One quote · tenders and bids
The moulding part of your bid, priced properly and on time.
You're bidding for a contract that includes moulded parts or tooling — formliners on a building, seals in an assembly, food tooling for a new site. We price it as one group quote and give you the technical content to go with it.
The detail
Tender and bid support, at group level.
Bids fail on unrealistic sub-contract numbers. We'd rather give you a number we can stand behind, with the assumptions written out, than a low figure that unravels at award.
Because bids often need more than one division — construction tooling plus rubber seals, for example — the group prepares them as one submission.
Back to One quote. Itemised by division. Nothing rolled up to hide…
What's involved
Six parts of the work.
One priced submission
Every division's work in one quote, itemised.
Technical statements
Method, materials and quality approach written for your bid.
Assumptions and exclusions
Stated clearly so the evaluator sees a complete scope.
UK content information
Where the work is done, for bids with UK-content criteria.
Confidentiality
Your bid details kept confidential, NDA in place if needed.
Award follow-through
The same engineer takes the job forward if you win.
How it runs
Four steps, in order.
- 01
Bid pack
Send the relevant sections and the deadline.
- 02
Clarifications
Questions back to you early.
- 03
Submission
Priced quote and technical content delivered before your deadline.
- 04
Award
If you win, we mobilise the same team.
Is it right for you?
An honest fit check.
A good fit when
- Public-sector or main-contractor tenders with moulded content
- Bids needing more than one TCI division
- You need method statements alongside prices
- Frameworks with UK-content criteria
Probably not the answer when
- Bids where you need us as prime contractor
- Scopes outside moulding and tooling
- Deadlines too short to price properly — we'll tell you honestly
FAQs
Common questions.
Will you hold prices through the bid period?
We'll state the validity on the quote and discuss extensions if evaluation runs long.
Can you attend clarification meetings?
Yes, where it helps your bid.
Do you bid against customers?
No. If we're supporting your bid, we won't support a competing one for the same contract.
Related
The rest of this service.
Every line labelled. Tooling and parts never rolled together.
A group quote is one document, grouped by division, with tooling and unit cost on separate lines and assumptions…
Paperwork that fits your finance team, not ours.
One PO across the group, one per division, or one for tooling and one for parts. Consolidated invoicing or split. We…
One quote. Itemised by division. Nothing rolled up to hide the arithmetic.
When a job touches more than one TCI brand, we quote it once, as one document, with each division's line clearly…
The group
Delivered across the group
This work is coordinated by TCI Group and carried out by whichever of the four divisions suits your part.
Get in touch
Not sure which division? Tell us what you're making.
Send us a sketch, a photograph, or a paragraph. We'll come back with the right division, the right route, and an honest sense of what it will take.
Real people, a real workshop
You deal with the people who make it.
No call centre and no middlemen. When you contact TCI Group, you speak to the team who design, build and check your mould.
- A real Warwickshire workshopUnit 15, Waterloo Park, Bidford-on-Avon, Alcester B50 4JG.
- Real people on the phoneCall the team on 01789 224228, Monday to Friday.
- The same team on every jobDesign, production and aftercare come from the people you see here.
- Five brands, one teamMoulds, culinary, construction and contract products, all run from Bidford-on-Avon. See the divisions.
Thomas LaneManaging Director
George PrestonDesign & Project Manager
Kelly BallingerHead of Partnerships
Jim AndertonProduction Manager
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