What can you do to improve your chances of winning an opportunity? The answer to this lies in many factors of the bid writing process but a key area of this is researching the customer, their needs and also identifying the competition, their strengths and...
We often discuss all the information that we need at the start of a tender, but as we know all to well the smoothness of a tender submission relies on having the information you need to complete it successfully. Information that is needed can come from...
Let’s face it in the current economic uncertainty, achieving business growth has never been more important. Therefore finding new ways to increase your opportunities is vital, along with a commitment to stand out from the crowd. Before you go out there and try and win any...
We often talk about making bid-no-bid decisions: are you bid fit, can you meet the criteria, but how do you go about making these all important decisions. We have put together a simple matrix that will take out the personal aspect and look at the...
We are in a time when there are processes and procedures for just about everything, some more effective than others. So we have come up with a 7 stage process we follow for Effective Tendering: Being Bid Fit/ Making the Bid No Bid Decision Ensuring that...
With Schools out for the summer, record temperatures predicted and holiday season on us, it can be challenging managing all the requests for leave whilst still meeting the needs of your business. Good news, we’re here all summer so if one of those challenges is completing...
‘By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail’ Benjamin Franklin. The key to a successful bid is the content you provide for the assessors - without the correct content you are setting yourself up to fail. As Benjamin Franklin highlighted, preparation is key; from baking...
Bid Plan Even with an understanding of the bid writing process, no two bids are the same, there can be so much variation. It is therefore essential to have a consistent approach to planning out your approach to each Bid to make the best use of...
Continuing our series on looking at different industries that required our bid writing and review services, and the stumbling blocks that can be found when producing tenders for them. This week we are looking at the tender process when the buyer is looking to procure...
Whilst the idea of submitting bids sounds great and you feel confident to do so, or you have submitted a number of bids with low success rates and you’re not sure why? Have you established if your business is ready to bid? We have put together...
