About

Selective by design. Senior-led by default.

Newball & Partners is a multi-sector tender advisory and bid-management firm for organisations that value judgement, discretion and accountable delivery.

Our view

Technology should increase judgement, not replace it.

Tendering works best when intelligence, evidence and commercial decisions are connected.

Our model is intentionally different from a high-volume tender-alert service or bid-writing marketplace. We are designed to function as a client’s outsourced tender department where no internal bid team exists, or to strengthen an established team with additional intelligence, capacity and senior oversight.

That means selective onboarding, direct communication and a service built around owning the tender process end to end — not simply producing one-off documents.

Discretion. Selectivity. Evidence. Accountability. Those are operating principles, not marketing decoration.

Leadership

Experience behind the advice.

N&P is deliberately senior-led. Client strategy, opportunity qualification and material bid decisions remain connected to people with direct commercial and delivery experience.

Founder & Client Strategy

Henry Newball

Henry brings hands-on commercial and operational experience in winning, mobilising and delivering government and semi-government tender awards.

His background gives Newball & Partners clients practical insight across the full contract lifecycle — from identifying the right opportunities and shaping the commercial proposition through to negotiation, mobilisation and operational delivery.

Having managed significant service relationships, contract negotiations and multi-site delivery environments, Henry focuses on whether an opportunity is not only winnable, but commercially worthwhile and operationally deliverable.

At N&P, he works closely with clients to understand capability, capacity, relevant experience, evidence readiness, commercial thresholds and growth objectives before valuable time and resource are committed to a bid.

Government & Semi-Government TendersContract StrategyCommercial NegotiationMobilisation & DeliveryClient Management

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Partner · Commercial Strategy & Risk

Marc Yaffe

Marc brings senior commercial and legal experience to N&P, having served as Managing Partner of Manchester’s largest independent law firm after a career in commercial litigation.

His background gives clients an additional level of scrutiny around major opportunities — examining contractual obligations, risk allocation, payment and performance terms, liability and the commercial consequences of delivery.

Having built and led a major commercial litigation practice, Marc combines legal judgement with practical experience of negotiation, complex client relationships and high-value commercial decision-making.

At N&P, he works alongside the tender team on strategically important bids, helping clients assess whether the opportunity, contract terms, proposed price and delivery model make commercial sense before commitments are made.

Commercial StrategyContractual RiskNegotiation & DisputesBid Risk ReviewBusiness Leadership

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Managed Tender Service

A more focused way to compete.

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