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Completing a PQQ and having a System Often the first step towards winning a contract involves completing a PQQ – Pre Qualification Questionnaire. When a company puts a project out to tender, the PQQ is used to create a shortlist of applicants who have the ability to deliver the job. It’s vital that you take time to complete the PQQ...

Help with writing a Pre Qualification Questionnaire   Winning business through bidding for contracts is common practice now, and the process often starts with a PQQ. Give yourself the best chance of being shortlisted by seeking professional assistance with PQQ writing. What is a PQQ? Many contracts are now awarded through companie...

Tender Writing Specialists The online environment is quickly becoming more important, allowing businesses to grow and develop new online opportunities as well as support more traditional sales channels. This growth is a result of the new attraction to outsourcing that companies can access online, where instead of hiring an individual or a set of...

Bid Writers and Bid Management In any business environment there is a need that exists related to maintaining organisation of associates, management and projects. As a company grows, this demand for organisation increases and often there are positions created solely for the purpose of maintaining that organisation. In the past, few companies whic...

Tender writing and the importance of detail   The key to writing a successful tender is to include lots of detail – and tailor it to suit the client. Today, more and more contracts are put out to tender, and the most successful bidders are those who have learnt that their tender application needs to be well written and stick to the...

Professional Bid Writers Professional Bid Writers read the Bid over and over again before they even begin to write the first draft of the bid. This third blog follows on from the others in the series and it is about the importance of knowing the rules. Every professional bid writer knows that all bids are different and it is imperative to find ...

Bid Writing Companies Round 2: Picking a theme A good bid should be like a good book. It should have a beginning middle and end and hold your interest throughout. However, unlike a good book it should have no surprises! Before a bid writing consultant begins to write a bid they carefully gather all the facts and figures about the company and a...

Bid Writing Rules When you write a bid, what is the best way to win? How should you structure it? What should you include and what should you leave out. A good bid writing firm will be able to tell you all this and more. A good way of looking at writing a bid is to think of it as a boxing match. You have opponents (the other bidders), a refere...

Submitting a Tender The submission and final delivery of your tender should be the easiest part; I also suspect quite a relief! The fifth and final blog in this series gives you some tips on tender submission so that all your hard work does not go to waste. When you submit a tender there are a number of things you need to watch out for but ob...

Last minute Bid and Tender Writing Last minute bid writingis not for the faint hearted. In this, the fourth of five blogs we discuss how you can ensure your bid writing is kept on schedule and your bid is submitted on time. The best way to ensure your bid does not fall behind is simply to start early. Too many people underestimate the time ...