Top Tips

When tendering for contracts in the public sector, the first step is to identify suitable contract opportunities and keep up to date with the current market.

Being a bid writer can be a difficult task; short deadlines, large projects, a disconnection from other areas of the business, high pressure to secure that new contract – to name a few of the pressures!

For many SMEs looking to begin bidding for public procurement contracts, the process can appear daunting, and putting together a tender can often seem overwhelming. While there is no ‘right way’ to approach tendering, we have put together a few useful tips to help you through the process and give you the best possible foundation for a winning submission.

As a bid writing firm, we are involved in hundreds of tender submissions for a wide variety of contracting authorities. We discuss the top three trends in tendering as we are experiencing them in the market:

A guest blog post from our proofreader, Jane Badger, looks at why you should proof your tender submission and how to check your own work.

Debriefing unsuccessful potential providers is regarded as good procurement practice. So, if you’re in the position of having your tender marked as unsuccessful here’s what you need to do.