Bid Writing
Bid writing and bid management is a skill. Thornton & Lowe is a corporate member of APMP (Association of Proposal Management Professionals) and we have a team of directly employed bid professionals who work across the UK to maximise our clients' success.
Our success rate is in excess of 75%
Bid Resource
Our Bid Resource Division have access to a talent pool of over 500 highly experienced and vetted bid professionals, covering a variety of sectors and specialisms.
We supply temporary and permanent Bid Writers, Bid Managers and Bid Directors.
Bid Training
Our bid and tender writing training courses are designed to help you write a clear, concise, competitive and compelling bid.
Our training courses are accredited by the CPD certification service which enables us to award CPD points to delegates who complete our training courses.
Bid Creative
Over the years Thornton & Lowe has developed a sector leading solution for bid design, print and production.
If you need your bid, presentation or pitch to wow the buyers, standout and clearly demonstrate why your organisation's solution is better, then you need to make contact
Tender Library
Tender library is our market leading bid management software.
Recently updated to make the process of writing and submitting tenders up to 30% more efficient.
Tender Pipeline
Tender Pipeline, our FREE tender alerts platform.
Find and receive new contract alerts to your inbox. Plus gain competitor insights as well as competitor contract wins.
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Bid Writing Consultancy
Established in 2009 Thornton & Lowe has always had a single focus; helping our clients win more contracts through the provision of sector leading bid and tender support services.
Each year we:
Write and support nearly 400 bids and tenders
'' We have developed a great work relationship with Thornton & Lowe and this had resulted in tender success. Thornton & Lowe listened to our requirements and added value by going the extra mile with each of our tender submissions. standards are very high and we would recommend Thornton & Lowe's service to others. ''
- Grace McGrath, Danfo (UK) Ltd
Train over 1000 delegates on bid writing
'' So useful! I will definitely by taking it back with me and applying it as much as i can. In terms of bid courses, I have been on one other but this was by far the best. A lot of different people could get value from it - no matter what sector. Kept me interested all the way through. Thank you! ''
- Eleanor Wills, Business Development Coordinator, Morrison Utility Service Ltd
Win over 75% of the contracts we help our clients bid for
If our clients win; we win as they stay with us over the years for continued support.
Why Thornton & Lowe
Our investment in staff ensures quality, consistency and allows us to build long term relationships with our clients. Please see our Bid Management Team.
Our success rate is in excess of 75%. This is achieved through working with a group of excellent clients, alongside our input on bid strategy (including bid, no bid decisions), provision of bid writing and bid management expertise.
If you would like to understand our experience in any specific sector please get in touch.
We appreciate how crucial winning a tender can be. It can be the difference between a company continuing to trade or not, keeping local staff employed. Your tender will never simply be a "writing project"; our entire staff are continually trained on how important each tender really can be and this is why we really do go the extra mile to maximise your success.
Which sectors do we work in?
We have worked in over 120 different sectors over the years and apply our bid expertise across these. core areas include:
