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 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.

Business woman working in Stacks of paper files.

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.

Business woman working in Stacks of paper files.

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.

Business woman working in Stacks of paper files.

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

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

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’.

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

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’.

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

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’.

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

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.

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

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.

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

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

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

Session 4. Winning

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

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

Session 4. Winning

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

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

Session 4. Winning

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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