Frequently Asked Questions

 FAQs

  • Our team of consultants have in-depth experience across a range of sectors including health care, IT, construction and recruitment to name but a few. Our approach is based on working in partnership with our customers. We can work across all industries because we combine our bid expertise with your subject matter expertise and this produces high quality, often winning bids. Get in touch if you would like to know more about our experience.

  • The chances are we have worked in your industry before so come with a level of background knowledge. If we are working on pre-bid activities we will be building a picture of how your business works, your competitors, customers and the wider market. If we are working on a live bid, we accelerate this when developing the Bid Strategy and interacting with key stakeholders at the kick-off meeting and series of capture sessions. As we are writing the bid for you, we are gaining a better understanding of what you do and we will help you to produce a bid that highlights why your company should be the provider of choice.

  • Our team of senior consultants have many years combined experience. Our team have all held senior roles within a range of different organisations ensuring we offer a broad spectrum of support to our customers. We win 86% of bids for our customers across all sectors and size of contract.

  • We offer a range of services and prices are tailored according to the amount of work that is involved. We have written bids that were a few thousand words and we have written bids that are over one hundred thousand words so these need to be priced accordingly. We will always work with our customers to find a solution within their budget so please book in a consultation and we ca advise the best solution for you.

  • We have won 86% of bids across our entire customer base and been successful on 100% of framework applications where we fully managed the process and wrote the content.

  • Our team have all held senior operational roles as well as having bid experience. This means that our consultants understand how things work in the real world and bring a level of commercial acumen that is of the highest standard. We believe that this true expertise is needed to write successful bids effectively. Therefore we only use AI at the information gathering stage and we do not use AI for writing responses.

  • Yes you can use our team as and when you need them. We do offer a retained option which gives customers access to more competitive pricing. We will always tailor the support package according to business needs and budgets.

  • Yes. Our project managers are experts in developing winning strategies for our customers. We have been doing this for years and have created some really innovative approaches whether that is bidding alone or in partnership that have created a competitive advantage for our customers.

  • Yes. Our bid reviews are incredibly forensic and will provide you with detailed commentary and recommendations to increase your scores and win more bids.

  • Yes. We always have a member of the team available who can find you the advice you need. If you need ad-hoc support, our Advice Line package would be perfect for you.

  • AI has arrived and it is here to stay! We see AI as a very useful tool to help us at the early stages of bid development – deciding whether to bid or not, information gathering, organisational administration etc. However, we do not use AI for drafting responses as we believe that an expert writer is needed to fully answer the question, to provide nuance and to truly bring the companies USPs to life.

  • Yes. Many of our team has excellent experience in social value and have successfully worked with many clients to score highly and achieve success. Social Value can appear overwhelming at first, but when it’s broken down and when you have an expert hand to guide you, it can become the secret sauce to your tender bid.