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Lumen handles the discovery, review and match work. Everything below exists to get you to one simple decision: do you want to bid?
Grounds maintenance framework
Leeds City Council · closes 12 days
Why this is a match
- Scope matches your registered grounds and landscaping services.
- Contract size sits inside your £250k–£750k target range.
- Buyer is within your 40-mile delivery area.
- Social value weighting of 20% favours local SMEs.
£480k
4 yrs
3
Smart matching
Lumen scores every published notice against your sectors, contract range, delivery area and accreditations, so you only ever see genuine fits.
AI summaries
A short, plain-English summary explains what the contract is for and why it matched — no wading through a 60-page tender pack to find out.
Email alerts
Matches are emailed the moment they're identified, with closing-soon reminders so nothing slips past a deadline.
Opportunity tracking
Move each matched tender through reviewing, bidding and submitted, so your whole team knows where every opportunity stands.
Business profiles
Your profile is built with our team at sign-up and updated whenever your business changes, keeping matching accurate over time.
Buyer intelligence
See which buyers are active in your sectors, how often they award and how much of their spend reaches SMEs.
Market intelligence
Track how public sector and SME spend is moving, including the policy changes creating more opportunities for smaller businesses.
Dashboard
One place for matches, pipeline, buyers and analytics — designed so a busy owner can get what they need in under a minute.
In the product
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Illustrative screens showing how matches, summaries and pipeline come together.
Smart matching
1,284 notices reviewed. Four worth your time.
Lumen's scoring is transparent: you can see exactly which criteria drove a match, so you can trust the result and act on it immediately.
1,284 notices reviewed · 4 matched
Overall match score 94 — recommended for review today.
AI summaries
Understand a tender in 30 seconds.
Every match arrives with the reasoning attached — scope, value, location and evaluation weightings summarised in plain English.
Grounds maintenance framework
Leeds City Council · closes 12 days
Why this is a match
- Scope matches your registered grounds and landscaping services.
- Contract size sits inside your £250k–£750k target range.
- Buyer is within your 40-mile delivery area.
- Social value weighting of 20% favours local SMEs.
£480k
4 yrs
3
Alerts & tracking
Nothing missed, nothing forgotten.
Digest emails keep you informed without logging in, and your pipeline keeps every live bid visible in one view.
Your Lumen digest · Wednesday
Good morning. We reviewed 1,284 notices published overnight and found 3 opportunities worth your time.
3 strong matches found
Today, 07:04
Closing soon: IT managed services
Yesterday, 16:20
New buyer activity: Leeds City Council
Mon, 09:12
Pipeline
From match to submission.
Track progress across your team, with contract values and deadlines attached to each opportunity.
Reviewing2
Grounds maintenance
£480k
Fleet servicing
£640k
Bidding2
IT managed services
£1.2m
School catering
£265k
Submitted1
Waste collection
£910k
Business profile
Matching that reflects your business today.
Keep your sectors, coverage and accreditations current and Lumen adjusts what it sends you straight away.
Thameside Facilities Ltd
Profile strength · 92%
- Sectors
- Repair & maintenance, Construction
- Contract range
- £250,000 – £750,000
- Delivery area
- Yorkshire, North West, Midlands
- Accreditations
- ISO 9001, SafeContractor, CHAS
Analytics
Plan where your bid effort goes next.
Trends, match quality and regional coverage give you the context to decide where to focus.
Matched value over time
Match quality split
- Strong match46%
- Possible32%
- Low fit22%
Direct SME spend (CCS)
Opportunities by region
Your dashboard
Everything in one calm view.
4
+2
9
£3.4m
+£820k
11
this week
Matched value trend
Match quality
- Strong match46%
- Possible32%
- Low fit22%
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