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Scoping & Kick-off
We review the tender documents, agree the scope and give you a fixed quote.
A kick-off call then confirms owners, deadlines and the evidence we need from your team.
Exit Strategy & Succession Planning
Prepare the business — and yourself — for a sale or handover that actually completes.
Finance & TransactionsFixed fee, agreed in writing before any work starts
What Makes Our Exit Strategy & Succession Planning Different
Most businesses are sold for less than they are worth because the owner started preparing six months before the sale rather than three years. We work out what your exit options are, what each one is likely to deliver, which parts of the business reduce its value or block a deal, and what to fix while there is still time.
Senior Writers
Experienced writers who already know how your market buys.
Fixed Fees
A written price before we start, with no hourly meter running.
On-Time Delivery
Planned back from the portal date, with time left for review.
Who it is for
Owners thinking about stepping back within the next one to five years, and family businesses planning a handover to the next generation.
What you gain
- A realistic view of what the business is worth today and why
- Years rather than months to fix the things that depress value
- A business that runs without you, which is what buyers pay for
- The right exit route chosen for your circumstances, not the default one
Why Our Exit Strategy & Succession Planning Service Matters
Smaller suppliers often lose on the page, not on delivery. Our exit strategy & succession planning service turns your real experience into clear, evidenced answers that score, so evaluators can see what your customers already know. You stay in control of every draft, and nothing leaves without a final compliance check.
What You Receive
Fixed fee, agreed in writing before any work starts
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Exit options report
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Value driver and blocker analysis
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Pre-sale preparation roadmap with timescales
Why Work With Us For Exit Strategy & Succession Planning?
Get In TouchWe write for the evaluator. Every answer is structured around the published criteria, built on your own evidence and edited to read clearly under time pressure, because that is how marks are awarded.
You deal directly with the writers doing the work, not an account manager passing messages along, and a director reads every submission before it goes out.
Our Exit Strategy & Succession Planning Process
A clear, repeatable process keeps every bid on schedule and every answer on target. You stay informed at each stage and approve everything before it is submitted.
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Exit Strategy & Succession Planning In Practice
Most businesses are sold for less than they are worth because the owner started preparing six months before the sale rather than three years. We work out what your exit options are, what each one is likely to deliver, which parts of the business reduce its value or block a deal, and what to fix while there is still time.
What is included: exit options appraisal — trade sale, management buyout, eot, family succession, value driver and value blocker assessment, owner-dependency reduction planning, pre-sale preparation roadmap, coordination with legal, tax and corporate finance specialists.
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Quality Review
A senior reviewer scores the draft the way an evaluation panel would and flags where marks could be lost.
We refine it with your feedback until you are fully happy with every answer.
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Submission & Debrief
We run final compliance checks and can handle the portal upload for you.
After the result, we review the feedback together so the next bid is even stronger.
Important: Gautam Group is not authorised or regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority. We provide funding readiness, preparation and introductions, not regulated financial advice, and we do not recommend or arrange specific financial products.
Exit & Succession Questions
Three years out is ideal. Most of what raises value — reducing owner dependency, tidying contracts, making earnings predictable — takes that long to show in the accounts.
No. Exit tax planning is specialist work and the reliefs are time-sensitive. We coordinate with your accountant and tax adviser and make sure the commercial plan does not cut across their advice.
What Clients Say After The Award
Feedback from suppliers we supported on live tenders, shared anonymously at their request.
They rebuilt our quality responses from the ground up and we were shortlisted on a framework we had failed twice before. What changed was the evidence. Every claim was backed by a contract, a date or a measured result, and the evaluators noticed. The team asked sharper questions about our delivery than we had ever asked ourselves. They were honest about which lots we could realistically win, turned our site managers' notes into clear method statements, and kept everything calm when the portal deadline moved forward by a week. We now use them on every framework renewal and recommend them to other SMEs in our supply chain.
We had four days left and a half-finished submission. Their team took it over, ran the clarification questions and filed it with time to spare. We won the lot, and the debrief scores were the highest we have ever had on quality.
The bid library alone has saved us weeks a year. Our team now starts every tender with most of the groundwork already done instead of a blank page, and our answers are more consistent across every portal we submit to.
Honest advice from day one. They told us not to bid on two opportunities that looked tempting but did not suit us, which cost them fees and earned our trust straight away. The ones we did bid on, we won.
Our social value scores went from the bottom of the table to full marks across three consecutive submissions. They showed us how to tie commitments to the actual contract instead of listing everything we do in the community.
Responsive, calm and genuinely good writers. They made a small firm look exactly as capable as it is, and we now have a framework place that has changed the shape of our pipeline.
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Tell us the deadline or the problem. You will get an honest view of whether we can help and a fixed quote before you commit anything.
What You Can Count On
Built Around You
Every bid is planned around your services, your evidence and your capacity, never a template.
More Than Words
We find the operational detail that proves your quality, then make it easy to score.
Focused On Results
We measure ourselves by shortlists and awards, and review every outcome with you.
A Real Partnership
We work as part of your team, with honest advice even when that means not bidding.
Frequently Asked Questions
Straight answers to the questions suppliers ask us most before their first tender.
Fees depend on the number of questions, the word counts and how much usable content you already have. We quote a fixed price before any work starts, and for many clients we offer a reduced base fee paired with a success bonus on award, so our incentives sit with yours.
A short quality submission can be turned around in a few days. A large framework with several lots usually needs three to four weeks. Tell us the deadline and we will say honestly whether it is achievable.
A director reads every submission, and the person who scopes your bid is the person who writes it. You deal with the writers directly, not an account manager passing messages along.
Yes. Most of our work is public procurement, but we also write private sector proposals, PQQs, RFPs and renewal submissions. Writing to a scoring framework transfers directly.
Ready To Take On Bigger Contracts?
Talk to a senior bid writer about your next tender. We will give you an honest view of your chances and a fixed quote for the work.