About Bid Academy

Yes, we have designed and delivered many bespoke tendering capability training courses for companies, not-for-profits and industry associations. On request, and typically for teams of 8 or more, we can develop customised, specialised, in-house workshops to suit your organisation’s specific needs. For more information please visit the Bid Academy specialised in-house workshops page.

You may cancel your training registration at no cost up to 7 days before the scheduled training date. You’ll receive a full refund of all payments. No refund is payable for cancellations made less than 7 days before the course date. However, in such cases you are welcome to nominate a colleague to attend in your place.

Minimum and maximum registration numbers apply per course. Any decisions by us to cancel a course due to insufficient numbers will be made no later than one week prior to any published course date. You’ll be notified should this occur, at which point you can elect to transfer your booking to the next available date or request a full refund.

For more information, please check the Bid Academy frequently asked questions here.

APMP training workshops (Foundation and Practitioner levels) are capped at 20 attendees per course.

Maximum numbers for our own offerings vary by course. Class sizes are carefully chosen to provide flexibility when grouping for practical learning activities and also ensure that participants don’t get lost in the crowd.

BidWrite’s Bid Academy uses the Zoom Meetings platform to deliver all of our online training courses. This enables us to utilise functionality such as screen sharing, breakout rooms, reactions and polls.

We also use a learning management system (LMS) called LearnDash to power our comprehensive training programs – Bid Accelerator and Certified Bid Writer. After you enrol, we’ll set you up with a username and you’ll create a password so you can login to access videos, download workbooks and resources, complete assignments and exams, and discuss learnings with your classmates in a group discussion forum.

Although we’ve delivered hundreds of in-person workshops in the past, we currently deliver all our public tender training courses online. This makes them accessible to participants in any location or working environment that has access to a reasonable internet connection. Added benefits of online delivery are the broader perspectives and networking created through a greater diversity of participants.

Our Bid Academy offers a training course option for everyone, from beginners to seasoned bidding professionals. Our training caters to two broad audiences – those for whom bidding is a full-time profession, and those who hold other roles but have connections or responsibilities to the bidding activities of their organisations, e.g. sales people, senior managers, administrators and subject matter experts. Our APMP training offerings are designed for professional bidders seeking a focussed professional development pathway. BidWrite’s own course offerings are less theoretical and aim to develop practical bidding skillsets. This makes them suitable for early to mid-stage professional bidders and anyone with an interest or involvement in the bidding process.

The Association of Proposal Management Professionals (APMP)  is the global industry body for professionals dedicated to the process of winning business through proposals, tenders, bids and presentations. Designed specifically for proposal professionals, APMP’s certification program is the only internationally recognised professional qualification pathway.

BidWrite is Australasia’s only APMP Accredited Training Organisation (ATO) and is approved to provide APMP certification training. Our trainers hold the highest level of APMP certification and can confidently guide participants through the training content and exam processes.

None. Sales jargon is meaningless. We focus on the art of persuasion, which is a vital part of tender submissions. We use a range of tools such as the Pyramid of Persuasion, the ISBP® technique, action captions and diagrams, as well as the correct use of headings and headlines, to improve the level of persuasion in your submission. In our Bid Academy training courses, we teach you how to use these techniques so you feel more confident and empowered to implement them yourself. Persuasion ensures that your key messages are heard loud and clear, giving your tender submission a compelling edge.

No, the best value bid is usually the winner. Clear articulation of value, in a way that matters to your buyer, is often more important than price alone. Although BidWrite cannot price your bid for you, we can help articulate your pricing strategy and influence how value is perceived by your buyer, either through bid support services or our Bid Academy training courses. This is of great worth, particularly to organisations who offer premium goods or services but struggle to sell their price.

Winning tenders is never easy, and success depends on many factors. However, BidWrite’s bid support consulting provides a platform of experienced staff, tips, tools and techniques to give you the best possible chance of success.

In addition, our Bid Academy training courses teach these tools and techniques so you’ll be producing higher quality content before you know it.

The ultimate proof is in the win rates of our clients. These are regularly better than those they achieve when working in isolation. Of course, we can’t guarantee that you’ll win every tender. But we can guarantee a dramatic improvement in your submissions.