Skip to content
Posts
-
7 Reasons Why Bids Fail
-
Increase in Public Sector Contracts Post-Election
-
Four top tips for becoming a successful bid writer
-
What to expect in a PQQ
-
£33m pay out over Brexit ferry contract
-
Bid Management and Team Building
-
Criminal Legal Aid to go to Tender
-
Can your previous performance mean you can be officially excluded from bidding?
-
Who Should Complete My Tender?
-
Taking Part in Tenders
-
Modern Slavery Act 2015: what it means for your organisation
-
The importance of good policies and procedures
-
Bid Writing: Don’t Sell Yourself Short
-
Personalising proposals to ensure they are customer-focused
-
Writing an Invitation to Tender
-
How to Write a Winning Tender
-
Responding to tender questions that could reflect badly on the bidder
-
Win More Contracts with Bid Support
-
7 Top Tips for Tendering
-
Bid writing strategy for the New Year
-
New social value in procurement model
-
5 Ways to Improve your Tender Submission
-
Improve Your Tender Success Rate
-
Bid & Tender Interviews & Presentations
-
7 Common Proposal Writing Mistakes
-
Funding Available to Grow Your Business
-
The Future of Care
-
The world of the evaluator: less is more
-
Recent Client Contract Wins
-
Using the PQQ to Complete the Tender
-
Clearly Citing and Labelling Evidence when completing a PQQ
-
Tom Sheppard – Three Months In
-
How to determine if you are bidding for the right contract
-
How to tender for security contracts
-
Tendering to Win
-
My Experience of Becoming a Professional Bid Writer
-
Writing a Tender: The Small Print
-
Why the right staffing is crucial in bidding
-
Learning the Hard Way
-
£1.3bn of contracts are due to expire before September: how to pre-engage with a buyer
-
In the news: Executive Compass graduate programme
-
2020: a look back at our year
-
Taking Account of Carbon Reduction Plans in the procurement of major government contracts
-
Competitive tender process for pest control services
-
MPs vote to back Heathrow Airport £14bn plan
-
The Sourcing Playbook and The Consultancy Playbook
-
Why You Need Bid Writing Training
-
Assistance with PQQ
-
Relying on Generic Material When Writing a Tender
-
Case study: home care and supported living services
-
Answering scenario-based questions in a tender
-
How to apply for grants successfully
-
Reform in the health and social care sector
-
Why Hire a Bid Writing Company
-
Rianna: six weeks in
-
Tender Writing and the Award Criteria
-
Managing a Large Tender
-
A Brief History of Procurement
-
How to use Information in a Tender
-
Finding Opportunities to Tender for Primary Care
-
Selection Questionnaire Replaces Standard PQQ
-
Bid management: managing a collaborative bid during lockdown
-
6 Tips for Completing a PQQ
-
Writing an International Tender
-
Met Office Loses BBC Weather Contract
-
Construction Tender Writing Consultants
-
How do you get bid ready?
-
Bid Writers on the “Run Bike Run”
-
Can a Bidder Withdraw a Bid?
-
Case study: tender submission for London highways contract
-
Tendering trends for 2022
-
In Touch with Industry: Health and Social Care Visits
-
Tender writing training for 2019
-
Prompt Payment Code: the impact on government tenders
-
What does the climate crisis mean for UK businesses?
-
Types of tendering in procurement
-
How to Produce a Winning PQQ
-
A Day in the Life of a Bid Writer
-
Submitting a Tender
-
Crown Commercial Services Workplace Services (FM Marketplace Phase 2)
-
Bid Writer Christian: One Month In
-
New Procurement Reforms Place Emphasis on Quality
-
Public Procurement “Corruption” Can Cost the EU Billions
-
2016 Year Review
-
An insight into bid writing and the not-so-average tender submission
-
Crown Commercial Services – Health Sector Resourcing Framework (RM3833)
-
Navigating ‘The Portal’
-
Tender Writing Services
-
Writing a Public Sector PQQ
-
How do public tenders work?
-
Data Reform Bill
-
PQQ and Tender Writing Services Tailored to Your Needs
-
How to Write a Tender
-
Accelerated public procurement procedures
-
33% of Local Authorities Consider Social Value in Procurement
-
3 Ways to Improve Your Bid Writing
-
Too many bid writers spoil the tender
-
Are You Ready for HS2 PQQs and Tenders?
-
Completing a PQQ and having a System
-
How to Manage your Bid Process Effectively
-
Tips for Tendering as The Incumbent
-
Preparing Tender and Contract Documents
-
Right on time: HS2 launches tenders for over £1.55bn track works
-
Social Enterprises must tender aggressively
-
How to Achieve Consistent Quality in Your Bids
-
Three Tips for Writing Primary Care Tenders
-
How to Write Winning Case Studies for Tendering
-
Managing Your Resources
-
Help with Writing a Pre Qualification Questionnaire
-
Using an Interim Tender Writer
-
How To Plan a Tender Submission
-
Dan: Six months at Executive Compass
-
The importance of case studies when completing a PQQ
-
Tendering When You Are the Incumbent
-
Feedback: how to learn from an unsuccessful tender
-
Tips for Becoming Bid Ready
-
Keeping Your Bid on Track
-
Tender Writing for the Care Sector
-
How Can an ISO Certification Strengthen Your Bid?
-
Five Best Ways to Secure New Contracts
-
An Overview of the Social Value Model
-
Executive Compass Hires Two New Bid Writers
-
What to consider when writing your first bid
-
Writing Public Sector Bids and Tenders
-
Bid writers on the west coast
-
How to Become Bid Ready
-
Bid And Tender Writing Tips
-
How Much Does a PQQ Cost?
-
Writing a PPQ for Construction
-
Late Payment Debt Owed to SMEs
-
How to Write a Tender Case Study
-
Three Ways to use Policies and Supporting Documents to Improve Your Bid
-
Contract Notices Increase Post-Brexit
-
The General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR)
-
How to prepare for an interview following a tender submission
-
Tender writing for the renewable energy sector
-
We Talk Bids and Tenders at The Business Show 2014
-
What is The Cost of Tender Writing?
-
Understanding the Specification for a PQQ or Tender
-
PAS 91:2010
-
Tender Writing Tips
-
Risk management in the tendering process
-
Tendering in construction
-
Framework Agreement Tendering Process
-
Proofreading a tender in 7 steps
-
Tendering for contracts: Public Services (Social Value) Act 2012
-
Writing a Successful PQQ
-
2017: our year in review
-
ESPD: what does it stand for and what does it include?
-
Adapting to Changes in the Procurement Cycle
-
PAS 2010 Pre qualification in Construction
-
Contract and Tender Process
-
Using Competitor Intelligence and Analysis
-
The incumbent: bidding to retain a contract
-
Constructionline cutting council costs for construction tenders
-
Effective Tender Management
-
Top Tips for Submitting E-Tenders
-
Brexit: How has it impacted contracts being extended and re-tendered?
-
Bidding for Public Sector Framework Agreements
-
The Bid Management Process
-
Merry Christmas from Executive Compass®
-
Filling in a PQQ
-
2022 Commonwealth Games Bids
-
Bid Writing Firm is Five Years Old
-
Improve Your Bidding Success Rates for 2017
-
Getting Ahead of the Competition
-
Organising your PQQ and Tender submission
-
Tender Training Courses UK
-
The importance of attending market engagement events and site visits
-
The Benefits of Tender Writing Assistance
-
£34.2 Billion Worth of Contracts Awarded in June 2016
-
Winning bids: a ‘race to the bottom?’
-
Avoiding that last minute rush when writing a tender
-
Tender Writing: How to avoid the last minute rush
-
Resilience, continuity and COVID-19
-
Tendering: a one- or two-stage process?
-
What Does a Tender Cost?
-
PQQ and Tender Training for Bid Teams
-
OJEU alternative in no-deal Brexit
-
2013 for Executive Compass
-
Why plugging the construction skills gap can boost your tender bid
-
Meeting the Tender Specification
-
Certifications, accreditations and memberships when tendering
-
Commitment to Apprenticeships Vital for Large Public Sector Bids
-
Constructive methods of learning from losses
-
How to really sell your company in a tender– an evidence based approach
-
Inside the bid writing process: supported living case study
-
Executive Compass 2014 Review
-
Social value: what changes are being made in procurement
-
Price vs quality in a tender
-
Managing a Large Tender
-
Bid writing case study: working with a retained client
-
Stephen Scott – One Month In
-
Northumbrian Water Training Workshop
-
Assistance with a Supplier Questionnaire
-
Bidding for Asbestos Contracts
-
Tender Writing Success
-
What happens when procurement rules are breached?
-
Three Reasons to Have Bid Writing Training
-
Lead up to Christmas
-
Bid Writing Best Practice
-
Advice for Completing a Tender
-
Social value in government procurement
-
The problems with price-based tenders
-
New Year, New Contracts
-
Driving down costs with Effective Bid Management
-
Transitioning from ISO 9001:2008 to 9001:2015
-
Executive Compass Exhibits at The Business Show 2014
-
How Can a Business Win More Contracts?
-
The Benefits of UKAS ISO 9001:2015 Certification
-
Advice for completing a PQQ
-
Bid writing sales staff
-
The importance of the Equality Act 2010 when tendering
-
Tendering Process Has Begun For Heathrow’s Third Runway
-
Tender Writing Why Some Tenders Fail
-
Executive Compass® 2015 Review
-
Case Study: Mechanical and Electrical Services Framework
-
Managing the stress of bids
-
How to be a Successful Bid Writer
-
Executive Compass celebrates ten-year anniversary!
-
How can a bid writing firm help you?
-
Audit your Business for Completing Tenders
-
Writing an International Bid
-
How to win a tender contract
-
What is a framework agreement?
-
Avoid Risk When Bidding for Public Sector Contracts
-
Post Tender Negotiations
-
How to reply to a tender invitation
-
Learning from Evaluator Feedback
-
5 Tips to Improve Your Bid Writing
-
How to find relevant contract notices for your organisation
-
Assistance in the Tendering Process
-
Public sector frameworks in 2019
-
Three Ways to Review your PQQ or Tender
-
Bring a winning tender closer by showcasing your company
-
Completing a tender document
-
Managing Director Christian Rowe: Six Years in
-
Assistance With Public Sector Contracts
-
Bid Writing Consultant’s Guide to Bid Training
-
Grow Your Business by Winning Contracts
-
SMEs Encouraged to Bid
-
How can you improve your social value offering?
-
Bidding in the new year – achieving growth targets through tender wins
-
How do I tender for contracts? – 5 top tips
-
Why Hire Professional Tender Consultants?
-
Planning a Pipeline For Your Bids
-
The bidding process in procurement
-
Answering Equality And Diversity-Based Questions In Tenders
-
70/30 price-to-quality split: what does this mean for your tender?
-
Using pre-existing material when bid writing
-
Social Care Sector to Receive Less Funding
-
Cyber attacks targeting supply chains
-
How to Complete a PQQ
-
Tendering for Home Care Services
-
Tenders and Contracts Finder
-
Writing a Rail Tender
-
The importance of presentation in a tender submission
-
Government tenders: where, why and how
-
Bidding for Contracts: A Guide for First-Time Bidders
-
2019: 10 years of bids, expansion and plans for the coming year
-
Why Choose Bid Management
-
How to Bid Successfully for Grounds Maintenance Contracts
-
A Clean Sweep – Gaining the Edge in Contract Cleaning Tenders
-
NEBOSH General Certificate in Health and Safety
-
What is a Variant Bid?
-
Gaining an Advantage When Bidding
-
2015 Updates to the ISO 9001 Standard
-
Apprenticeship Funding
-
What can we learn from Camelot losing the National Lottery Contractual Licence?
-
How to e-tender
-
Two New Bid Writers: One Month In
-
Overcoming Failure in Tender Writing
-
Amy Forshaw – One Month In
-
Your brand: using your identity in the public sector
-
The social impact toolkit – unlocking social value in the supply chain
-
Fines for poor cyber security could be introduced
-
Tendering trends in 2021
-
Help Writing a Tender
-
How to tailor your tender submission appropriately
-
Starting the journey towards zero-emission fleets
-
Writing a Business Continuity Plan
-
What does it take to be successful when tendering?
-
Why Public Sector Procurement is Risk Averse
-
Securing tenders in the renewable energy industry
-
How to Win More Tenders
-
The increasing focus on carbon net zero in tendering
-
A guide to Crown Commercial Service Frameworks
-
A Day in the Life of the Executive Compass Office
-
Public sector procurement following Brexit: UK e-notification service
-
The NHS roadmap: social value and carbon reduction expectations for suppliers
-
Writing Company Policies and Procedures
-
Meeting the Word Count in an ITT
-
Tender Writing Support for Busy Periods
-
Is it too late to tender for Olympic projects
-
Tendering Courses for Bid Teams
-
The European Single Procurement Document (ESPD)
-
Ensuring You Are Bid Ready
-
Using Past Experience In A Tender
-
The Future of PQQs
-
Tender writing and cost modelling
-
The big winners from the first HS2 procurement phase
-
Tender Writing Consultants’ Top Four Tips
-
Bid Team Holiday Cover
-
Eight steps for delivering social value across the built environment
-
How to Make your Tender Stand Out
-
Securing a place on a public sector framework agreement
-
The potential impact to tendering following the introduction of The Health and Social Care Levy
-
CE Marking and Construction Tender Writing
-
Social Value Tender Questions
-
Tendering for Construction Contracts
-
What are creative tenders?
-
Short Notice Writing Support
-
Three tips to make your tender stand out
-
Bid Writing Courses across the UK
-
Ten years of Executive Compass
-
A New Approach to Small Business Management
-
Tendering for Legal Services
-
Cyber Essentials: What is it, and why do you need it?
-
Framework agreements: increase your chance of success
-
Benefit from social value?
-
Case study: Central government social value model in a recent tender
-
Fusion21 Construction Works and Improvements Framework
-
Collaborative bid writing
-
Increase in Health and Social Care Tender Opportunities
-
Attitude of people key to business improvement initiatives
-
Catering Tenders under Scrutiny in Operation Hospital Food
-
Cutting Through the Specification
-
Stop Losing and Start Winning More Tenders
-
Training for bid and proposals teams
-
Using Attachments with Your PQQ or Tender Submission
-
2020 contract win: Sellafield Industrial Services Framework
-
Matthew Walker Appointed Technical Director
-
The Importance of Being Accredited When Tendering
-
Procurement Strategy Underway as Heathrow Expansion is Confirmed
-
General Election 2017: Purdah and the Effects on Procurement
-
University Tendering
-
What does a bid manager do?
-
Preparing for a Must-Win Bid
-
Writing a Tender on a Portal
-
Writing a bid: on time delivery
-
How to write a case study for tendering
-
Q&A: How can an external bid writer work with my company?
-
KAEFER C&D Secure £380 Million Contract
-
Getting the most out of supplier engagement events
-
Brexit: Firms get creative with their strategies to overcome uncertainty
-
Transporting growth: making the most of the budget’s expansion opportunities
-
Tips to make your tender presentation stand out
-
Top tips for tendering in 2019
-
How to Find Government Contracts
-
Policies, Procedures and Tender Writing
-
What it means to be a senior bid writer
-
Q&A: How do you guarantee that a bid will be completed on time?
-
Tender Writing Services Reach Peak Time
-
The Standard Selection Questionnaire: FAQ
-
Strategy through KPI’s?
-
The Tender Process
-
Choosing the Right Bid Writing Services
-
What is a bid writer?
-
Social value in tendering training
-
Five reasons to have bid writing training
-
How economic uncertainty may impact public sector tendering
-
Could Smaller Tender Lists Help Quality Bids?
-
SMEs encouraged to bid for public sector contracts
-
Common mistakes when writing a bid – and how to avoid them!
-
Organisational strategy and targeting your customers
-
Tender writing and contract extensions
-
E-Tendering process: how to bid for contracts online
-
10 Proposal Writing Tips
-
5 Reasons to Hire a Bid Writer
-
Social Value Responses in Your Tender
-
Cabinet Office Procurement Policy Note – Supplier Relief due to COVID-19
-
Tendering: how to deal with short deadlines
-
Why measure social value?
-
The importance of precision in tender responses
-
What Do You Do When You Lose a Tender?
-
G-Cloud 10: an insight into the framework
-
Winning more work from PQQ, Bids and Tenders
-
Successful Tender Writing
-
Writing a Tender for Nuclear Industry
-
Writing a Tender with a Short Deadline
-
Executive Compass: what we’re working on this month
-
Writing PQQs and Tendering During Busy Periods
-
3.8 Million Words
-
Business and Chess
-
Excellence in procurement
-
Reform in practice, tendering for change: ICS training hubs case study
-
Encouraging SMEs in Public Procurement
-
Responding to Health and Safety Sections
-
Why are we not winning tenders?
-
Trends in tendering in the public sector
-
How Do you Manage PQQ and Tender Deadlines?
-
5 Top Tips for a Successful PQQ
-
2021 Year in Review
-
10 Steps for Completing a Pre Qualification Questionnaire
-
Public Sector Tendering
-
All in a day’s work
-
Procurement Policy Note 05/21 – National Procurement Policy Statement
-
What To Do Following The PQQ
-
Writing a Tender for Grounds Maintenance
-
Improving your PQQ and Tender Process
-
Managing Multiple Bids and Multiple Stakeholders
-
Case study: Framework for architectural services
-
Tender management
-
Building Safety Act 2022, and how this could affect tendering
-
How do you Take Advantage of PQQ and Tender Opportunities?
-
What criteria do different buyers use to evaluate tenders?
-
Help with Bid Tender and PQQ Writing
-
Being prepared to write a tender
-
Beating The Incumbent When Bidding
-
Tips for Construction Tendering
-
Introduction of the Procurement Bill: What This Means for Public Sector Tendering
-
Five reasons a review can improve your tender submission
-
2018 review
-
A Good Year for Executive Compass® Bid Writers
-
How to Write an Executive Summary
-
Passport print contract awarded to European firm Gemalto
-
Tendering – Deciding Whether to Bid
-
Applying social value to NHS
-
Writing a Bid: Compliance Versus Quality
-
Public Sector Procurement News
-
Using Copy and Paste in a Tender
-
How to Make Sure Your Tender Shows Value for Money
-
Tender Writing Pitfalls
-
Is it Time to Tender for Contracts?
-
Writing a Gas Servicing Tender
-
Climate Change and the Tender Process
-
Crown Commercial Services Frameworks
-
How to Create a Bid Library
-
Social value and added value: the difference between the two and how to include them in your bid
-
Expert Bid Writers
-
Top Reasons for not being Awarded a Contract
-
The Most Common Problems when Writing a Bid
-
Public Sector Bids vs Private Sector Bids
-
Guest Blog: Why Proof Reading Matters
-
PQQ writing for domiciliary care
-
3 Reasons to Monitor your Bidding Success Rate
-
Competitive Tendering
-
How to Effectively Review a Tender Submission
-
Producing a Creative Bid
-
A rise in tender opportunities
-
Invitation to Tender (ITT)
-
What is the Cost of Writing a Tender?
-
Tips for SMEs bidding for government contracts
-
8 Ways to Improve your Tender Success Rate
-
TUPE in Procurement Documents
-
Procurement: Reducing Risk in the Supply Chain
-
Electronic call monitoring: is it worth the investment, or should you just improve your pricing?
-
Bidding during and after the COVID-19 crisis
-
Dirt cheap: why KFC’s cost-cutting measures did not pay off
-
Creating a Document Template for Your Tender
-
Green shoots of recovery or a glimpse of the new normal?
-
Completing a PQQ
-
Effective Tender Writing
-
A deep dive into the bid review process
-
7 Reasons you need Bid Writing Training
-
Brexit: the Possible Implications for Public Sector Procurement
-
Going green: considering sustainability when tendering
-
Nine out of ten public sector suppliers hit by late payments
-
Seven Ways to Improve Your Bids
-
The “chicken scandal”: issues in supply chains
-
How to tender for construction work
-
PQQs and Tenders: What is the difference?
-
How social media is changing procurement
-
How do you Avoid Last Minute Submissions?
-
Outsourcing Bid Management
-
How to Create a Bid Library
-
How to Tender for Network Rail Contracts and Other Opportunities Within the Rail Sector
-
How SMEs can Benefit from Public Contracts Regulations 2015 – Part 2
-
E-Tendering
-
Scottish procurement portal boosting the local economy
-
How to Keep Winning Tenders
-
OJEU Procurement
-
Introduction of national standards for supported accommodation – and what this means from a tendering perspective
-
Competitive tendering for government contracts
-
Advice for First Time Bidders
-
Executive Compass in Scotland
-
PPN 08/21 Prompt Payment: what does it mean for suppliers?
-
Public Contracts Regulations 2015 – Part 1
-
Care Contracts Will be ‘Hit Hard’ by the National Living Wage Increase
-
Multiple People Writing a Bid
-
How to Plan a Tender Submission
-
Filling in an Invitation to Tender
-
New financial year anticipates influx of new opportunities and PQQs
-
SMEs and the Bribery Act
-
Interim bid writing support for a large project: how does it work?
-
PQQ Training for Beginners
-
Matthew Walker – One Month In
-
Common Proposal Writing Mistakes
-
Case Study: Fusion21 Workplace and Facilities Framework