Write Your Value Proposition In 4 Easy Steps!

Value propositions are nothing new, they’ve been around for a while, but not everyone knows the importance of having one,...

The Strawman Proposal – Can It Be Used In Bids?

The Strawman Proposal was developed as a hypothesis-driven, problem-solving technique. The idea of it is to create a draft version...

How to Start a Career in Bid Writing

Do you want a career that varies and allows you to be creative, whilst also working collaboratively with a wide...

SME Guide to Bidding

Are you an SME in the public sector looking to make your first bid? This guide to bidding will cover...

4 Easy Steps To Achieve a Smart Bid Decision

Ensuring that you’re bidding for the right tenders and making an appropriate bid decision for your business can be difficult,...

Supporting Women to Succeed (Be It In Bids or Business)

Making your way in business isn’t always easy. There are plenty of ceilings – glass or otherwise – women must...

What is Bid Writing?

Are you finding yourself scouring the internet looking for an explanation for what bid writing is, how it’s beneficial, and...

Can Artificial Intelligence (AI) Be Used in Bid Writing?

Have you noticed the rise in Artificial Intelligence (AI) chatbots? Or perhaps you’ve seen some AI-generated images and wondered: can...

Bid Feedback and How to Use It

As upsetting as not winning a tender is, you can learn valuable things from the bid feedback that you should...

PPN 03/23: Standard Selection Questionnaire (SQ)

In March 2023, the Government released a Procurement Policy Note (PPN 03/23) which updated the Selection Questionnaire (SQ) and accompanying...

5 Ways to use the Tender Document Format to Stand Out

For some tenders, the tender document format is set by the buyer. You have a pre-formatted template to input your...

7 Persuasive Tender Writing Tips

You know that you’re great at what you do, and you want the client to award you the tender. But...

How to Write a Case Study for a Tender

There are many skills required to write winning responses but knowing how to write a case study for a tender...

Win Themes That Win Tenders

Win Themes are a vital part of the bid process and are drawn from the Win Strategy. If the Win...

PPN 08/21 – What Bidders Need to Know

Have you come across PPN 08/21 and the changes in public procurement relating to prompt payment? In November 2018, the...

How to Write an Executive Summary

First impressions count and knowing how to write an executive summary is a key skill for a bid, tender, or...

What Are The Different Types of Tender?

There are several different types of tender that you might come across as you’re scrolling through Contracts Finder or Find...

How to Answer Tender Evaluation Questions

Tenders are evaluated two ways – price and quality. For many SMEs, price is the most straightforward of these two,...

PPN 06/21 – Net Zero and Public Procurement

Back in 2019, the Government amended the Climate Change Act (2008) to include a target of at least a 100%...

6 Must-haves for your Bid Library

If you plan on tendering for contracts on a regular basis, then creating your own bid library will pay dividends...

Can New Businesses Win Tenders?

While we are still counting the cost of COVID-19 on the economy and UK businesses, we know that record numbers...

What You Can Learn from a Losing Tender Submission

What You Can Learn from a Losing Tender Submission Sometimes, no matter how much work you put into your tender...

What the Social Value Model Means for Public Procurement

The Social Value Model was published as PPN06/20 back in September 2020 and applied to all Central Government contracts after...

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