Bid To Win

For Individuals

Join the programme as an individual to enhance your bid writing skills, support your professional development, and advance your career and opportunities. The aim of the course is to support your progression in your current role such as gain added responsibility or a new role, and if self-employed access to new opportunities and contracts.

Skills Connect is brought to you by the West Yorkshire Combined Authority (WYCA) and funded through Gainshare.

Your Journey

The Bid to Win programme takes you through a series of four two hour long interactive sessions, each followed by a personalised one-to-one meeting with a Bid Expert. Our approach ensures that you not only learn the theoretical aspects but also gain practical skills tailored to your specific needs. Here’s a detailed look at each step of your journey:

Duration - 6-8 weeks (dependant on number of Masterclasses) .
Bid to Win – weekly 2 hour online workshop followed by 2 hours one-to-one support.
Masterclasses – weekly 2 hours (each topic repeated min. monthly) Location: Virtual Level: Novice to Intermediate.

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Session 1. Opportunities & Readiness

In this session, you will learn how to source bidding opportunities and evaluate their suitability, with an overview of the best bidding portals. We will also focus on planning, information gathering, identifying delivery partners, and developing effective profiling and pricing strategies to ensure you are fully prepared to bid.

Business woman working in Stacks of paper files.

Session 1. Opportunities & Readiness

In this session, you will learn how to source bidding opportunities and evaluate their suitability, with an overview of the best bidding portals. We will also focus on planning, information gathering, identifying delivery partners, and developing effective profiling and pricing strategies to ensure you are fully prepared to bid.

Business woman working in Stacks of paper files.

Session 1. Opportunities & Readiness

In this session, you will learn how to source bidding opportunities and evaluate their suitability, with an overview of the best bidding portals. We will also focus on planning, information gathering, identifying delivery partners, and developing effective profiling and pricing strategies to ensure you are fully prepared to bid.

Followed Up By

a personalised one-to-one meeting with a Bid Expert

Followed Up By

a personalised one-to-one meeting with a Bid Expert

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Session 2. Preparation & Public Sector Themes

This session covers the crucial steps of dissecting buyer requirements, passing supplier selection questionnaires, and preparing delivery plans and supporting documents. Additionally, we will delve into key public sector themes such as Social Value, Equality and Diversity, and Carbon Reduction, ensuring your bids align with these important considerations.

A detailed view of a business meeting with hands pointing and analyzing charts, graphs, and documents.

Session 2. Preparation & Public Sector Themes

This session covers the crucial steps of dissecting buyer requirements, passing supplier selection questionnaires, and preparing delivery plans and supporting documents. Additionally, we will delve into key public sector themes such as Social Value, Equality and Diversity, and Carbon Reduction, ensuring your bids align with these important considerations.

A detailed view of a business meeting with hands pointing and analyzing charts, graphs, and documents.

Session 2. Preparation & Public Sector Themes

This session covers the crucial steps of dissecting buyer requirements, passing supplier selection questionnaires, and preparing delivery plans and supporting documents. Additionally, we will delve into key public sector themes such as Social Value, Equality and Diversity, and Carbon Reduction, ensuring your bids align with these important considerations.

Business woman working with documents analyzing business and planning financial accounting.

Session 3. Writing

Enhance your bid-writing skills by learning how to craft compelling content with the right language, format, and style. This session includes practical examples on answering common questions related to delivery, staffing, management, risk, and quality, helping you develop responses that stand out.

Business woman working with documents analyzing business and planning financial accounting.

Session 3. Writing

Enhance your bid-writing skills by learning how to craft compelling content with the right language, format, and style. This session includes practical examples on answering common questions related to delivery, staffing, management, risk, and quality, helping you develop responses that stand out.

Business woman working with documents analyzing business and planning financial accounting.

Session 3. Writing

Enhance your bid-writing skills by learning how to craft compelling content with the right language, format, and style. This session includes practical examples on answering common questions related to delivery, staffing, management, risk, and quality, helping you develop responses that stand out.

Followed Up By

a personalised one-to-one meeting with a Bid Expert

Followed Up By

a personalised one-to-one meeting with a Bid Expert

Collaboration, celebrate and business people with success and tablet for trading or planning.

Session 4. Winning & Review

Discover how to elevate your bid scores by gaining easy marks and avoiding common pitfalls. This session also focuses on the review process, teaching you how to proof your bid, effectively trim word counts, and refine your submission to avoid common errors and increase your chances of winning.

Collaboration, celebrate and business people with success and tablet for trading or planning.

Session 4. Winning & Review

Discover how to elevate your bid scores by gaining easy marks and avoiding common pitfalls. This session also focuses on the review process, teaching you how to proof your bid, effectively trim word counts, and refine your submission to avoid common errors and increase your chances of winning.

Collaboration, celebrate and business people with success and tablet for trading or planning.

Session 4. Winning & Review

Discover how to elevate your bid scores by gaining easy marks and avoiding common pitfalls. This session also focuses on the review process, teaching you how to proof your bid, effectively trim word counts, and refine your submission to avoid common errors and increase your chances of winning.

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Masterclasses

After completing the main course, you will further enhance your skills by signing up for at least two of our four additional masterclasses. These 2-hour webinars delve deeper into advanced topics, allowing you to refine your bid-writing abilities and increase your success in securing public funding. You have the option to complete all four masterclasses for a comprehensive learning experience.

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Masterclasses

After completing the main course, you will further enhance your skills by signing up for at least two of our four additional masterclasses. These 2-hour webinars delve deeper into advanced topics, allowing you to refine your bid-writing abilities and increase your success in securing public funding. You have the option to complete all four masterclasses for a comprehensive learning experience.

Man, whiteboard or team in business, presentation or feedback as session, planning or teamwork.

Masterclasses

After completing the main course, you will further enhance your skills by signing up for at least two of our four additional masterclasses. These 2-hour webinars delve deeper into advanced topics, allowing you to refine your bid-writing abilities and increase your success in securing public funding. You have the option to complete all four masterclasses for a comprehensive learning experience.

Why Learn From Bidright?

Bid to Win is designed to fast-track your bidding skills and show you a proven formula to achieving bid wins, based on our unparalleled 13 years’ experience of submitting over 1000 bids with a 75%-90% success rate.

Why Learn From Bidright?

Bid to Win is designed to fast-track your bidding skills and show you a proven formula to achieving bid wins, based on our unparalleled 13 years’ experience of submitting over 1000 bids with a 75%-90% success rate.

13+ Years'

Experience

13+ Years'

Experience

13+ Years'

Experience

Over 1000

Bids Submitted

Over 1000

Bids Submitted

Over 1000

Bids Submitted

75-90%

Success Rate

75-90%

Success Rate

75-90%

Success Rate

£200M +

Won For Clients

£200M +

Won For Clients

£200M +

Won For Clients

Don't Take It From Us

“As a freelance bid writer, I joined the course to stay current with bidding processes, learn from experts in the field, and stay on top of evolving requirements. Now, I feel better equipped to assist my clients in crafting successful bids.” - Bid To Win Attendee

Don't Take It From Us

“As a freelance bid writer, I joined the course to stay current with bidding processes, learn from experts in the field, and stay on top of evolving requirements. Now, I feel better equipped to assist my clients in crafting successful bids.” - Bid To Win Attendee

Don't Take It From Us

“As a freelance bid writer, I joined the course to stay current with bidding processes, learn from experts in the field, and stay on top of evolving requirements. Now, I feel better equipped to assist my clients in crafting successful bids.” - Bid To Win Attendee

The Benefits

Our course is delivered in a practical and interactive way with tips on how to:

Understand Bidding Jargon

Understand Bidding Jargon

Understand Bidding Jargon

Build a Bid Library

Build a Bid Library

Build a Bid Library

Plan and Price Projects

Plan and Price Projects

Plan and Price Projects

Tailor Your Answers

Tailor Your Answers

Tailor Your Answers

Secure Easy Scores

Secure Easy Scores

Secure Easy Scores

Quick Style Changes

Quick Style Changes

Quick Style Changes

Analyse Model Answers

Analyse Model Answers

Analyse Model Answers

Tackle Tricky Questions

Tackle Tricky Questions

Tackle Tricky Questions

Avoid Common Pitfalls

Avoid Common Pitfalls

Avoid Common Pitfalls

Expert Advice

Expert Advice

Expert Advice

Expand Your Knowledge With Our Masterclasses

Enhance your bid-writing skills even further by enrolling in our specialised masterclasses. These additional courses are designed to complement the main Bid to Win programme, offering in-depth training on critical topics.

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    Capture Management

    Capture management is the method and process of gathering key data and up to date information to develop insight. Learn how to develop a ‘bid library’ and access intelligence quickly and effortlessly, saving time and stress, and leading to competitive advantages when bidding.

  • Environmentalist volunteers picking up trash in field.

    Social Value

    This course is designed to help you understand Social Value in bidding for public sector contracts and how to meaningfully respond to them. Social Value can equate up to 10% of a bids final score so could make the difference between winning or losing.

  • Man using technology AI for working.

    AI in Bidding

    We explore the growth of AI and how it relates to bidding, dispel myths and look at common pitfalls alongside potential benefits of using a range of AI engines to help improve responses, streamline process and save you time. You will gain understanding and valuable insight into where AI could add value to your bidding processes.

  • Successful team collaboration in business boardroom

    Pitch to Win

    Tips on presenting at interview stage from preparing for common questions to gathering compelling and relevant evidence to substantiate pricing, mobilisation plans, scalability to risk management and mitigations, and importantly selling your USPs and promoting you as the best choice.

  • Business partnership coworkers using a tablet to analysis graph.

    Capture Management

    Capture management is the method and process of gathering key data and up to date information to develop insight. Learn how to develop a ‘bid library’ and access intelligence quickly and effortlessly, saving time and stress, and leading to competitive advantages when bidding.

  • Environmentalist volunteers picking up trash in field.

    Social Value

    This course is designed to help you understand Social Value in bidding for public sector contracts and how to meaningfully respond to them. Social Value can equate up to 10% of a bids final score so could make the difference between winning or losing.

  • Man using technology AI for working.

    AI in Bidding

    We explore the growth of AI and how it relates to bidding, dispel myths and look at common pitfalls alongside potential benefits of using a range of AI engines to help improve responses, streamline process and save you time. You will gain understanding and valuable insight into where AI could add value to your bidding processes.

  • Successful team collaboration in business boardroom

    Pitch to Win

    Tips on presenting at interview stage from preparing for common questions to gathering compelling and relevant evidence to substantiate pricing, mobilisation plans, scalability to risk management and mitigations, and importantly selling your USPs and promoting you as the best choice.