AI tender summaries
Is there an AI tool that summarises UK public tenders for small businesses?
Yes, several now do. Winnable is one: every weekday morning it reads every new notice on Find a Tender, plus the tenders found only on Contracts Finder and Public Contracts Scotland, and emails each firm the few that fit, each summarised in plain English with the catch spelled out. Below is a real summary, exactly as our site showed it, and how we keep the AI to what the notice says.
A real example
Wadkins Pavilion refurbishment · Harborough District Council · £495,000 · closes 27 November 2026. The official notice.
In plain English
Harborough District Council wants a contractor to refurbish Wadkins Pavilion (Houghton and Thurnby Cricket Club) at Wadkins Way, Bushby, near Leicester, including a new roof covering, concrete and drainage repairs, refurbished changing and shower facilities, a new accessible WC, replacement windows and redecoration. The estimated value is £495,000 for a single contract running from 18 December 2026 to 30 June 2027, open for bids now with a deadline of 27 November 2026.
Good fit for: Small to mid-sized building contractors able to handle roofing, groundwork, drainage and interior fit-out work together on one site.
- Must attend a site visit to bid
Attendance at a mandatory supervised site visit is a condition of participation in this procurement process.
- Register in advance for site visit (2 or 9 November 2026)
Bidders must register in advance to attend the site visit.
- Bids without a site visit may be thrown out unmarked
The Council reserves the right to eliminate bids from the procurement process (without evaluation)
Written with AI from the official notice, as shown on 3 November 2026. Check the notice before relying on it.
A subscriber also gets a fit score: how well the tender matches the description of their firm they gave us in their own words. See a whole morning's email.
How far can you trust an AI summary?
- Every catch carries the notice's own words. If the quoted words can't be found in the notice, the catch is dropped, so the AI can't invent a requirement.
- The summary uses only what the notice says. Where a notice is vague, so is the summary.
- The official notice is one click away, and it's the thing to rely on. AI can make mistakes.
Two kinds of AI tender tool
Finding tenders: the tool watches the portals for you and sends a shortlist, each with a summary. That's what Winnable does. It summarises the notice, not the full tender pack, and tells you how to get the documents.
Reading a tender pack: you upload the 50 to 100 pages of documents and the tool pulls out what's required. Useful once you've decided to bid; a separate job from finding the tender.
Other services that find tenders and score them with AI, with prices from their own websites:
TenderAI: compared with Winnable →
£99 a month; first month free
Checked 26 September 2026.
TenderLead: compared with Winnable →
Pro £19 a month (its Starter plan is closed to new subscribers)
Checked 3 November 2026.
Tenderheron: compared with Winnable →
Free plan (top 10 matches, a weekly email); Pro £29 a month; Business £79 a month, marked coming soon
Checked 3 November 2026.
Tender Radar: compared with Winnable →
£30 a month, or £300 a year; first 30 days free
Checked 3 November 2026.
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