You’ve just lost a tender to an incumbent you didn’t know was bidding. Their price was 15% lower than yours. You had no idea what they were charging. This is benchmark pricing blindness—and it’s costing you deals. Most public sector suppliers bid without competitive pricing data. They set prices based on their own costs and guesswork about the market. The result? Lost deals, margin erosion, and wasted bid effort. But here’s the thing: UK public contract awards are published. Winner names, contract values, lot structures, and (sometimes) pricing models are all public information. Under the Procurement Act 2023, you now have access to real-time data from recently awarded…
