What is Bid Writing?
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The National Careers Service defines a Bid Writer’s role as preparing ‘documents used to pitch for contracts to provide services, or to apply for project funding’.
We see Bid Writing as a key role within the sales and marketing function for any business involved in formal tenders or contract opportunities. Due to the procurement rules of the Public Sector, many Bid Writers as often tasked with responding to purely these detailed and often lengthy Government tender opportunities.
For some organisations, a Bid Writer sits within a larger Bid Team, which may also include Bid Coordinators, Senior Bid Writers, Bid Managers, Work Winning Managers, Capture Managers and Bid Directors. However, for some and often smaller businesses, the bid writing and management of the tender response process belongs to the Senior Management Team or is dispersed across regional sales staff.
Bid Writing is a key skill in an emerging market due to the increasing requirements for value for money, accountability and transparency in the Public Sector. This more formal approach to engaging with suppliers is also becoming more frequent within larger private sector organisations, further increasing the demand for a talented Bid Writers or the need for external bid support consultancy or outsourced bid writing.
We have been offering outsourced Bid Writing and Bid Management Solutions since 2009. Ensuring our SME clients have access to a consistent, high performing and reliable Bid Team, but on an adhoc basis. For those clients who have an in-house Bid Team we are often asked to provide training to improve their performance and win rates.
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Outsourcing your bid writing to tendering experts can help your business and team:
- Win more tenders. As professional bid writers we work on hundreds of tenders each year. We have completed thousands of successful bids and received feedback from the buyer nearly each time! Over the last 15 years, this means across every 'buyer type' we know what is important to them and what is required to maximise quality scores
- Save time. Our bid writing processes ensure we minimise the disruption to your already busy team. We will of course need to understand your solution and collect key facts, figures and your approach, but we do so efficiently. We have worked with the same clients for many years, which means over time we can produce far more, with less from you
- Find all key tender opportunities and frameworks. Via our search and selection service, we not only make sure you do not miss any key opportunities in your sector, but we also advice on which tenders are likely to be a 'better-fit' for your business. This increases win rates and your bidding return on investment.
And we offer an excellent bid writing service! Don't take our word for it - take a look at our case studies, testimonials and external reviews.
Our Bid Success Programme (BSP) was developed 8 years ago as a solution to the common challenges of using outsourced or freelance bid writing services.
BSP clients or our Bid Partners have over 15% higher win rate, when compared to ‘adhoc’ clients.
As a contracted customer, we become your Bid Team, which means we can move away from purely fire-fighting when a live tender arrives. We can plan, develop a pipeline, improve systems, monitor your return on investment, and have time to really understand and get ‘under the skin’ of your business.
We provide a single point of contact, supported by a consistent team, ensuring high quality and consistent responses, continuous improvement and continuity for your bids.
We can also monitor tenders for you, provide bid administration support and guide your sales and marketing efforts, prior to a live tender, to maximise your win rates.
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Our Bid Writing Guide Ultimate Guide is extensive! Bid writing tips, procurement, bid evaluation and the tender process. Helping organisations improving their bid writing skills to win more tenders!
Buyer expectations for professional services tenders are high. Frameworks are crucial for success, ensuring you can maximise the benefits of your relationships, provided that you have bid writing capacity.
