How to manage a bid remotely – Part 5 – a centralised bid content library

May 26, 2020 | Posted in: Win Tenders Bids Proposals

It’s the dream of many a bid team – a single repository of bid content that is up to date, quick to access and ready to go at your fingertips.  Really when it comes to helpful tools for winning bids it’s the ultimate –  access to a comprehensive bid content library that is. Remote or […]

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How to manage a bid remotely – Part 1 – effective collaboration at a distance

April 27, 2020 | Posted in: Win Tenders Bids Proposals

In the wake of the ‘new normal’ COVID-19 has brought we are all learning new techniques and trialling different approaches to managing tenders, bids and proposals. Many bid teams who would normally work alongside each other have had to drastically adjust as the old onsite collaboration model has (for now) been turned on its head. […]

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How to run a kick-off meeting for your tender, bid or proposal

May 7, 2019 | Posted in: Win Tenders Bids Proposals

As we have discussed before, the difference between a winning tender, bid or proposal and a loser frequently comes down to what you know before you write a single word … not what you find out after you’ve written the document. An effective way to know more about a client is to gather your team […]

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Tender readability – tips to improve your tender presentation and some tender presentation no-nos

Tender readability – tips to improve your tender presentation and some tender presentation no-nos

Tender readability remains a problem for some in the 21st century. I still see submission documents that cling to a handful of really old hat tender presentation and formatting techniques. I suspect this is because some of these ‘rules’ are viewed as being more appropriate to a ‘formal’ style of document such as a tender. […]