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Bid Success Programme

Thornton & Lowe's Bid Success Programme gives your business a dedicated, outsourced bid writing and management team, providing consistent support over 12 months. With a single point of contact and specialists who get to know your business, we help you plan ahead, prepare stronger tenders and compete more effectively for public sector contracts.

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Why choose our Bid Success Programme?

Winning public sector contracts requires more than preparing a strong response when a tender deadline approaches. Businesses also need time to identify suitable opportunities, develop supporting evidence, review previous submissions and plan their bidding strategy.

Thornton & Lowe's Bid Success Programme provides the expertise and ongoing capacity to do this work alongside live tender submissions. Our dedicated team gets to know your organisation, supports your bidding activity and helps you build a more effective approach over time.

Benefits of ongoing bid support

Dedicated expertise and flexible capacity: Work with an account manager and a consistent team of bid specialists who understand your business, without needing to expand your permanent workforce.
Strategic planning and opportunity identification: Research upcoming contracts, make informed bid/no-bid decisions and prepare for priority opportunities. Search and select support can also be included within your package.
Stronger bid resources: Identify gaps in existing content, develop case studies and build supporting evidence when there isn't an immediate submission deadline.
Continuous improvement: Review tender feedback, understand where marks have been lost and apply those lessons to future submissions.
Preparation for important tenders: Develop your bid strategy, research buyer requirements and organise the resources needed for your most valuable opportunities.

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How does the Bid Success Programme work?

Our programme combines ongoing bid support with a structured approach to planning, preparation and improvement. We work alongside your team throughout the year, adapting our support to your priorities and the opportunities you're pursuing.

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Understand your business

We begin by reviewing your objectives, existing bid content and previous tender feedback. An initial gap analysis helps identify where we can make the greatest difference.

02

Develop your bid strategy

We help plan forthcoming bids, assess opportunities and strengthen your bid resources, making productive use of the time between submissions.

03

Support your live tenders

Your dedicated specialists provide agreed bid writing and management support, helping coordinate responses, develop evidence and meet submission requirements.

04

Review and improve

We review feedback and outcomes, identify lessons from completed tenders and use those findings to inform future submissions and longer-term improvements.

The benefit of ongoing support: We can help with preparation and improvement between tenders, as well as providing additional expertise and capacity when a live opportunity arrives.

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Is the Bid Success Programme right for your business?

Our programme is designed for organisations that want consistent bid support, a more strategic approach to tendering and the capacity to pursue suitable opportunities throughout the year.

Programme investment

From £1,950 + VAT / month

12-month agreement, billed monthly

Your support package is tailored to the volume and complexity of your bids, your existing resources and the level of assistance required.

We agree the scope of work with you before proceeding, helping you plan and manage your bidding budget.

BSP could be a good fit if you:

Bid regularly or have a pipeline of upcoming opportunities.
Need additional capacity alongside your existing team.
Want to improve bid scores and use feedback more effectively.
Would benefit from ongoing planning, bid writing and management support.

We'll assess your objectives before recommending a package. If a different service would be more suitable, we'll explain your options.

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What our clients say

Our clients value the combination of specialist bid expertise, additional capacity and a team that understands their business. Here's what organisations we've supported have said about working with Thornton & Lowe.

"In the past 12 months we have made great progress with Thornton & Lowe. We have managed to secure a place on 5 new frameworks, 85% success rate. Well done team, especially Thomas Daniel who always goes above and beyond! Can't recommend enough."

Karmo Ltd

"Thornton & Lowe provided an excellent service throughout the tendering period; from initial telephone enquiry to tender submission and beyond. The correct expertise of their staff combined with genuine people skills ensure that they fitted seamlessly into the existing company structure and added genuine value to the bid writing process."

Stobart Rail

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