPE applies when the winning supplier would take on existing staff, and attach your request for tender, specification or pricing template to the brief. Bidders see them before they bid.

Ready to put your requirement out to tender?

Free to post. No obligation to award. One brief, every matched supplier, bids scored on your terms. Or talk to us.