The tender asks for more than one business can offer
Turnover tests, years of trading, insurance levels and multi-trade scopes rule out capable small businesses before anyone looks at the quality of their work.
Greater Lincolnshire · Founding members wanted
Stronger Together.Building Lincolnshire’s Future.
Connecting Lincolnshire businesses so they can collaborate, strengthen local supply chains and win larger contracts together.
From Gainsborough to Stamford, Skegness to Grantham. One county, one network.
About LINC
A stronger voice. Greater opportunities.
Lincolnshire is home to an exceptional range of businesses, from construction and engineering to energy, transport, utilities, manufacturing and specialist services.
Individually, many of these businesses have real expertise. What they often lack is the scale, resources or commercial reach to compete for major contracts.
LINC has been established to bridge that gap.
By bringing together complementary businesses, we aim to build a stronger, more competitive local supply chain, able to take part in major projects across the county and beyond. Our aim is simple: to help Lincolnshire businesses compete, collaborate and grow.
Bidding takes time you can't bill for
Questionnaires, method statements, social value plans and accreditations take days to prepare. For a small team, that time comes straight out of paid work.
The money leaves the county
When a national contractor wins, local businesses often end up as subcontractors on thinner margins, and the profit goes somewhere else.
On your own, you're a subcontractor. Connected, you're the contractor.
Why LINC matters
Major investment. Local opportunity.
Infrastructure investment can transform a local economy, yet smaller regional businesses too often miss out. LINC aims to change that through better collaboration, more visibility and a coordinated approach to procurement.
Greater collective capability
Combining expertise, resources and specialist services to compete for projects beyond the reach of any one business.
Stronger local supply chains
Helping developers and main contractors find capable Lincolnshire businesses and build lasting relationships with them.
More value kept locally
Making sure investment supports Lincolnshire businesses, jobs, skills and the wider local economy.
A coordinated business voice
A constructive platform for engaging with developers, public bodies and policymakers.
How it works
Independent businesses. Collective strength.
Every member keeps its own identity, brand and independence. You work together where it makes sense, and stay in charge of your own business.
Connect Join the network
Tell us what you do, where you work and the size of job you can take on. We map the capability across the network.
Collaborate We build the team
We find tenders across Greater Lincolnshire and put together the right mix of members for each one. You choose whether to take part.
Compete We bid together
LINC prepares and manages the bid and deals with the buyer. You price your own part of the work.
Deliver And get paid fairly
Members deliver to a shared standard, with fair, prompt payment terms written into our member charter.
Formal membership, commercial and delivery arrangements will be agreed with our founding members as the consortium develops.
Our sectors
Infrastructure is everything that keeps the county running
The roads, buildings and energy networks, and also the services, systems and people behind them. LINC welcomes businesses from right across the supply chain, from established contractors and manufacturers to specialist service providers.
From sole traders to established SMEs. Size matters less than reliability, good work and a commitment to Lincolnshire.
Keeping Lincolnshire business local
Lincolnshire investment. Lincolnshire opportunity.
As major developments shape Lincolnshire’s future, local businesses deserve a fair and meaningful chance to take part. Our county has the skills, talent and industrial capability to contribute, and LINC will make sure developers, procurement teams and decision-makers see it.
When a local business wins, the money keeps working here. It pays local wages, buys from local suppliers and is spent in local shops. Public buyers now have to score social value, so a network of Lincolnshire businesses is well placed to win, and LINC will record every pound kept in the county.
This isn't about shutting out businesses from outside the county. It's about making sure Lincolnshire businesses are visible, competitive and properly considered when major investment happens on their doorstep.
Local expertise.Local employment.Lasting economic value.
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A contract is won by LINC membersInstead of a national company based outside the county
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Local wages are paidStaff and apprentices living in Lincolnshire
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Local suppliers are usedMerchants, hire companies, hauliers, caterers
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Spending stays on the high streetAnd comes back round as the next piece of work
Working with government and industry
A collective voice for Lincolnshire
LINC is independent, commercially focused and non-party-political. We work with stakeholders at every level of government.
Getting lasting benefit from infrastructure investment needs businesses, industry, local government and national policymakers working together.
LINC will build constructive relationships with MPs, local authorities, regional economic bodies, developers and major contractors. We'll give them one point of contact for the local supply chain and encourage early engagement and more accessible procurement.
Industry engagement
Building relationships with developers, main contractors and procurement teams.
Public-sector collaboration
Working with local authorities, MPs and the region's economic organisations.
Regional economic growth
Promoting local procurement, jobs, apprenticeships, skills and investment.
Membership
What you get, and what we ask
What members get
- ✓Access to bigger contracts you couldn't bid for on your own
- ✓Bid writing and coordination handled by LINC
- ✓Help with accreditations such as health and safety schemes and supplier registrations
- ✓Trusted local partners to refer work to and team up with
- ✓A shared voice with councils, public bodies and main contractors
What we ask of members
- Based in, or working mainly in, Greater Lincolnshire
- Appropriate insurance and a commitment to safe working
- Quality and honesty on every job delivered under the LINC name
- Fair payment through the supply chain
- Signing the LINC member charter
We're forming our founding group now.
Become a founding member
Founding members will help shape how LINC works, from the member charter to the first contracts we go after.
Register your interest
Be part of Lincolnshire’s infrastructure future
Whether you're a contractor, engineering specialist, manufacturer, professional adviser or service provider, we'd like to hear about your business and what it can do.
- Registering is an expression of interest, not a membership application.
- We'll only use your details to contact you about LINC.
Prefer email? Write to us at:
info@lincolnshireinc.co.uk