Your Journey
The Bid to Win programme takes you through a series of six 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 weekly 2 hour online workshops plus 8 hours one-to-one support.
Location - Virtual Level - Novice to Intermediate.

Session 1. Opportunities & Readiness
How to source bidding opportunities and evaluate their suitability, with an overview of the best bidding portals. Focus on planning, information gathering, identifying delivery partners, and developing effective profiling and pricing strategies to ensure you are fully prepared to bid.

Session 1. Opportunities & Readiness
How to source bidding opportunities and evaluate their suitability, with an overview of the best bidding portals. Focus on planning, information gathering, identifying delivery partners, and developing effective profiling and pricing strategies to ensure you are fully prepared to bid.

Session 1. Opportunities & Readiness
How to source bidding opportunities and evaluate their suitability, with an overview of the best bidding portals. 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
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
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

Session 2. Preparation
Crucial steps of dissecting buyer requirements, passing supplier selection questionnaires, and preparing delivery plans and collating supporting documents within a ‘Bid Library’.

Session 2. Preparation
Crucial steps of dissecting buyer requirements, passing supplier selection questionnaires, and preparing delivery plans and collating supporting documents within a ‘Bid Library’.

Session 2. Preparation
Crucial steps of dissecting buyer requirements, passing supplier selection questionnaires, and preparing delivery plans and collating supporting documents within a ‘Bid Library’.

Session 3. Writing
How to craft compelling content with the right language, format, and style. Practical examples on answering common questions related to delivery, staffing, management, risk, and quality.

Session 3. Writing
How to craft compelling content with the right language, format, and style. Practical examples on answering common questions related to delivery, staffing, management, risk, and quality.

Session 3. Writing
How to craft compelling content with the right language, format, and style. Practical examples on answering common questions related to delivery, staffing, management, risk, and quality.
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
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
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

Session 4. Winning
Explore win themes and develop responses that stand out, elevate bid scores by gaining easy marks and avoiding common pitfalls.

Session 4. Winning
Explore win themes and develop responses that stand out, elevate bid scores by gaining easy marks and avoiding common pitfalls.

Session 4. Winning
Explore win themes and develop responses that stand out, elevate bid scores by gaining easy marks and avoiding common pitfalls.

Session 5. Review & Submission
Focuses on the review process, how to proof your bid, effectively trim word counts and refine bids, and avoid common submission errors.

Session 5. Review & Submission
Focuses on the review process, how to proof your bid, effectively trim word counts and refine bids, and avoid common submission errors.

Session 5. Review & Submission
Focuses on the review process, how to proof your bid, effectively trim word counts and refine bids, and avoid common submission errors.
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
Followed Up By
a personalised one-to-one meeting with a Bid Expert

Session 6. Social Value
Understand its objectives, how to meaningfully respond to them and other public sector themes, avoiding common pitfalls and adopting an overall strategy.

Session 6. Social Value
Understand its objectives, how to meaningfully respond to them and other public sector themes, avoiding common pitfalls and adopting an overall strategy.

Session 6. Social Value
Understand its objectives, how to meaningfully respond to them and other public sector themes, avoiding common pitfalls and adopting an overall strategy.