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As bid writers, we’re always looking to improve the way we approach the bidding process. The requirements of bids are constantly changing and whether it’s new legislation or contract stipulations, you always need ...

As bid writing specialists committed to excellence, we support clients to review and analyse bids they have completed in-house via a holistic review of the tender and feedback provided to identify reasons they have lo...

Regardless of whether you are in a position to begin tendering, have tendered before, or are a new business beginning to build a portfolio, it is important that you lay strong foundations in order to write a tender. P...

Currently, there are 1,095 security tenders and over 500 security firms within the UK. As a result, tendering for security contracts is highly competitive. Having completed hundreds of tenders for multiple security cl...

For most organisations there will come a time where you need to tender for a contract, especially when working with the public sector. The process can seem daunting, but we break it down into simple steps and our top ...

Companies new to tendering often ask for our top guidelines for proposal writing. Bid specifics often depend on the industry, size of bid, regional coverage and many other factors, but there are a few guidelines that ...

What is the Standard Selection Questionnaire or SQ? The standard selection questionnaire, or SQ for short, was established by the Crown Commercial Service in 2016, to standardise the first stage…

Being a bid writer can be a difficult task; short deadlines, large projects, a disconnection from other areas of the business, high pressure to secure that new contract – to name a few of the pressures!

For many SMEs looking to begin bidding for public procurement contracts, the process can appear daunting, and putting together a tender can often seem overwhelming. While there is no ‘right way’ to approach tender...

As a bid writing firm, we are involved in hundreds of tender submissions for a wide variety of contracting authorities. We discuss the top three trends in tendering as we are experiencing them in the market:

A guest blog post from our proofreader, Jane Badger, looks at why you should proof your tender submission and how to check your own work.

Debriefing unsuccessful potential providers is regarded as good procurement practice in a tendering process. So, if you’re in the position of having your tender marked as unsuccessful here’s what you need to do.