Tender intelligence.
Made simple.
Lucenta continuously monitors public sector procurement and presents your business with only the opportunities most relevant to it — so bidding decisions become quicker and easier.
- 1,200+
- notices reviewed daily
- Seconds
- not hours per match
- £99/mo
- one simple package
Today's matches
Thameside Facilities Ltd · 4 new opportunities
17
+24%
£3.4m
+£820k
86
- 94
Grounds maintenance framework
Leeds City Council · £480,000
Repair & maintenanceLot 212 days
Review - 88
IT support & managed services
NHS Greater Manchester ICB · £1.2m
IT services3 year term9 days
Review - 81
School catering supply
Hampshire County Council · £265,000
Food & beverages18 days
Review - 76
Fleet servicing contract
Transport for Wales · £640,000
Transport services24 days
Review
Monitoring notices from buyers across the UK public sector
Bidding smart made simple
We match your business to best-fit public sector opportunities.
Three steps, and none of them are yours.
We find relevant opportunities
Lumen continuously monitors public sector procurement notices as they are published — thousands every week.
We match them to your business
Every notice is assessed against your company profile, so only genuinely relevant contracts make it through.
We send you alerts and insights
Matches land in your inbox and dashboard with a plain-English explanation of why they fit.
The challenge
The opportunities are there. Finding the right ones is the challenge.
Finding the right public sector opportunities is overwhelming. With thousands of contracts published every week, SMEs struggle to find the time and resources to identify relevant opportunities, assess their fit, and focus on bids they have a realistic chance of winning.
Thousands of notices published every week
Hours lost reviewing contracts that don't fit
Deadlines missed while competitors move first
Imagine instead
An analysis of today's opportunities, picking out those that are the best fit for your business — with an explanation why.
That's what we do at Lucenta. Save hours every week by letting us find you the right opportunities in seconds.
4
+2
9
£3.4m
+£820k
11
this week
Matched value trend
Match quality
- Strong match46%
- Possible32%
- Low fit22%
The solution
Meet Lumen, our AI-driven tender intelligence platform.
We do more than find potential opportunities. We do the discovery, review and match work for you, so you only see opportunities that are a good match for your business. A process that takes hours each time a new opportunity appears takes seconds with Lumen.
Save time & effort
Hours of manual searching become seconds of reading.
Improve bid decisions
Know why a contract fits before you commit resource.
Increase win rate
Focus your bid effort where you can realistically win.
Watch the 2-minute tour
See Lumen turn 1,200 notices into four decisions.
Product tour · 2:04
How Lumen works
Simple by design, thorough by default.
Lumen does the heavy lifting in the background — you get the decision, not the paperwork.
Smart search and matching
Lumen uses smart searches to match your business to the most relevant public sector contracts.
Tailored intelligence
Lumen works with you to understand your company profile, which ensures the tender intelligence is tailored and accurate.
Real-time alerts to inboxes
Intelligence is sent to you as soon as Lumen identifies a match, so you can make informed, timely decisions with confidence.
Unlock competitive advantage
Lumen constantly monitors contracts, letting you act on opportunities ahead of your competitors.
Platform overview
One dashboard for every opportunity.
Your matched tenders, pipeline and buyer insight in one place — reviewed, scored and ready for a decision.
Reviewing2
Grounds maintenance
£480k
Fleet servicing
£640k
Bidding2
IT managed services
£1.2m
School catering
£265k
Submitted1
Waste collection
£910k
Buyers active in your sectors
| Buyer | Awards | To SMEs | Spend |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leeds City Council | 42 | 31% | £86m |
| NHS GM ICB | 28 | 24% | £142m |
| Hampshire CC | 19 | 38% | £54m |
| Transport for Wales | 12 | 22% | £38m |
Feature highlights
Everything you need. Nothing you don't.
Smart matching
Scored against sector, contract value, location and accreditations.
AI summaries
A short, plain-English explanation of every match, in seconds.
Buyer intelligence
See which buyers are active and how much they award to SMEs.
Opportunity tracking
Manage matched tenders from review through to submission.
The market
UK public sector procurement was worth over £400bn last year.
The public sector isn't just open to SMEs — it's actively looking to buy from them. The challenge isn't whether the opportunities exist. It's identifying the contracts that are the right fit before your competitors do.
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Procurement opportunities awarded annually
Made for your business
Built for every sector the public sector buys from
Lumen caters for all businesses and services — whatever you sell, there is a buyer for it somewhere in the public sector.
Pricing
One package. Everything included.
Lumen Intelligence is our flagship package. Lumen builds your company profile, finds your matches, alerts you and gives you the intelligence to decide quickly.
Lumen Intelligence
£99/month
Billed annually, or £119 month-to-month. Free cancellation anytime.
- Company profile built with our team
- Matched opportunities scored for fit
- Alerts the moment a match is found
- Tailored intelligence on every tender
- Personal dashboard to review and manage
Your first four Lumen match emails are free.
FAQs
Frequently asked questions
About Lumen
What is Lumen?
About Lumen
What is Lumen?
Lumen is our AI-powered tender intelligence platform. It monitors public sector procurement notices, matches them against your company profile and sends you only the opportunities that are a good fit — with an explanation of why.
About Lumen
Is Lumen for my business?
About Lumen
Is Lumen for my business?
If you are a small or medium-sized UK business that sells products or services the public sector buys, Lumen is for you. It is built for busy owners and business development teams, not procurement specialists.
About Lumen
Why should I use Lumen?
About Lumen
Why should I use Lumen?
Reviewing new notices manually takes hours every week. Lumen does the discovery, review and match work for you, so all that's left is deciding whether you want to bid.
Policy
How do recent changes in UK Government policy help me?
Policy
How do recent changes in UK Government policy help me?
The Procurement Act 2023 and the 2025 National Procurement Policy Statement require central government departments to set measurable SME procurement targets and reduce barriers to entry. The shift to Most Advantageous Tender also means innovation, social value, sustainability and specialist expertise carry more weight than price alone.
Data sources
Where does your data come from?
Data sources
Where does your data come from?
Lumen works from published UK public sector procurement notices and official award data, refreshed continuously so matches reflect what is live today.
Subscription
How does the subscription work?
Subscription
How does the subscription work?
Lumen Intelligence is £99 per month billed annually, or £119 month-to-month, with free cancellation at any time. Your first four Lumen match emails are free of charge.
Help & support
What support is included?
Help & support
What support is included?
Our team helps you build your company profile at sign-up and stays available afterwards to refine your matching as your business changes.
The market is not the challenge. Finding the right opportunities is.
Let Lumen do the work for you. Book a short demo and we'll show you the opportunities Lumen would have surfaced for your business this week.
Your first four Lumen match emails are free of charge.