Work winning strategy

We can support with bid strategy and processes, organisational governance, and resource planning. Set yourself up in the right way to select, plan, bid, and secure the work you want. Our services include the following. 

• Full support with setting up a bid function for those forming, or thinking of forming, a work winning team. 
• Recruitment advice and one-off help with interviews. 
• Help with forming bid strategies. 
• Current process reviews.
• Lessons learnt workshops. 
• Unique Selling Point (USP) workshops. 

With more than 20-years' experience, we are experts in social housing sector bid management and support. 

Our bespoke support packages include the following. 

• Full end-to-end bid management support including administration, process management, bid team lead, clarification management, client and opportunity research, win strategy, answer planning, writing, reviews, and submission. 
• Help with bid strategy and win themes. 
• Understanding client needs and interpreting questions. 
• With the new competitive flexible procedure the sector is seeing a lot more dialogue included in bids. We offer advice and support for competitive dialogue. We can help coach your team and create presentations and prompts. 
• Tender interview presentations. 
• Support with answer planning.
• Critical friend reviews of a question or a bid submission. 
• Bid writing for a particular question or questions. 
• Operational support for programmes, logistics, planning, and technical questions. 

If you'd like support with end-to-end bid management, please get in touch as early as possible. The sooner we get involved, the better your chance of winning. 

Our founder has been training bid teams and coaching individuals for more than 20-years. She has led some of the most successful bid teams in the sector for tier one main contractors. She has APMP Practitioner status and a Level 4 teaching qualification. We can create bespoke individual and team training sessions to increase knowledge and skills in bid management practices.  

We can support in developing career pathways for your team via APMP professional standards or tailored non-accredited training packages.  

Your team can be trained in bid management, bid writing, capture planning, and win strategies. We can train your team to increase your in-house capabilities. 

Tenders often require operational programmes, mobilisation plans, and site logistics plans as part of the scored submission. The resource demand on the operational team can be significant when they have sites, projects, and strategic partnerships to run. Programmes are often the last thing to be produced when they should be one of the first. We can provide full operational support for your bid including planning, programming (Gantt charts and commentary), logistics, feasibility, technical questions, and commercial input. 

Partnerships require a significant amount of strategic input. Whether it's capturing and monitoring your bid promises, preparing for Strategic Core Groups, creating presentations and partnership materials, or managing the continual improvement plan, we can help. 

We help you create a clear and compelling strategy to retain your key contracts and partnership from day-1. Starting with your bid promises, we'll create a timeline of activities and initiates to ensure that you delight your client, continually improve your service, and retain your contract.

Our team of experts will work with you to identify your strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats and develop a roadmap for success.

One-off or ongoing advice to support you when you are entering into a commercial or contractual dispute. Our experts can help you to understand your position and provide advice on positive negotiations and outcomes.