Tips & techniques

Commercial terms are an aspect of bidding often overlooked by proposal professionals. Nigel Dennis explains a more effective approach to categorising and presenting commercial clarifications in tender submissions, to improve your chance of success.

What is AI? By now I’m sure you’re well aware of all the hype about the ‘new and exciting developments’ in AI technology. But what is AI and why should you, a bidding professional, care? Artificial Intelligence (AI) is not as new as you might think. Although the term ‘Artificial Intelligence’ sounds like something straight

In one of 24 international articles contributed to Bidding Quarterly Issue 18, Nigel Dennis provides a systematic approach to creating better customer focus and developing compelling, relevant and impactful tender responses with just four letters - ISBP®

Using an effective bid library saves time and effort, creates efficiency, increases your tender win rate and lowers costs. In this blog, Senior Bid Consultant Elodie Janvier explains a bid library’s wide-reaching benefits, the building blocks needed to create one, and how to make sure it’s simple and usable.

If you create a narrative that speaks to your buyer's pain points and issues, and offer a compelling solution to their problem, you’re well on the way to beating your competitors. Andrew Yallop explains how story telling in bids and applying strategic narrative principles can make your next tender submission more memorable.

On the surface it seems winning a place on a supplier panel requires less work than winning a single publicly tendered opportunity. But in reality, it’s just as difficult – potentially even more so. David Lunn debunks the seductive simplicity of panels, providing six tips to help you win your next panel contract opportunity.

Tender reviews and film reviews may appear to have a lot in common. But despite the similarities, the essential difference between the two is constructive criticism. Bid Consultant Zoe Simpson compares bid reviewers to film critics, and provides five tips for making your next tender review as effective as possible.

David Lunn tells us all about no-bid letters: what they are, how to approach writing one, what’s included, and when to send it. He even dives in to how taking a strategic approach to your no-bid letter can influence your buyer, potentially turning your decision not to tender into a more favourable position to win.

Work not tendered for is an opportunity lost, but work won and poorly performed is worse. So, do you bid for everything? And if not, how do you choose where to invest your time and resources? This blog explains a simple four-question process to follow, helping make your bidding go or no go decisions more