Bid Writing Skills
Investing in bid writing training for your staff can provide numerous benefits to your business, helping you win more tenders and secure valuable contracts. By equipping your employees with the necessary skills and knowledge to create compelling and persuasive bids, you can significantly improve your success rates and drive business growth!
Our comprehensive two-day bid writing masterclass, for example, covers all aspects of the tendering process, from understanding the public sector procurement process to crafting winning bid responses. Some of the key topics covered in our training include:
- Understanding the public sector: Your staff will gain an understanding of how the public sector operates, how to find suitable opportunities, and what it takes to be tender-ready.
- Identifying barriers to success: We'll help your team identify and overcome common barriers to tender success, develop a pathway to contract readiness, and understand the importance of pre-bid work and bid pipelines.
- Mastering the bid process: Your staff will learn best practices for bid/no bid procedures, developing bid strategies, understanding bid requirements, and the importance of relationships in the tendering process.
- Understanding the buyer: Our training provides valuable insights into what buyers want and how they assess and evaluate submissions, enabling your team to tailor their responses effectively.
- Crafting winning bids: Your staff will learn how to structure compliant and compelling bids, develop win themes, and effectively reference the specification. We'll also cover the importance of bid reviews to ensure accuracy, compliance, and consistency.
- Effective presentation: Our masterclass covers best practices for presenting your bids, including keeping content clear, concise, and easy to read, as well as the effective use of flow diagrams, images, and supporting documents.
Investing in Bid Writing Training
By investing in our comprehensive bid writing training, your staff will gain the skills and confidence needed to create winning bids, leading to:
- Increased win rates and revenue growth
- Improved quality and consistency in your tender responses
- Time and cost savings through more efficient bid processes
- A competitive advantage over businesses that don't prioritise training
- Boosted staff morale, job satisfaction, and retention rates
At Thornton & Lowe, our bid and tender training courses are by our team! Charles, Development Director has both developed our training and delivers it. Prior to leading our bid writing and management courses, he was our Bid Manager, writing and overseeing hundreds of successful tenders and frameworks for our clients.
We offer both scheduled workshops and bespoke in-house training tailored to your organisation's specific needs.
To learn more about our bid writing courses, masterclass or to book a course, please contact our team on 01204 238 046 or email us at hello@thorntonandlowe.com. Invest in your staff's bid writing skills today and unlock new opportunities for growth and success.
