SUPPORT WITH BIDS AND TENDERS - Creating competitive edge

As a highly-experienced bid consultant with a proven track record of assisting clients with the project management and writing skills required to effectively navigate bid & tender processes, I can support your tender response whatever the scale.
I work with clients across a range of industries (including Defence, IT, trades, healthcare, BPO’s, printing, construction, national infrastructure etc) and I ensure that clients benefit from this experience combined with my strong business acumen and practical, relatable advice – based on a foundation of APMP (Association of Proposal Management Professionals) principles.
Variations of support include:

• Bid response review (pre or post submission) to provide a mock evaluation and guidance on improving scores.

• Content creation / bid writing.

• Bid management, working with multiple contributors.

• End-to-end support - I can handle the entire process, acting as sole contributor (author, process manager etc) or working with your existing team.

I will make sure you submit your bid on time, with the best possible chance of success. Essentially, I’ll help you to exploit your competitive edge to ensure you’re striving for success.

HELPING YOUR BUSINESS GROW

If your business is growing – or you want it to grow – you’ll need to make sure your operations are in shape and formally documented in order to win bigger contracts. When a potential client is considering working with you, they’ll want to be sure you run a tight ship.
Together we can identify the operational obstacles hindering your growth and pinpoint ways of overcoming them. I’ll review how different parts of your business interact, the policies and procedures you have available, and the quality of the customer experience, then I can either document the situation ‘as-is’ or devise a plan for you to implement, recording the results.

The end result: a professionally documented operating system, ready to be used in proposals, tenders or even your employee handbook.

ESTABLISHING CONSISTENT BEST PRACTICE

All businesses need somebody responsible for ensuring that processes are developed, followed, scrutinised and adjusted, and for overseeing those processes on an ongoing basis.
In my experience, this doesn’t warrant a full-time position for a lot of growing organisations, so the responsibility is often left to senior management or the business owner. The result: evenings spent working at the kitchen table, last minute, under pressure, when the situation has become critical.
I can work with you to prevent this from happening. My retainer model means that you secure two or more days per month at a reduced and affordable rate, with any time not used carried forward to the next month. This provides flexibility for your business in terms of the work I do for you, and when that work is completed. Examples of the best practice tasks you could leave in my capable hands include: case study write-up, employee engagement initiatives, ensuring process adherence (e.g. for ISO 9001), business literature creation, policy suite creation, team biography / role / capability write-up, customer satisfaction measurement, KPI recording, business proposal creation etc.

I can oversee all of these things on a regular basis.